Public preschool initiative an investment in the future
Many Cincinnati children are shut out of preschool.
Tax cuts, flat tax aren’t the answer
Policy Matters proposes steps to modernize Ohio’s tax system in testimony to lawmakers.
Cutting unemployment benefits will hurt job seekers and communities
Draconian measure to slash benefits is wrong approach to prod employment, report says.
New Census data: Incomes up, poverty down for most in Ohio
Ohio made gains in income, poverty, and health coverage last year but official poverty rate remains above the pre-recession level.
Unemployment compensation solvency plan offered
Proposal would avoid benefit cuts, make the system financially sound by 2025.
Reports show benefits of industrial energy efficiency
Combined heat and power technologies would create jobs, reduce energy waste and pollution
American incomes and health coverage up, poverty down in new Census data
Data shows improvements in inflation-adjusted median income, poverty, and health insurance coverage.
Federal government rejects ill-conceived ‘Healthy Ohio’ plan
Proposal would have undermined successful Medicaid expansion in Ohio.
Workers still struggle in Ohio’s economy
Labor force participation, at 62.3 percent, was at a 36-year low in 2015 with a particularly alarming plunge to 81.7 percent for working-age men according to Still struggling: The State of Working Ohio 2016, a report from Policy Matters Ohio embargoed for release on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016. “Ohio is finally emerging from the deep […]
Policy Matters welcomes state policy fellow
New position will focus on education and fiscal policy in Ohio.
U.S. should reject “Healthy Ohio” plan
Ohio’s Medicaid proposal would harm patients and destabilize a system that is working.
RNC event highlights reforms needed to combat poverty
CNN political editor Juana Summers and Policy Matters’ Amy Hanauer will moderate forum.