Coverage of Wendy Patton’s Testimony on SUTA Dumping – May 2005
SB81 Unemployment Compensation – (Armbruster) Gongwer News Service SB81 – To conform state law to federal requirements in the establishment of civil and criminal penalties for manipulating payroll and business transfer information to obtain lower contribution rates in the treatment of Indian tribes as employers. Proponents who testified in the Senate delivered the same comments […]
Study: Taft Plan Will Create Jobs
Report requested by governor also says tax overhaul will boost gross state productBy William Hershey Dayton Daily News COLUMBUS | Gov. Bob Taft’s plan to overhaul the state’s tax system would lead to the creation of an additional 43,250 jobs and a $2.5 billion boost in the gross state product by 2010, according to a […]
Tax Plan Will Add Jobs, Study Says
Columbus Dispatch by Mark Niquette Cutting Ohio s income tax and making other tax changes Gov. Bob Taft proposes would create more than 43,000 new jobs in five years and spur economic growth, a state-funded study released yesterday shows. Full Article
Tax Plan Analysis Favorable
Taft critics disagreeBy John Byczkowski Cincinnati Enquirer Gov. Bob Taft’s proposed commercial activity tax would kill more than 15,000 jobs and sap Ohio of more than $1 billion in gross state product, according to a new analysis of the plan released Thursday by the Ohio Department of Development. Full Article
Minimum Wage Set to be Raised
Prentiss to raise the standard minimum wage to $6.15 an hour beginning January 1, 2006 Gongwer News Service Sen. Prentiss said the state minimum hourly wage of $4.25 per hour has not been increased since 1990, making Ohio one of only two states with a minimum wage lower than the federal rate of $5.15 per […]
Think Tank Pushes Minimum Wage Hike
Business First of Columbus The value of the minimum wage has fallen to its lowest point since 1989 and ought to be raised, according to a Cleveland think tank. Full Article
Prentiss Introduces Minimum Wage Bill
The Hannah Report Senate Minority leader C.J. Prentiss (D-Cleveland) gave sponsor testimony and held a press conference Tuesday to ask the Legislature to raise Ohio’s minimum wage. Full Article
Study finds Ohio minimum wage increase would boost pay of 446,000; Current wage is at second-lowest point in fifty years
The federal minimum wage of $5.15 an hour has less purchasing power than in all but one of the past fifty years. A new Policy Matters Ohio study finds that increasing the Ohio minimum wage to $7.15 an hour, as has been proposed, would directly affect 446,000 covered employees. Of these workers: The majority (60 […]
Coverage of Wendy Patton’s Testimony on SUTA Dumping – April 2005
SB81 Unemployment Compensation Gongwer News Service SB81 – To conform state law to federal requirements in the establishment of civil and criminal penalties for manipulating payroll and business transfer information to obtain lower contribution rates in the treatment of Indian tribes as employers; to establish a state disaster unemployment benefit to pay the first week […]
Group Slams Taft Tax Plan During Athens Whistle Stop
Athens News by David Laber A statewide campaign opposed to Ohio Gov. Robert Taft’s taxreform proposal brought its message to Athens Thursday, but the area’s state senator is not thrilled about the campaign’s actions. Full Article
Next Governor Must See Ohio for What it Can Be
The News-Herald If the recently concluded presidential contest was the “mother of all elections,” then the 2006 election in which all statewide offices will be up for grabs must be its only child. … Full Article
Study: Many Ohioans Rely on Social Security
Business First of Columbus A large percentage of Ohio seniors need Social Security to remain as it is because they depend heavily on it as retirement income, says Policy Matters Ohio, a liberal think tank based in Cleveland. Full Article