Cutting Ohio income taxes a mistake
Kasich plan benefits the wealthiest Ohioans, but won’t move the state forward.
Proposed Ohio childcare assistance doesn’t go far enough, report finds
Low-wage families need more childcare assistance to work and climb the earnings ladder
Medicaid premiums prevent access to care
Kasich proposal would work against the goals of Medicaid expansion to provide access to health care and stabilize health system finances
Financial requirements prevent Medicaid patients from getting needed care
Research shows that imposing Medicaid costs creates a barrier to care that can lead to serious medical conditions and drive up health-care costs.
Reducing public assistance would hurt working Ohio families
Many workers in the low-wage economy can’t make ends meet without public assistance.
Report shows Kasich tax plan favors the wealthiest Ohioans
Kasich tax proposal would produce an average tax cut of $11,906 for top 1 percent, while increasing taxes on lower- and moderate-income families
Kasich budget falls short in investments in needed services
Budget takes some steps in the right direction, but contains more ill-advised tax policies and revenue cuts for schools and local governments.
Dirty energy subsidies a bad deal
Contact: Michael Shields, 216.361.9801 Download Press Release (1pg) Read the full report (3pp) Report says proposals would incentivize waste Consumer subsidies to guarantee electric power sales for several inefficient plants owned by FirstEnergy and American Electric power would be costly and encourage waste. That is the conclusion of a study released today by Policy Matters […]
Budget policy changes needed to reverse Ohio’s decline
Ohio is falling behind due to of years of budget and tax cuts
Legislators and advocates call for a better Earned Income Tax Credit
To benefit Ohio working families, boost the state EITC, make it refundable, and eliminate the cap.
Ohioans, activists demand accountability for charter schools raided by FBI
Dayton-area Concept Schools have a history of well-documented problems.
Lawmakers, advocates call for better tax credit for working poor
Ohio Earned Income Tax Credit is inadequate to help working poor families. COLUMBUS, OH ??” Advocates for the working poor today called on Ohio lawmakers to boost Ohio’s Earned Income Tax Credit, make it refundable and eliminate the income cap in the next state budget. The refundable federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is the […]