Job growth rate since start of recession is far below national average.
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Data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) show that Ohio added just 77,400 jobs since the national recession officially began in December 2007. Ohio’s overall job growth rate since that (read more)
Are we there yet? Seven years after recession, Ohio still playing catch up
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U.S. should reject “Healthy Ohio” plan
Ohio’s Medicaid proposal would harm patients and destabilize a system that is working.
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Proposed changes to Ohio’s Medicaid program would endanger access to health care for hundreds of thousands of Ohioans and disrupt progress made through Medicaid expansion, Policy Matters Ohio told the U.S. Department of Health (read more)
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Policy Matters welcomes state policy fellow
New position will focus on education and fiscal policy in Ohio.
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Policy Matters Ohio is pleased to welcome Victoria Jackson as a state policy fellow focused on education and fiscal policy.
Jackson holds a bachelor’s degree in Pan-African Studies from Kent State University and a master’s of public administration from (read more)
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A rousing forum, a hollow tax giveaway, an unhealthy proposal: News from Policy Matters
Poverty forum – Panelists from diverse backgrounds and an enthusiastic audience gathered July 18 to kick off the Republican National Convention with a conversation about poverty at Cleveland State University. Policy Matters, partnered with Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity and CSU to talk about how federal policy can create opportunity and provide pathways out of poverty. The event drew about (read more)
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Mixed message: Solid jobs report, but unemployment rate drop masks weakness
Ohio’s 12-month growth rate closes in on U.S. average. But long term, we’re way behind.
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Data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) show that Ohio added 11,400 jobs in July, making it the second month in a row of relatively solid job growth. (read more)
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Workers still struggle in Ohio’s economy
The State of Working Ohio 2016 shows Ohio is emerging from recession, but problems persist in the labor market
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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 (read more)
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Federal government rejects ill-conceived ‘Healthy Ohio’ plan
Proposal would have undermined successful Medicaid expansion in Ohio.
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The federal government today helped preserve health care for hundreds of thousands of struggling Ohioans by denying the state’s request to impose premiums and other costs for Medicaid enrollees.
The Ohio legislature had voted for the so-called “Healthy Ohio” proposal, even though its (read more)
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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.
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For the first time in nearly two decades, Census data show improvements in inflation-adjusted median income, poverty, and health insurance coverage. New national data from the Community Population Survey released by the U.S. Census Bureau found 2015 median (read more)
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Reports show benefits of industrial energy efficiency
Combined heat and power technologies would create jobs, reduce energy waste and pollution
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Two separate reports, released today by Policy Matters Ohio and the Alliance for Industrial Efficiency, showcase the potential of industrial energy efficiency measures to create jobs and reduce pollution in Ohio.
The industrial sector — (read more)
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Unemployment compensation solvency plan offered
Proposal would avoid benefit cuts, make the system financially sound by 2025.
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Policy Matters Ohio today outlined a balanced plan to make the state’s unemployment compensation (UC) trust fund solvent while also modernizing the system to allow more low-wage, part-time workers to qualify. That distinguishes it from (read more)
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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.
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Ohio made gains in income, poverty, and health coverage last year according to new data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. Median household income increased by 3.5 percent to (read more)
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Ohio jobs inch down in August
State underperforms, but losses don’t wipe out recent gains.
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After two months of solid job growth, data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) show that the state lost 2,000 jobs last month. Ohio’s 12-month job growth rate (1.4 percent) remains somewhat below (read more)
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State income tax cuts: A view from Ohio
Policy Matters Research Director Zach Schiller’s article in Bloomberg BNA, Sept. 16, 2016: No evidence that lower taxes bring economic prosperity.
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From Nebraska to Georgia, debate has raged over whether to cut state income taxes. Ohio’s income tax, the second-largest source of state revenue and the only major tax based on (read more)
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Cutting unemployment benefits will hurt job seekers and communities
Draconian measure to slash benefits is wrong approach to prod employment, report says.
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Legislation that would sharply reduce unemployment compensation will hurt Ohio by causing hardships for laid-off workers, prompting many to exit the labor force, a new report by Policy Matters Ohio says.
Under House Bill 394, (read more)
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Tax cuts, flat tax aren’t the answer
Policy Matters proposes steps to modernize Ohio’s tax system in testimony to lawmakers.
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Ohio needs to revise its tax system to provide more revenue needed for public services and reverse the tilt against lower- and middle-income Ohioans caused by tax cuts, Policy Matters Ohio Research Director Zach (read more)
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Public preschool initiative an investment in the future
Many Cincinnati children are shut out of preschool.
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Fewer than half of Cincinnati’s young children attend preschool and quality programs aren’t available in many neighborhoods, says a new Policy Matters Ohio report that advocates for passage of a preschool funding tax on the November ballot.
The levy can (read more)
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Policy Matters welcomes three new board members
Melissa Cropper, Chris Mabe and Indigo Bishop to help guide public policy institute.
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Policy Matters Ohio is pleased to welcome extraordinary new board members Melissa Cropper, Chris Mabe and Indigo Bishop.
Melissa Cropper is president of the Ohio Federation of Teachers, which represents 20,000 educators and support staff across Ohio. Melissa (read more)
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Out and about in October: News from Policy Matters
Justice: Our executive director Amy Hanauer joins president Randi Weingarten of the American Federation of Teachers, the Reverend Jawanza Colvin of Cleveland’s Olivet Institutional Baptist Church, president Tom Steyer of NextGen Foundation, and the Reverend Tony Minor to discuss economic, educational, environmental and social justice, Friday, October 7 at noon at Cleveland State University’s Student Center, Room 313. Register here (read more)
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New rule extends overtime to 351,000 Ohio workers
Ohio and other states are fighting updated U.S. rule that allows more workers to qualify for overtime.
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An updated rule established by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) will bring overtime protection to 12.5 million American workers, including 351,000 Ohioans. The rule, slated to take effect December 1, requires that (read more)
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Leaves aren’t the only things falling
Jobs and Ohio’s labor force decline in September.
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After starting the summer on a strong note, Ohio now has posted two months of job losses. Data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) show that the state lost 3,100 jobs last month on top of (read more)
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