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As the Ohio legislature debates whether to provide subsidies to developers to build low-income housing, a panel of economists is divided on whether that will significantly lower rents.

A majority of a panel of Ohio economists thinks the state could keep many of its most talented students at home if the state offered scholarships to students who graduate in the top five percent of their class, according to a survey published this week.

A majority of a panel of Ohio economists thinks the state could keep many of its most talented students at home if the state offered scholarships to students who graduate in the top 5% of their class, according to a survey published this week. 

An overwhelming majority of a panel of Ohio economists believes that a flat-tax proposal pending in the Ohio House would worsen economic inequality, according to a survey that was published Monday.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's proposed package of expanded mental health services has drawn the near-unanimous approval of a panel of Ohio economists, according to a survey released this week. But one questioned how likely it is to actually happen.

In spending $85 million, Ohio could reduce poverty

Currently, companies in Ohio are allowed to apply for a waiver from the state minimum wage to hire people with disabilities. But Ohio has multiple options to increase employment of people with disabilities without paying them less, writes columnist Rob Moore.

A voluntary, state-run program is paying dividends by reducing the amount of fertilizer that is running off into Ohio waterways and causing harmful algal blooms

If Ohio were to implement its own student loan forgiveness, it might have the ironic effect of incentivizing institutions to raise tuition costs, but would be unlikely to affect inflation as a whole, a panel of economists said in a survey this week.

The pandemic changed a lot of assumptions about the U.S. safety net. Maybe a permanent change could come to school lunch programs: maybe all children in Ohio should get free meals at school.