Ohio’s Policy Wastes Money and Lives
Blaine Griffin Prison spending ballooned by more than one billion inflation-adjusted dollars between 1985 and 2000. Just 15 years ago, we got by on a corrections budget of less than $200 million. Ohio’s current approach makes no sense, fiscally or morally. We’ve quadrupled the number of people in Ohio’s prisons over the last 25 years. […]
Hagan to Vote “Yes” on Issue 1
Cleveland City News As the governor s race closes up and heats up the difference between the two candidates, Tim Hagan and Bob Taft, is being brought into sharp relief. And nowhere are those differences greater than over the contentious Issue 1, the bill that would mandate treatment for first and second-time drug offenders. Gov. […]
Report: Workers Make Mixed Gains: Women’s Wages Up, Black Men’s Lag
The Toledo Blade As American workers celebrate Labor Day, a new report gives mixed grades to the progress made by working families in recent years. The good news is that the wages of female workers, although still lagging behind those of men, are increasing steadily. Also positive are the gains made by female and minority […]
Ohians See Drop in Income Since ’70s: Inflation, Job Exodus Erode Average Wage
Cincinnati Enquirer By Ken Alltucker Here’s a sobering Labor Day revelation: Two decades ago, Ohioans worked less and were paid more for their efforts. That’s the conclusion of a new report from an Ohio think tank that analyzed two decades of income data culled from U.S. Census Bureau surveys. The study, to be released today […]
Ohio Incomes Jump; 2 Parents Working on More Families
The Akron Beacon Journal By Keith McKnight, Katie Byard and David Knox A dose of prosperity, plus a marked increase in the number of homes in which both parents joined the work force, drove up the median family income for Ohioans in the past decade to about 10 percent beyond the inflation rate. Data released […]
Gap Widens Between Rich, Poor
Investment income, manufacturing decline cause divide among Ohioansby Christopher Montgomery Dayton Daily News DAYTON | The growth rate of Ohio’s income gap
National Report Card Gives Ohio an F in Unemployment Insurance
The Hannah Report A state-by-state unemployment insurance report card released Tuesday gives Ohio’s system a failing grade. Failing the Unemployed, produced nationally by the Economic Policy Institute, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the National Employment Law Project, takes a detailed look at unemployment insurance in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, evaluating how […]
Cincinnati: One of America’s Most Livable Cities?
Cincinnati City Beat The city of Cincinnati’s characterization on the national stage as one of America’s most “livable” cities was undeniably challenged in the aftermath of the urban uprising this past April. Full Article
Unemployed Face Hurdles for Benefits
Study indicates system needs to change eligibility requirementsby Jennine Zeleznik Dayton Daily News COLUMBUS | About one out of three unemployed Ohioans received benefits last year because of tough requirements that disqualify many potential applicants, a study released Wednesday showed. The study, conducted by Policy Matters Ohio, a Cleveland-based nonprofit research organization, said 31 percent […]
Unemployment Not Working for Many
Columbus Dispatch by Catherine Candisky It seldom pays to be out of work in Ohio. Fewer unemployed people receive benefits in this state than in most others because Ohio has some of the strictest eligibility standards in the nation, according to a study by Policy Matters Ohio, a nonprofit research organization based in Cleveland. Last […]
Report: Work Increasing, So is Stress
Dayton Daily News A new report released during the weekend revealed what most people probably intuitively knew already: that Ohioans, and Americans as a whole, are working harder and longer than ever each week. What’s more, despite substantial leaps in productivity, workers aren’t being rewarded for their extra toil. Wages and benefits have stagnated relative […]
Wages Not Enough for Some Ohio Families
Group finds workers above poverty level require aid to get by Columbus Dispatch When Joshua and Shalon Jarrell married four years ago, they never expected they’d need government assistance to provide for their children. They always thought they’d be able to afford the wants and needs of their sons — Joshua, 4, and Caleb, 23 […]