Saturday Stats: Reimagining safety
1/3: One-third of Cleveland’s $665 million General Revenue Fund (GRF) — which is funded by local taxes — goes toward the Cleveland Division of Police (CDP), the single largest allocation. That’s one of the many data points in Wendy Patton’s analysis of the Cleveland police budget. She does a deep dive into how the money […]
Saturday Stats: Waiting for a budget
97: That’s the number of state and local organizations that called for a 2022-23 state budget that cares for all Ohioans, regardless of where they live, what they look like, or how much money they have. In a letter to Gov. DeWine, members of the Conference Committee, and other legislative leaders, the organizations called for […]
Saturday Stats: Numeric news from Policy Matters Ohio
18: Days until Gov. DeWine is supposed to sign the 2022-23 State Budget — if everything goes as planned. If you follow our work you know we’re not too thrilled with the Senate’s amendments, or the bill leadership introduced. We’re especially disappointed in the 5% income-tax cut that would send more of our public resources […]
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203%, 102%, 101%: That’s the amount state funding would increase for the Cleveland Heights-University Heights City School District, the Middletown City District and Columbus City Schools if the General Assembly passes the Fair School Funding Plan. All kids deserve to go to a school with advanced classes, modern technology, great educators, arts programs and extracurricular […]
Saturday Stats: The latest from Policy Matters
295,000: Although Gov. DeWine announced Ohio will soon stop accepting the federal government’s $300-per-month supplemental unemployment benefit, the state has 295,000 fewer jobs than before the pandemic started. The $300 supplement has been a lifeline for Ohioans, putting money in their pockets and supporting businesses even as many temporarily closed down or slowed operations. As […]
Saturday Stats: All In For Ohio Kids!
82%: Share of Ohio school districts whose funding was either capped or maintained by a minimum of guaranteed state dollars, between 2017 and 2019. Either way, these districts received state funding that was different from what the state’s formula determined they should get. In other words, not only is Ohio’s school funding formula built on […]
Policy for the People
Saturday Stats $4.9 billion: Annual amount directed to working people under our plan to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2026. It was tough to choose just one impressive number from Researcher Michael Shields’ latest report. That’s because a $15 minimum wage would have such enormous benefits for so many Ohioans that […]
Solidarity Saturday
Saturday Stats from Policy Matters First: This week, we ratified our first ever union contract. Since our founding 21 years ago, we have valued the role unions play in creating workplace democracy, advancing equity and affirming the dignity of work. So we are proud that our staff union is represented by Workers United Policy Matters […]
Saturday Stats: Cautious optimism
We apologize for putting out an email version of the enews that incorrectly stated that the American Rescue Plan was $1.9 billion instead of $1.9 trillion. Policy by the numbers, from Policy Matters $1.9 trillion: Total amount of aid included in the American Rescue Plan, which (finally!) passed last week. The historic aid package will […]
Saturday Stats: Policy Matters testifies
Due to an editing error, the item at the bottom of the enews incorrectly states that between 2008 and 2009, employers cut 8% of all the jobs in seven Appalachian Ohio counties according to a report by the Ohio River Valley Institute. The correct time frame is between 2008 and 2019. Six: With state budget […]
Saturday Stats: Busy month
12: There’s only one official “Black History Month,” but we know Black history is Ohio history all 12 months of the year. We’ve been featuring just a few amazing Black Ohioans who have helped shape public policy for the better. Check out our profiles of Congressman Lou Stokes, State Senator CJ Prentiss and poet and […]
Saturday stats: State budget season
$50 million: That’s how much money Gov. DeWine wants to spend on an…ad campaign? It’s part of his proposal for the 2022-23 state budget – a plan that doesn’t use the people’s money in the rainy day fund to help ease the pain of the recession and pandemic and doesn’t ask the wealthy and corporations […]