Saturday Stats: July 30, 2022
Numeric news from Policy Matters Ohio 11,300: New numbers from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) show that Ohio employers cut 11,300 jobs last month – the first month Ohio employers have cut jobs since October 2021. In his monthly JobWatch report, Michael Shields says the cuts indicate that the Fed’s interest […]
Saturday Stats: July 16, 2022
Numeric news from Policy Matters Ohio $50,000: That’s how much less per year Ohio’s wealthiest 1% are paying in taxes, compared to what they paid in 2005. It’s one result of a broken tax code that shortchanges all of us—especially our schools. We went live on Facebook with Ohio Education Association and Ohio Organizing Collaborative […]
Saturday Stats: July 2, 2022
6 weeks: After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe last week, Ohioans won’t be able to get an abortion after about six weeks gestation, before many people even know they’re pregnant. Some lawmakers are essentially trying to eliminate abortion altogether. Hannah Halbert said the decision, which rejected 50 years of precedent, takes away rights from […]
Saturday Stats: June 18, 2022
6: Last week we launched the All in For Ohio Agenda, which rests on six main policy pillars that focus on revenue, education, voting rights, economic dignity, community safety, and healthy communities. Joining Policy Matters Ohio in the All in For Ohio coalition are Ohio Organizing Collaborative (OOC), Ohio Federation of Teachers, Ohio Education Association, […]
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6/7: That’s June 7th — this Tuesday!! — the day we take to the Statehouse to launch the All In For Ohio Agenda with our friends at the Ohio Organizing Collaborative! If you’re sick of the divisive, mean-spirited leadership demonstrated by many of Ohio’s elected officials, we’ve got the aspirational, visionary antidote. Come on down […]
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213,000: Researcher Michael Shields found that Ohio employers steal from some 213,000 working Ohioans each year by paying them less than the minimum wage — just one of many types of wage theft. A person who stays on the job all year would lose an average of $2,873, or a quarter of their take-home pay. […]
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4 in 10: Last week we released a report written by Michael Shields which found that four of Ohio’s 10 most common jobs pay a typical worker such low wages that they wouldn’t be able to support a family of three without needing food assistance. The report also shows that pressures from the pandemic and […]
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82.9%: Ohio has restored 82.9% of jobs lost to COVID-19, but still needs 146,100 jobs to recover our pre-COVID number from February 2020. In this month’s JobWatch, researcher Michael Shields wrote that Ohio is following the nation in a quick recovery, but state and local governments’ failure to restore critical public services is slowing us […]
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Numeric news from Policy Matters 174,000: Federal aid has helped Ohioans get back on their feet after the COVID recession, but Michael Shields found that the state still has 174,000 fewer jobs than we did in February 2020. As state and local officials prepare to spend the next installment of American Rescue Plan Act funds, […]
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Numeric news from Policy Matters $2 billion: The DeWine administration has promised nearly $2 billion in public funds to back Intel Corporation’s major investment in new semiconductor production facilities here in Ohio. State legislators will have to approve much of it. When they do, Zach Schiller says they must include requirements that the deal expand […]
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$74,785, $79,821, and $80,911: Those are the annual costs of living for a family of four in the Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Columbus metro areas respectively, according to the Economic Policy Institute’s Family Budget Calculator. All are far above $58,642, Ohio’s median household income in 2019. Meanwhile, last week, an estimated 2.2 million adults in Ohio […]
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Numeric news from Policy Matters Ohio $51,000: The richest 1% of Ohioans have on average $51,000 more per year than they did 17 years ago, according to a new report by State Policy Fellow, Guillermo Bervejillo. That’s because since 2005, many state legislators and governors pushed corporate and income tax cuts and expanded special interest […]