Small solutions to Ohio’s big problems in Senate budget bill
Instead of more tax cuts, we should restore and expand funding to improve communities, build opportunities for children and create the needed infrastructure for businesses.
Testimony: Toledo can help create a smarter, more equitable transportation system
Toledo can adopt an aggressive complete street policy, demand that Ohio make public transportation a higher priority, that policymakers focus on ensuring safe routes to school and funding the infrastructure to promote safe walking and cycling.
Testimony: Enforce payday-lender laws and let communities protect residents
Kalitha Williams testifies in support of a resolution before Cuyahoga Falls City Council that urges state policymakers to enforce payday lending laws and to repeal legislation preventing local communities from protecting residents.
Childcare funding rules squelch access, work opportunities
The Akron Beacon Journal ran this editorial based on a report by Policy Matters Ohio’s Wendy Patton. The study examined how Ohio rules to qualify for initial and continuing assistance on the cost of childcare deter working parents from advancing on the job and disrupt children’s progress in crucial early learning programs: The “cracks” refer to a […]
Testimony: Tax credit should require job creation
Zach Schiller to the Senate Finance Committee on House Bill 492: Close the loophole on the InvestOhio personal income tax credit.
Testimony: Boost funding for neglected needs, including children, adults, localities
The House version of HB 483 (Mid-Biennium Review), turns attention to neglected needs in Ohio including services for children and the elderly. Wendy Patton’s testimony addresses services for these vulnerable Ohioans as well as foreclosures, local government funding, and the state’s venture-capital fund.
Neglect of elderly is underaddressed, new study finds
For immediate release Contact Wendy Patton, 614.221.4505 Download release Full report Increased spending on adult protection, as Ohio House proposes, would help Neglect and abuse of the elderly is underreported and underaddressed, the number of elderly Ohioans is increasing sharply, and a growing share of the elderly will be cared for in their homes instead […]
Ohio foreclosures drop, but remain high
For immediate release Contact Zach Schiller, 216.361.9801 Download press release (1 pg) Full report 2013 filings were 2½ times the average in the 1990s Despite a welcome 25 percent drop, Ohio foreclosures in 2013 remained at highly elevated levels, according to the annual foreclosure report released today by Policy Matters Ohio. Last year’s 53,163 new […]
Ohio childcare rules undercut work
For immediate release Contact Wendy Patton, 614.221.4505 Download press release Full report Report finds subsidy “cliffs,” recommends ways to strengthen aid Ohio could improve lives of many working moms this year by making public childcare work better for families and children, according to a report released today by Policy Matters Ohio. The study examines […]
Ohio parents, officials are examining school vouchers for next year
The subhead for this Statehouse News Bureau story on vouchers says a lot: State keeps increasing size of one voucher program, though all vouchers have never been claimed http://www.wksu.org/news/story.php?/39003
So-Called “Right to Work” is Wrong
Join We Are Ohio May 15 to learn more about this anti-worker agenda and what you can do to take action and protect your community. So-called “Right To Work” is a dangerous attack on working and middle-class families. These anti-worker policies lower wages, slash benefits, make workers less safe on the job, and devastate communities.
Policy Matters welcomes new staff, says goodbye to long-time colleague
Policy Matters Ohio, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research center with offices in Cleveland and Columbus, today announced the hiring of a development manager and the departure of a long-time staffer who has served as communications director and education researcher. Beginning April 28, Shae London will fill the new position of development manager. She brings more than […]