This June 2006 analysis, based on data from Citizens for Tax Justice, shows that federal tax cuts since 2001 strongly favor the richest Ohioans compared to less affluent taxpayers in the state. The one percent of Ohioans who earn the highest incomes in the state, averaging $784,700 a year, will
In its rush to approve a limit on state spending, the Ohio General Assembly is on thebrink of passing a measure with possibly far-reaching implications without neededreview. The proposal was added to the tobacco settlement budget bill (Sub. S.B. 321)yesterday afternoon through a last-minute amendment. As others have pointed out,
Ohio is the only state in the country in which a worker earning the minimum wage and working all year for 35 hours a week will not qualify for unemployment compensation. Similarly, it is the only state in which a worker making $9 an hour working all year for 20
Ohio now is the only one of the 50 states that reduces unemployment benefits by 100 percent of Social Security payments received by jobless workers. Thus, many older workers find when they lose their jobs that their unemployment insurance is reduced or cut to zero. State Rep. Bill Seitz is
An Ohio minimum-wage worker who works 37 hours a week every week during 2006 will not qualify for unemployment compensation. That will be the result of the eligibility requirements for 2006 released recently by the Ohio Department of Job & Family Services. Under a formula that ties eligibility to the
The General Assembly soon will take up legislation to implement Issue 1, the constitutional amendment passed by Ohio voters on Nov. 8. To ensure that government funds are spent in the most effective manner and provide the greatest benefit to Ohioans, the implementing legislation should ensure the accountability of all
3/01/2006 Update – The Ohio Department of Job & Family Services released data on Feb. 24, 2006, identifying the number of recipients, by employer, of Medicaid, food stamps and Ohio Works First cash assistance during 2004 and 2005. The data cover 40 employers most often named in the department’s data
3/01/2006 Update – The Ohio Department of Job & Family Services released data on Feb. 24, 2006, identifying the number of recipients, by employer, of Medicaid, food stamps and Ohio Works First cash assistance during 2004 and 2005. The data cover 40 employers most often named in the department’s data
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services issued a report Feb. 24 itemizing how many employees and their families use public benefits at 40 Ohio employers that appeared most frequently in the department’s data. The report covered Medicaid, food stamps and cash assistance in 2004 and 2005. Policy Matters
Investors in Steelyard Commons, the Cleveland shopping center project, are receiving tax subsidies worth $12.48 million over seven years. These federal tax credits were funneled through a private, for-profit corporation controlled by the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority, a public entity whose board is appointed by the City of Cleveland and
You may have seen people circulating petitions for it at the West Side Market. It s a proposed amendment to the Ohio constitution, backed by Secretary of State Ken Blackwell and his Citizens for Tax Reform. The proposed amendment would limit the growth of state and local government spending to
How to Burden Taxpayers and Ohio’s Economy
In a bid to retain auto jobs, the Ohio Legislature is considering a new tax incentive that would reward major automotive employers even if they slash their work forces. Worried Michigan already has approved a new incentive of its own. These are just the latest examples of a damaging competition