Zoned Out: A Plan to Help Dying Cities Shoves the Knife Deeper
Scene Magazine Oh sure, Glenn Smith could give you his office address. But that won’t help you find it. Instead, he tells you to drive into East Cleveland on Euclid Avenue. On the left you’ll see a parking lot that’s pitted and sunken, where a patch of gravel marks the outline of the old Burger […]
Ohio taxes families with extremely low earnings, only five states begin taxing families at lower income levels
Families in Ohio are taxed at a lower income level than families in all but five states according to a new report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, released here by Policy Matters Ohio. Ohio levies income taxes on single-parent families of three who earn as little as $10,300 a year, and on […]
Three Year Review of Cleveland Living Wage Ordinance Finds Small Impact Report Recommends Adding Health Provision, Improving Monitoring and Enforcement
Three years after Cleveland’s Fair Employment Wage Ordinance went into effect, a new report from Policy Matters Ohio finds that it has resulted in modest pay raises for a small number of workers. It has not caused a substantial increase in contract costs, and has prevented only one financial assistance agreement according to the city. […]
Claiming Credit
Thousands of Ohioans fail to take advantage of tax break and forgo an average of $1,700 When taxpayers turn in the last of their income tax payments tomorrow, more than 700,000 Ohio families are likely to have filed for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). These credits, averaging $1,700 apiece, will help working families who […]
Shifts in Factory Work Cost Ohio Jobs
Columbus Dispatch Ohio has lost 45,734 jobs since 1995 because of the North American Free Trade Agreement and comparatively low labor costs overseas, a new study says. Full Article
NAFTA Linked to Ohio Job Loss
Think tank’s report says 14,653 positions gone as direct result of trade pact The Akron Beacon Journal A nonprofit Ohio group has issued a report saying the North American Free Trade Agreement has been a raw deal for Ohio workers. Full Article
Policy Matters Ohio Report Finds Trade-Related Job Loss Scars Ohio
Government Data Attributes 45,734 Lost Jobs Directly to International Trade Although trade advocates argued that the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and other trade agreements would add jobs to the U.S. economy, 45,734 Ohio jobs lost between 1995 and October 2003 can be directly traced to international trade. A new Policy Matters Ohio analysis […]
Ohio Jobless Rate Up in December
Boost blamed on rise in holiday job-seekers by Mark Niquette The economy might be improving, but employment in Ohio and the region continues to lag. The Ohio jobless rate increased to 6 percent in December from 5.7 percent in November. The unemployment rate also increased in all central Ohio counties except Franklin, according to state […]
The Ever-Shrinking Safety Net: Lost your job? Well, it better have been a good one
by Zach Schiller, in Urban Dialect One woman worked at a Southeastern Ohio restaurant for most of last year, averaging $174.68 a week. Another sold magazines over the phone in Cincinnati, working 20 to 25 hours a week all year, ending up at $7.50 an hour. When they lost their jobs and applied for unemployment […]
Study Criticizes Taft’s High-Tech Start-Up Fund
Columbus Dispatch Ohio’s Third Frontier Action Fund, the oldest part of the Taft administration’s high-tech economic development program, has created few jobs despite handing out $55 million in the past five years, according to a study to be released today. Full Article
Report: Third Frontier Fund Gets Slow Start
Cincinnati Enquirer A report issued today by a Cleveland research group says Ohio’s 5-year-old Third Frontier Action Fund, part of the state’s flagship economic development program, has generated few jobs and little commercial activity. Full Article
Third Frontier Grants Oversight Criticized
Dayton Daily News COLUMBUS — A grant component of Gov. Bob Taft’s Third Frontier Project has modest economic benefits while the oversight of its administration is inadequate, according to a report being released today. Full Article