Ohio Productivity Up, Wages Down, Group Says
The Cincinnati Enquirer CLEVELAND – Median wages for Ohio workers have declined in the past four years and continue to trail the nation despite increases in worker productivity, education and work hours, according to a report released Sunday. Researchers with Policy Matters Ohio analyzed employment and demographic information. The group’s report looks at Ohio wages, […]
Report: Wages Going Down
Ohio News Now A Cleveland think tank says the average Ohio worker has seen declining wages for four years. In a report released this weekend, Policy Matters Ohio says productivity, education and weekly working hours have increased during that time. The report’s author say gains in worker productivity normally are mirrored by gains in […]
Study: Wages Declining for Ohio Workers
Earnings fall despite rise in production Chillicothe Gazette CLEVELAND (AP) – Median wages for Ohio workers have declined over the past four years and continue to trail the nation despite increases in worker productivity, education and work hours, according toa report released Sunday. Researchers with Policy Matters Ohio analyzed employment and demographic information to understand […]
Ohio Productivity Not Paying Off
Report details job losses, wage declines, rising inequality in stateby William Hershey Dayton Daily News COLUMBUS | As workers across the country prepare to celebrate Labor Day on Monday, they can pat themselves on the back for being more productive and better educated than workers in the past. They might want to worry, however, about […]
Wages Slip In Ohio, Welfare Surplus Grows
WCPO.com- Cincinnati CLEVELAND (AP) — A Cleveland think tank says the average Ohio worker has seen declining wages for four years. In a report released today, Policy Matters Ohio says productivity, education and weekly working hours have increased during that time. The report’s author say gains in worker productivity normally are mirrored by gains in […]
Proposed Limit to State Spending Pulled from November Ballot Consideration
Blackwell, in Deal with GOP, Now Aims for 2006 Vote Gongwer News Service Two days before the filing deadline, Citizens for Tax Reform officially backed off plans to submit petitions bearing more than 500,000 signatures for a proposed Nov. 8 ballot issue to limit state spending, with the group announcing Monday it would instead seek […]
Q&A with…Zach Schiller
Catalyst Cleveland by Stephanie Klupinski Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell recently postponed plans to put a TEL, or Tax Expenditure Limitation, on a statewide ballot this fall. If approved, the proposal would restrict spending by state and political subdivisions to either 3.5 percent or the sum of the annual rates of consumer inflation and population […]
Policy Research Group Releases Higher Ed Funding Study
The Hannah Report Policy Matters Ohio, a non-profit, non-partisan policy research institute with offices in Cleveland and Columbus, has released a study, “College Bound: Taxes and Tuition in Ohio.” It finds that by 2010, an Ohio family of four with 2003 median four-person family earnings of $69,478 and one child in college will have reaped, […]
College Tuition Hikes Outpacing Tax Cuts, Study Says
The Toledo Blade Ryan Cook had lots to consider when he was contemplating where to pursue a college degree in mechanical engineering. Of course, there was the choice of degrees and the cost of tuition. But Mr. Cook ultimately decided on the University of Toledo because of its proximity to his home – allowing him […]
No Money Down Gains More Buyers
Many choosing convenient route, but financial responsibility is keyby Gloria Irwin The Akron Beacon Journal Twenty-seven-year-old Tiffany Herbert is about to become a homeowner — and it will cost her only about $800 or so.A first-time buyer, she’s paying $64,000 for a two-bedroom home in the Goodyear Heights neigborhood of Akron. She’s not making any […]
Group Alarmed About Tax Issue’s Supremacy Clause
WKYC.com COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A nonprofit economic policy research organization says a proposed Ohio Constitutional amendment to limit government spending and its ability to raise taxes includes a supremacy clause allowing it to prevail over everything else. In a report out today, Policy Matters Ohio says the provision says it trumps all other sections […]
Proposal to Limit Spending is Too Vague, Group Says
Columbus Dispatch by Jim Siegel The proposed constitutional amendment limiting government spending is so vaguely worded that it could lead to years of legal battles, a nonprofit research group wrote in a study released today. The amendment, pushed by a group led by Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell, limits spending growth and says political […]