Help us win!
Friends, With the help of you and other allies, last year Policy Matters Ohio won $25,000 from the Pepsi Refresh contest. With those funds, we were able to revamp our website; improve free tax preparation services; and create a toolkit to get people out of poverty and into good green jobs. This month, we’re trying […]
Vintage no more!
Same great URL, awesome new look! A couple years ago, a summer intern referred to our website as “vintage.” Once we recovered from that slam, we realized he had a point. It was old, kinda clunky, and yes, dated. So we started making plans to do something about it. The result — made possible by […]
Got a match?
The Columbus Foundation does! For just 24 hours, beginning today at 11 a.m. (that’s now!), the foundation will match your online donation to Policy Matters. Just pitch in a minimum of $20 and know that it will have twice the impact. It’s called The Big Give, a one-day challenge to support Ohio nonprofits. The 24-hour […]
We’ve got jobs!
One Ohio Now – This statewide coalition is working to ensure adequate and equitable funding of public services in Ohio. The coalition, which includes Policy Matters, advocates for addressing Ohio’s ongoing budget challenges with a balanced approach that includes new revenues. All that’s missing is a director, who will play a critical role in developing […]
October 2011 Recent E-News: Courting Crisis
Courting Crisis – Unemployment compensation, in Ohio and across the country, provides a crucial backstop for jobless workers and their families. It also injects funds into the economy when they are most needed, acting as an automatic stabilizer that eases the effects of economic downturns. In 2010, UC helped more than 3 million Americans avoid […]
June 2011 News from Policy Matters Ohio: Ciao, Welcome and a Policy Success
Welcome Aboard – We’re thrilled to welcome Pari Sabety and Ruth Clevenger to our board of directors. Pari Sabety, the Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer for Antioch University, has also served as state budget director, a Brookings Institution fellow, director of Brookings’ Urban Markets Initiative and director of the Technology Policy Group at the […]
October 2011 News from Policy Matters Ohio: Ciao, Welcome and a Policy Success
Welcome Aboard – We’re thrilled to welcome Pari Sabety and Ruth Clevenger to our board of directors. Pari Sabety, the Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer for Antioch University, has also served as state budget director, a Brookings Institution fellow, director of Brookings’ Urban Markets Initiative and director of the Technology Policy Group at the […]
October 2011 Recent E-News: Can’t Crack Us
We were amused to read last Monday’s top story in the Huffington Post, titled “This Acorn Won’t Crack“. The story described a caller to our Cleveland office, dangling the bait of having “a lot of money” and trying to get our director, Amy Hanauer, to reveal a desire to release biased research. Maybe it was […]
October 2011 News from Policy Matters Ohio: The Benefits of Bargaining
The Benefits of Bargaining The union movement as a whole has helped ensure that workers throughout the economy – not just those in unions – share in economic growth, have decent wages and benefits, have good training, and are protected by health and safety regulations. But do public sector unions also bargain for provisions that […]
October 2011 News from Policy Matters Ohio: High Honors, High Road, Higher Wages
High Honors (for Shanelle) – We are immensely proud to announce that Shanelle Smith, our partner with the BlueGreen Alliance, will receive the Ohio Environmental Council’s 2011 Achievement Award as “One to Watch” at this year’s Green Gala. OEC is honoring Shanelle for her leadership in trying to make Cleveland an Emerald City, and in […]
Amy Hanauer speaks on Issue 2
On September 19, Amy Hanauer spoke at a panel on Issue 2 with state representatives Nickie Antonio (D-Lakewood) and Nan Baker (R-Westlake), and Ohio’s Human Resources Chief Nicholas Menedis. Click here for coverage of the event.
September 2011 News from Policy Matters Ohio: Dealings in Dollars and Cents
Poverty Up, Income Down – Census data released last week found that more than 1 in every 7 Ohioans were living in poverty in 2010. Median wages for Ohioans fell by $7,000 over the past 10 years. Hannah Halbert responded to the numbers, “If we want to keep education, job training, transportation, and health care […]