Policy Matters calls for state to increase investment
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The transportation budget recently passed by the Ohio House of Representatives fails to meet Ohio’s growing needs for public transportation and further stresses local transit agencies.
In testimony before the Senate Transportation, Commerce and Workforce Committee today, Policy Matters Ohio consultant Jack (read more)
Kasich budget doesn’t address Ohio’s transit needs
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More state support needed for children, seniors
Policy Matters calls for funding increases in 2018-2019 budget
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All Ohio communities face new challenges with an aging population and increased children in the child protective system. More seniors need care today than ever before. The drug epidemic is destroying families and more children are (read more)
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ACA replacement would do short and long term harm
Increased costs and changes to Medicaid put many Ohioans at risk
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The House Republican proposal to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will, over time, force Ohio to eliminate the Medicaid expansion, causing hundreds of thousands of low-income Ohioans to become uninsured. It will also reduce the (read more)
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Protect our care: With the health and economic security of so many Ohioans hanging in the balance, we took a look at how the House GOP plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act is particularly bad for our state. The plan ends Medicaid expansion, which covered 700,000 Ohioans. It also changes the structure of Medicaid and how the federal government (read more)
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Kasich budget hits some local governments again
Changes to Local Government Fund and state sales tax base hurt
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In a new Budget Bite released today, Policy Matters calls for state legislators to pass a 2018-2019 budget that restores the Local Government Fund and makes local governments and transit agencies whole after the loss of millions in sales tax (read more)
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Trump budget would end vital programs in Ohio
Local governments, the Great Lakes, senior services, Legal Aid – all at risk
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614.22.4505
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Statement from Wendy Patton, Senior Project Director, Policy Matters Ohio
For more information, see Wendy’s initial analysis
“President Donald Trump’s ‘skinny’ budget blueprint would hurt many people and communities in Ohio. Federal funds made up 37 percent of our (read more)
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Policy Matters testifies on state budget
Calls for additional support for public transit, reversal in tax policy
Zach Schiller, 216.361.9801
Wendy Patton, 614.221.4505
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Policy Matters Ohio testified in two Ohio House committees today regarding Governor Kasich’s proposed state budget. The Cleveland-based nonprofit research institute called for greater state support of public transit and a reversal in state tax policy, which (read more)
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Leveraging SNAP to improve worker skills
A new pathway to education and training for Ohio
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614.397.6080
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Testimony
Ohio ranks sixth in the nation for people living with food insecurity. Amidst this crisis, state policymakers increased work search and work requirements for SNAP benefits, the supplemental nutrition assistance program once known as food stamps. A new report from Policy (read more)
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Senate Bill 35 improves Ohio EITC
The reform would lift more Ohio workers out of poverty
Contact: Kalitha Williams, 614.221.4505
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Ohio is one of 26 states with an Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), but it doesn’t go far enough. Senate Bill 35 would reform the state’s EITC and provide a much-needed boost to Ohio’s working poor. Today, Policy Matters Ohio (read more)
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Early care and education need investment
Kasich budget underfunds childcare, preschool and kindergarten
Wendy Patton, 614.221.4505
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Governor Kasich’s proposed budget for 2018-2019 misses several opportunities to invest in Ohio’s families and children. In two “Budget Bites” released today, Policy Matters Ohio examines the state’s underinvestment in early education and childcare, and (read more)
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JobWatch: More than a blip?
Ohio experiences big job gains in February
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Ohio posted five-figure job gains in February, according to new data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. In a much welcome departure from the sluggish growth that dogged the state in 2016, February brought an additional 15,200 jobs to Ohio.
“Last year (read more)
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Skinny budget, big victory: News from Policy Matters
No Deal: Victory is ours! Thank you to everyone who called, tweeted, emailed or wrote to their member of Congress urging them to vote against the Republican plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act. America had a strong message to TrumpCare: You’re fired. Speaker Paul Ryan said “Obamacare is the law of the land for the foreseeable future.” We’ll keep (read more)
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Slow down on Q deal
With uncertainty in Washington and Columbus, local leaders should prioritize more pressing needs
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The Cuyahoga County Council likely will vote March 28 on whether to sell $140 million in bonds to finance an expansion and remake of Quicken Loans Arena, and the Cleveland City Council may decide on whether to commit (read more)
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Ohio Transportation Budget: Progress made, more needed
Increases for public transit vehicle fleets, potholes for operating support
Katie Frederick
Ohioans for Transportation Equity
Wendy Patton
Policy Matters Ohio
614.221.4504
Ohio is making some progress on helping public transit agencies bring their fleet of vehicles to a state of good repair. But deep fiscal potholes remain to be filled to support the day-to-day operations side of the ledger (read more)
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Ohio needs investment, not tax shifting
House should remake state budget, Policy Matters testifies
Contact: Wendy Patton and Zach Schiller
216.221361.9801
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Policy Matters Ohio told the House Finance Committee today that the state needs more investment in education, health care and communities instead of the mostly flat spending in Governor John Kasich’s proposed two-year state budget.
“Ohio has the money to (read more)
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Funding needed to fight addiction
Despite raging drug epidemic, Kasich budget flat funds treatment
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614.221.4505
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In 2015, more than 3,300 people died from drug overdoses in Ohio. Despite a raging drug epidemic, Governor Kasich’s budget for 2018 and 2019 flat funds mental health and addiction services.
In a new Budget Bite released today, Policy Matters Ohio calls (read more)
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Kasich budget cuts funding for 2/3 of districts
Governor’s plan hurts struggling schools the most
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216.361.9801
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Governor Kasich’s 2018-2019 budget cuts funding for 390 or about two-thirds of Ohio’s school districts, according to a report released today by Policy Matters Ohio.
The budget increases funding for K-12 education over the last two-year budget by 3.2 percent, but that’s (read more)
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State should make transit agencies whole
Policy Matters testifies before House Finance Committee
Contact Wendy Patton
216.361.9801
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Ohio’s 61 public transit agencies badly needs a boost from the state. Governor Kasich’s 2018-2019 budget increases funding for transit by $10 million. But by 2019, changes to the state sales tax base essentially offset the state’s $40 million investment in public transportation.
Due (read more)
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