May 2007 News from Policy Matters Ohio: Join us this Thursday
Two days left to save the planet – This week, Policy Matters joins the Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University to bring in Jerome Ringo, President of the Apollo Alliance, as he presents Building a Renewable Energy Economy, a forum in the “Our Place in the Urban Age” series. This forum on […]
April 2007 News from Policy Matters Ohio: Events, Testimony, Hiring, Reports
May day – Jonathan Cohn, a senior fellow at the national think tank Demos, and a senior editor at The New Republic, traveled the country talking to those who have suffered from our dysfunctional health care system. He’ll be at the Cleveland City Club on Friday May 11 to discuss his new book Sick: The […]
March 2007 News from Policy Matters Ohio: New board, new staff, new events, new reports
Welcome Aboard – Attorney Joyce Goldstein will be our new board chair and David Bergholz and Seth Rosen have also come on board. Bergholz is a photographer, education leader, and the retired Executive Director of the George Gund Foundation. Rosen is the inspired Vice President of the Communication Workers of America District Four, a five-state […]
February 2007 News from Policy Matters Ohio
Exempt from Scrutiny – Ohio tax credits, exemptions and deductions may sap up to a quarter of the states’ tax base, yet many of these tax expenditures receive no regular scrutiny apart from a biennial review of state revenue losses. Our new report, Exempt from Scrutiny: Tax Breaks in Ohio, takes a look at these […]
January 2007 News from Policy Matters Ohio: Clean, Green, Smart, Sound
Cleaner and Greener – Ohio campuses could dramatically reduce energy use, save significant resources over the long term, and help invigorate a clean energy economy according to New Energy for Campuses: Energy Saving Policies for Campuses and Universities, written by the National Apollo Alliance and released by Policy Matters Ohio and Ohio Apollo. The study […]
December 2006 News from Policy Matters Ohio: New Year, New Analyses, New Ohio
Good News on Election day – Nationwide, minimum wage measures saw victories and Ohio was no exception. Ohio citizens voted to give 719,000 Ohio workers a raise in 2007. This is a clear victory for Ohio workers who’ve been struggling to make it on $5.15 an hour. Bad News Since – The Republican legislature passed […]
What’s So Scary About Policy in Ohio?: Halloween 2006 News from Policy Matters
Book Talk – Deceptive and divisive campaign ads have been scary, but author David Callahan believes that Americans have more in common and are far less divided than some politicians would have us believe. Join us for a post-election talk on values we all share, November 13th at Cleveland State University’s Levin College forum on […]
October 2006 News from Policy Matters Ohio: Sun on Tuesday, snow on Friday?
Ohio policy news is as variable as this week’s weather is predicted to be – sunny potential in energy, better economic policy, free tax preparation and a minimum wage boost; stormy progress on tax proposals and job growth. Tax proposal falls flat – Forty-five percent of Ohioans would end up paying higher taxes while only […]
September 2006 News from Policy Matters Ohio: The Recovery that Wasn’t
The Recovery that Wasn’t – We are now nearly five years into a national economic recovery and some commentators have begun to talk about a potential downturn. For workers in Ohio, this is the recovery that wasn’t. The state has fewer jobs and lower real median wages than it had in 2000, before the most […]
July 2006 News: Taxes, Tuition, Time
Making Ends Meet – How do Ohio families with young kids survive at the poverty level? Only by foregoing essentials, according to a study by Policy Matters and the Economic Policy Institute. It takes twice the poverty line in rural parts of the state and up to three times the poverty line in Ohio cities […]
May 2006: Puppies and Policy
Good for Business? – Twenty states have raised their minimum wages above the federal, as a grassroots coalition hopes to do through a ballot initiative here later this year. The state action isn’t surprising: the value of the federal minimum wage is lower than at any time in more than 50 years. Do high and […]
March 2006 News from Policy Matters Ohio: Wages, Benefits, Inequality
We’re settling in –Our Cleveland office has a new address and phone numbers:3631 Perkins Avenue Suite 4C-EastCleveland, Ohio 44114(216) 361-9801 voice (216) 361-9810 fax Who needs a raise? – For 68 years the minimum wage has been an important part of an economy that works for all. Recently, the federal government has allowed the minimum […]