Fracking expert series examines true costs of energy
For immediate release Lea Harper at 419.450.7042 or wewantcleanwater@gmail.com Lisa Kochheiser at 419.349.3379 or lisallis11@gmail.com For the fourth installment of the Expert Series on Fracking to help citizens make informed choices regarding the need for a Charter Amendment to protect the city of Bowling Green from fracking and its toxic waste disposal issues, a paneldiscussion will […]
Census: Nearly one in four Ohio children live in poverty
Data show little change in poverty rates, drop in median income since end of recession
Tax Foundation mischaracterizes Policy Matters Ohio work
Recent testimony that Policy Matters Ohio delivered before the House Tax Reform Legislative Study Committee in Bowling Green drew an attack from the Tax Foundation (see blog item, http://taxfoundation.org/blog/policy-matters-ohio-misses-mark-tax-reform) that we are pleased to rebut.
Number of uninsured Ohio children unchanged since 2000
The number of uninsured Ohio children has stayed about the same since 2000, even as the number of uninsured adults under age 65 increased, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released today.
Testimony: Kasich administration moving against history, hurting Ohio’s future
The Kasich administration is making sweeping reductions in aid to local governments without the state taking more responsibility for vital services those governments perform. The elimination of the property tax rollback – part of the deal in establishing the income tax
When is a dollar more than a dollar?
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Most States Funding Schools Less Than Before the Recession
States’ new budgets are providing less per-pupil funding for kindergarten through 12th grade than they did six years ago
Testimony: State aid to local government is down
The decline in state support has caused cutbacks to local government services and employment. According to numbers distributed by the Kasich administration, state support for local governments
Energy efficiency will make Ohio stronger
Despite their enormous contribution to global warming, power plants around the country do not face any federal limits on carbon dioxide pollution. To protect our health, our safety and our environment from the worst impacts of global warming, the United States should clean up the dirtiest power plants. States, like Ohio, have a role to play too.
Labor Day 2013
Ohio workers have little to cheer, as job recovery remains weak, wages are falling, and economic gaps are widening That’s The Toledo Blade’s take on how Ohio workers are faring in today’s economy. Labor Day is a national holiday created to extol the economic and social achievements of American workers. But other than a three-day […]
‘Stuck’ in Ohio
This editorial in The Akron Beacon Journal relies on our annual labor-market study to call for more investment in Ohio, rather than continued tax cuts. Ohio is “stuck,” to borrow from the title of the most recent assessment of the state’s job market by Policy Matters Ohio. Each Labor Day, the Cleveland-based think tank looks […]
Labor Day report finds tough Ohio labor market
For immediate release Contact Amy Hanauer, 216.375.9274 Full report Download press release Labor force participation was at a 33-year low at the end of 2012, Ohio job growth is fourth worst among states since 2005, and wages in Ohio inched up just a penny last year from already-low levels. The State of Working […]