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Policy Matters Ohio yesterday delivered the following letter to Conference Committee members, House and Senate leadership and members of the DeWine administration. The letter, signed by 98 state and local organizations and more than 900 individuals, urges Ohio leaders to prioritize the health and well-being of Ohioans in the state...

The Ohio Senate today passed a budget that will cost the state nearly a billion dollars each year for tax cuts that mostly benefit the wealthy. To pay for another tax cut to the wealthiest Ohioans and a handout to millionaires who are already sending their kids to private schools,...

Advocates for poor Ohioans say the Ohio Senate's plan to roll back safety net programs for food, health care and housing are particularly damaging in the face of economic headwinds for many Ohio families.

Today, Ohio’s Senate leadership released its state budget proposal. Policy Matters Ohio Executive Director Hannah Halbert issued the following statement: The Substitute Bill produced by the Senate majority continues to rely on failed tax strategies at the expense of education and family economic security. Legislators have been cutting taxes for...

Cuyahoga County Council passed an ordinance Tuesday to strengthen wage theft protections, a move that will prevent employers who steal from their workers from doing business with the county and help county residents make ends meet. Over the past several months, the Guardians for Fair Work coalition, which includes Policy...

Numeric News from Policy Matters Ohio 150: If you’re a regular Saturday Stats reader, you know we’re never short on data-driven analysis and just plain good ideas. But smart, compassionate policy goes nowhere without champions. This past Wednesday, 150 leaders from all over the state came together in Columbus for OOC’s...

Both liberal and conservative policy groups believe the General Fund budget recently passed by the Ohio House doesn’t go far enough and are looking to the Senate to make changes. Seventeen of the 19 no votes came from the GOP majority, while only two Democrats voted against the plan that easily passed Thursday afternoon. The Senate has yet to pass its budget, and the two need to be reconciled and signed by Gov. Mike DeWine before becoming law.

Policy and business advocates alike are hoping the Ohio legislature will reconsider changes to the state budget with regard to the child care workforce and scholarships.

Senate now has opportunity to prioritize everyday Ohioans Today, Ohio’s House of Representatives passed its version of the state budget for the next biennium. Policy Matters Ohio Executive Director Hannah Halbert released the following statement: The budget bill passed by the House of Representatives creates more tax benefits for the wealthy and...

Yesterday, Ohio’s House of Representatives released its state budget proposal. Policy Matters Ohio Executive Director Hannah Halbert issued the following statement: The House Substitute Bill released yesterday suggests legislators may have abandoned the flat tax, but not the tax cut strategy that has already drained nearly $8 billion a year...