Consumer Agency Pick Cordray Lost Some, Won Some
Washington Post Richard Cordray is no stranger to defeat. A soft-spoken man who pads around in socks and admires the writings of Supreme Court justice Louis Brandeis, he has run for office in his native Ohio nine times in the past 20 years, losing nearly as many races as he’s won. Now, he faces an […]
Ohio Budget: Cuts ‘Sudden, Swift and Difficult’
Ohio Public News Service COLUMBUS, Ohio – It won’t take long for Ohio to feel the effects of the state’s recently approved two-year budget, according to some policy experts and community leaders. The budget fills an $8 billion deficit through cuts to just about every state service and program. Wendy Patton, senior associate with Policy […]
Amy Hanauer comments in The New Republic on Richard Cordray’s nomination to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
The New Nullification: GOP v. Obama Nominees The New Republic Elizabeth Warren won’t get a chance to run the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but Richard Cordray may. And perhaps that’s good news. Warren, the Harvard Law Professor and champion of consumer interests, may run for the U.S. Senate, seeking the seat Ted Kennedy once occupied […]
David Rothstein comments in The Huffington Post on Cordray nomination
In Richard Cordray, Consumer Agency Would Be Led By Financial Cop Known For Toughness Huffington Post In nominating Richard Cordray to lead the fledgling consumer protection agency, President Barack Obama has chosen a man with a reputation as a defender of consumers’ rights, someone willing to take on the nation’s most powerful financial firms. Sunday’s […]
Big Spenders
Ohio.com Republicans campaigning for the Statehouse a year ago spent much time championing performance audits. They called for casting a cold, hard eye on state operations, squeezing every possible dime of savings. The recently approved two-year state budget reflects a willingness to whack spending, especially for schools, local governments and many programs for the disadvantaged. […]
Wendy Patton comments on the Ohio budget in The New York Times
In Ohio, a New Governor Is Off to a Smooth Start The New York Times In Washington, Congress may still be fighting over the national budget, but in Ohio, where Republicans control the House, the Senate and the governor’s office, the budget passage has been about as smooth as a knife through butter. That is […]
Tax breaks not free, they put drain on budget
Dayton Daily News For weeks now, the news out of Columbus has been about the budget
Ohio: A New Kind of Battleground- Hanauer article in The Nation
The Nation When my daughter started kindergarten, she was deemed secure enough to be placed next to the most rambunctious boy in the class. Her classmate, son of a formerly incarcerated man, quickly won us over with his humor, intelligence and infectious grin, if not always with his strict adherence to classroom expectations. But our […]
Tax breaks riddle Ohio’s tax code
New national report details how to improve accountability Ohio spends $7 billion a year in the form of tax credits, exemptions, and deductions with little evaluation of whether it benefits Ohioans or is effective in achieving the tax breaks’ purpose. The General Assembly should enact legislation requiring the state to better track this spending and […]
See Zach Schiller discuss Trade and Ohio employment on Fox Business News
Free Trade and Ohio Fox Business News Research director from Policy Matters, Zach Schiller and Michael Fullilove from the Brookings Institute discuss which candidate will be better at protecting jobs and free trade. Watch the video
Shabby Treatment
The Toledo Blade GOV. John Kasich recently seemed to try to justify the new restrictions he seeks on public-sector workers by noting the “shabby benefits” that some private-sector workers get. It’s unclear whether the governor meant to suggest that teachers, police officers, firefighters, and other public employees should also receive inadequate benefits. But it is […]
Prison Numbers
The Toledo Blade Gov. John Kasich promotes privatization as a way for state government to save money and deliver public services more efficiently. But a credible new study suggests the Kasich administration has yet to make a compelling case for selling five state prisons to private contractors. The liberal advocacy group Policy Matters Ohio examined […]