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In spending $85 million, Ohio could reduce poverty
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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.