Kasich Tax Plan: Advantage, Top 1 Percent
Gov. John Kasich’s new tax proposal would deliver annual tax cuts averaging more than $2,800 to the top 1 percent of Ohio taxpayers while those in the bottom two-fifths would pay more on average than they do now.
More cuts in income-tax rates won’t help Ohio
Gov. Kasich’s proposal contains helpful initiatives, but Ohio does not need the across-the-board income-tax cut that is the centerpiece of his mid-biennium budget proposal.
Experts on “wraparound” social services in schools in Cincinnati and Washington, D.C., will discuss Cleveland’s efforts Thursday
by Patrick O’Donnell on cleveland.com Panelists from Cincinnati and Washington, D.C., with experience mixing social services and schools will discuss the challenges and opportunities for Cleveland as the school district increases its own “wraparound” efforts in two sessions at The City Club Thursday. Martin Blank, president of the Institute for Educational Leadership and theCoalition for Community Schools, and Cincinnati City […]
Advocates from OH, PA, WV urge common approach to shale taxation
Comparable tax rate will allow states to address impacts and invest in future Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia should take a common approach to taxing gas and oil drilling in the Marcellus and Utica Shale, leaders of research and policy organizations from each state said today. Leaders of Policy Matters Ohio, the Pennsylvania Budget and […]
Financial-aid cuts lock out Ohio students
For immediate release Contact Hannah Halbert, 614.221.4505 Download release (1 pg) Full report Changes to need-based aid close doors for students at two-year colleges Ohio has slashed aid for college students by a third over the past 10 years. As a result, it now invests less in need-based aid per full-time undergraduate than any Midwestern […]
Congress should approve President’s proposal to strengthen the Earned Income Tax Credit
The President’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2015 includes several important improvements to the pro-work Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Child Tax Credit (CTC) that, taken together, will reduce poverty among low-wage workers and their families, reduce income inequality, strengthen work incentives and send federal dollars to local communities. Congress should approve these proposals.
Cleveland wraparound schools discussions
On Thursday, March 13, Policy Matters Ohio is hosting two panel discussions at the City Club of Cleveland, 850 Euclid Avenue. United Way of Greater Cleveland has partnered with the Cleveland Metropolitan School District to develop wraparound strategies in 17 low-performing schools. Wrapping community support around academic environments has proven successful in other communities and […]
Kasich plays coy on tax-cut specifics
Dispatch story by Joe Vardon Before he headed east to rejoin the Republican political circuit last night, Gov. John Kasich said his aides held “a big tax meeting” in Columbus. “I didn’t speak to any of them. I just walked through,” Kasich told reporters, before speaking at a Licking County GOP fundraiser in Newark. Kasich […]
New policy brief outlines ways to strengthen, build thriving communities
For immediate release Contact Wendy Patton, 614.221.4505 Read the full brief Download this release (1 pg) State policy can help restore and build strong communities. It can support local public services for safe, well-maintained neighborhoods, good schools and rising property values. What happens in Columbus can determine whether Ohio communities thrive or struggle. These are […]
The Sorry State of Corporate Taxes: What Fortune 500 firms pay (or don’t pay) in the USA and what they pay abroad
Two Ohio companies — American Electric Power and FirstEnergy — were among the 26 major companies that in the aggregate paid no federal income tax over the five-year period between 2008 and 2012. Most companies included in this new study aren’t paying anywhere near the statutory 35 percent tax rate.
Parsing Gov. John Kasich’s State of the State Speech
This Ideastream broadcast story cited Policy Matters Ohio’s analysis of income-tax cuts in its look at Gov. John Kasich’s State of the State address.
Whose tax cut? The latest scheme to cut state income tax rates would favor the rich, increase inequality, and harm basic services
This editorial in the Toledo Blade takes the Kasich administration, and fellow Republicans, to task for promoting tax cuts as the cure to Ohio’s ills. Gov. John Kasich and many members of the Republican-controlled General Assembly will campaign for re-election this year largely on their efforts to cut Ohio’s personal income tax yet again. Voters