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$700M: Late last month, Ohio and Intel reached an agreement on how the tech giant would be held accountable for the promises it made to secure state funding related its two semiconductor fabrication plants in New Albany. The agreement covers $600 million in public funding — but it leaves out another $700M for infrastructure and […]
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Well friends, we’ve made it through another budget season. It wasn’t easy, but it could have been worse. The General Assembly sacrificed crucial public services to pay for more tax cuts that primarily benefit the wealthy. On the bright side, some kids, parents, teachers and schools will benefit from the tireless work of advocates around […]
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Numeric news from Policy Matters 15,000: When the Ohio House included in its budget bill a proposal that would help 15,000 kids get child care, we noted it as an all-too-rare example of legislators putting public resources to good use. State Senate leadership cut that proposal. They also removed measures that would help more pregnant […]
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Numeric News from Policy Matters Ohio 150: If you’re a regular Saturday Stats reader, you know we’re never short on data-driven analysis and just plain good ideas. But smart, compassionate policy goes nowhere without champions. This past Wednesday, 150 leaders from all over the state came together in Columbus for OOC’s Lobby Day, and we […]
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Numeric news from Policy Matters $39.55M: The Ohio House passed its version of the state budget (H.B. 33) and, well, it could be worse. (Of course, Ohioans deserve better than a “less bad” budget.) One of the bright spots is the House’s decision to help Ohioans put food on the table by funding food banks […]
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$150M: The Ohio House released its version of the state budget this week. The bill includes some positive elements, but those are outweighed by a variety of bad moves, such as removing $150 million proposed by Gov. DeWine that would have helped child care professionals and professionals in other critical occupations afford child care for […]
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Numeric news from Policy Matters $1,000: Our proposed Thriving Families Tax Credit would send on average an additional $1,000 each year to households with incomes under $85,000. Contrast that with the absurdly disproportionate benefits of flat tax proposals, including those in H.B. 1, of which the rich take home the lion’s share. 7.5%: There are […]
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$2.6 billion: In the previous edition of Saturday Stats, we noted three major flaws in House Bill 1, any one of which should be enough to make Ohioans tell our reps to vote against it. This week, State Policy Fellow Guille Bervejillo, PhD, identified more reasons to toss HB 1, including the fact that it […]
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$600M: House Bill 1 — a short-sighted flat tax proposal — would mean $600 million a year in property tax increases for residential and agricultural property owners. $500M+: House Bill 1 — an ill-conceived flat tax proposal — would reduce the amount of state aid and property taxes received by Ohio’s schools, local governments and […]
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$0.00-$3.00: A top-priority bill in the Ohio House (HB1) would slash funding for children and all manner of local services, hand thousands of dollars a year to wealthy households and reduce income taxes by $0-3 a year for families with income below $50,000. (That’s not a typo: If you make less than $50K a year, […]
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11,525: Gov. DeWine kicked off Ohio’s biennial budget season with his budget proposal, which would — among other things — expand access to child care and public pre-K to an additional 11,525 children statewide. That’s one of a few bright spots in the governor’s budget, which falls short in a lot of other ways. Check […]
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Numeric news from Policy Matters 15: Led by Will Petrik, the Policy Matters team looked at 15 key indicators to see how Ohio families are doing compared to those in other states. In most, our state performs below average. Our Ohio’s Family Budget paper lays out a variety of ways Ohio lawmakers can use the […]