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Advocates for the poor say the increase does little to help working, low-income Ohioans.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) -- Ohio’s minimum wage is increasing/has increased on January 1st to $9.30 an hour. That’s 50 cents more an hour than in 2021.Still, Policy Matters Ohio

But advocates for the poor say the increase does little to help working, low-income Ohioans.

But advocates for the poor say the increase does little to help working, low-income Ohioans.

A report released by Policy Matters Ohio indicates CEOs at Ohio's top 100 employers were paid an average of 322 times what the average employee was paid at those companies in 2020.

Ohio received the money through multiple federal relief packages, including the American Rescue Plan signed by President Joe Biden.

12,200: Seasonally adjusted data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) show that Ohio employers added 12,200 jobs in November. In his monthly JobWatch report, Michael Shields notes that Ohio is on pace to recover from the pandemic recession twice as fast as we did...

Lawmakers should give the public a chance to weigh in on spending federal funds News reports indicate that Gov. Mike DeWine and Republican leaders of the Ohio legislature plan to direct $250 million in American Rescue Plan (ARP) funding to law enforcement and other first responders. Policy Matters Ohio Executive Director...

12,600: On any given day, as many as 12,600 Ohioans are held in jail as they await trial, compared to 3,000 in 1978 — driven mostly by bail set by local courts, even though overall crime rates have gone down. Most of the people held in jail pretrial cannot afford...

Yesterday, Clevelanders elected Justin Bibb, a nonprofit executive, to serve as the city’s next mayor. They also elected several new people to serve on city council and passed a transformative ballot initiative that will increase community oversight of police. Policy Matters Ohio Executive Director Hannah Halbert releases the following statement:...