Stay updated with breaking news from Shannah Halbert. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
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"