Keepin’ it real during RNC week: News from Policy Matters
Poverty forum – Is there room to discuss poverty during RNC week? Yes, there is! Join us for a spirited conversation to demand that federal policy create opportunities for those who struggle in our economy, Monday, July 18 at 9:15 a.m. at the Waetjen Auditorium at Cleveland State. Sponsoring partners include CSU, Policy Matters and […]
GED reforms, movie madness, a jolting jobs report: News from Policy Matters
A roundup of happenings at Policy Matters Ohio… New path – Gov. John Kasich last week announced proposed reforms to the state’s troubled high school equivalency exam system. After Pearson Vue, the world’s largest private for-profit educational testing corporation, took over GED testing in Ohio, the company tripled the price of the test, switched the […]
Tax inequity, job growth and a Medicaid setback: News from Policy Matters
A roundup of happenings at Policy Matters Ohio… Saturday night live – When the Federal Reserve Bank raises interest rates, it often means hiring goes down, wages grow more slowly, and unemployment goes up. There are times when doing so still makes sense but is now one of them? Come to an event next Saturday […]
A broken GED, tax breaks run amok, a fracking injustice: News from Policy Matters
A roundup of happenings at Policy Matters Ohio… Epic fail — After the world’s largest private, for-profit education corporation took-over the high school equivalency test known as the GED, the number of Ohioans attempting and passing the exam has plummeted. Our workforce researcher Hannah Halbert detailed the shocking numbers in a recent report: The number […]
The latest e-news: Pre-K, protecting workers and more
A roundup of happenings at Policy Matters Ohio… The not-so-kid-friendly budget – Ohio increased its investment in early childhood education and childcare in the new budget, but the state still is far behind where it needs to be. Children of low-income families here are less likely to be enrolled in publicly funded preschool or childcare, […]
The latest e-news: Hashtags, hiring and more
A roundup of happenings at Policy Matters Ohio… #Nation’sWorst – Research Director Zach Schiller exposed an egregious assault on unemployment compensation that would make Ohio’s system one of the worst in the country in many ways, slashing benefits, hacking eligibility, and cutting employer taxes. Zach’s and researcher Hannah Halbert’s dogged reporting on House Bill 394 […]
The latest e-news: food aid, fracking and more
A roundup of happenings at Policy Matters Ohio….. Seeking fair food policy – Policy Matters senior project director Wendy Patton exposed Ohio’s troubling policy of seeking extended federal food aid for 18 mostly rural counties, but not for urban areas and other qualifying counties. Since then, elected officials including Reps. Marcia Fudge and Tim Ryan […]
Our latest e-news: The blog edition
The new Policy Matters Blog launched this spring as a new way to talk about issues important to you: Creating more and better jobs, ensuring a quality Ohio, making our communities more sustainable, and making our economy work for all of us. Our staff bloggers have told you about Ohio’s bad tax policies, its sorry […]
Our latest e-news: The Ohio budget and more
A threat to women’s health care; a gift to the wealthy; a home-care crisis and a possible minimum wage hike. Women’s health care under threat — With Ohio ranking near the bottom of the 50 states in infant mortality, lawmakers should focus on improving care. But as Wendy Patton reports, Gov. John Kasich’s budget proposes […]
Shale, jobs, budgets and films
In this e-news: A fracking conference; Ohio regains lost jobs; state budget in the crosshairs; Hanauer at the film fest #WhatTheShale – This Thursday’s one-day conference on shale drilling will help communities cope with development and leverage wealth for public benefit. The Shale Symposium will be in Wheeling, West Virginia, but you can live stream […]
Stop, watch and listen
In this e-news: A fierce debate over the Kasich budget; tax plan favors the wealthiest Ohioans; Medicaid proposal would do more harm than good Fierce debates – Watch our Executive Director Amy Hanauer spar with the conservative Buckeye Institute about Ohio’s budget on The State of Ohio TV show (starts at 5:17 into the broadcast). […]
Amy Hanauer discusses Kasich budget on Ideastream
Policy Matters Ohio executive director challenged the governor’s proposal on WCPN’s “The Sound of Ideas.” Listen here.