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Numeric news from Policy Matters $1,000: Our proposed Thriving Families Tax Credit would send on average an additional $1,000 each year to households with incomes under $85,000. Contrast that with the absurdly disproportionate benefits of flat tax proposals, including those in H.B. 1, of which the rich take home the lion’s...

[image:2] Chair Edwards, Vice Chair LaRe, Ranking Member Sweeney, and members of the Committee. I’m Hannah Halbert, I’m privileged to be the Executive Director of Policy Matters Ohio, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research institute with a mission to make Ohio a more vibrant, equitable, inclusive, and sustainable place for all who live...

The education community in Ohio is encouraged by the governor's support of public school funding, but see red flags when it comes to increased private school vouchers.

DeWine announced his proposed budget would expand eligibility for the EdChoice private school voucher program to households at or below 400% of the federal poverty level.

“Legislators should avoid competing funding obligations, such as expansion of private school vouchers or charter schools"

How much would you have to earn in Franklin County in order to meet your basic needs like food and housing?

How much would you have to earn in Franklin County in order to meet your basic needs like food and housing?

Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Inflation Reduction Act, a bill that makes important reforms to the federal tax code, addresses rising costs and makes the largest-ever federal allocation to fight climate change. In response, Policy Matters Ohio Executive Director Hannah Halbert released the following statement: “Today’s news is...

Bree Easterling has joined Policy Matters Ohio as the organization’s new public safety fellow. In their role, Easterling will be working with community members, advocates, elected officials and other key stakeholders to establish a “care response” model in Cleveland. Care response, or alternative response, is a “health first” approach to emergency...

Numeric news from Policy Matters Ohio $50,000: That’s how much less per year Ohio’s wealthiest 1% are paying in taxes, compared to what they paid in 2005. It’s one result of a broken tax code that shortchanges all of us—especially our schools. We went live on Facebook with Ohio Education Association...