Almost every worker will need paid family medical leave at some point, but too few have access to PFML programs.

The gas tax holiday is minimally effective, drains resources from the budget, and does nothing to address inadequate wages for working people.

Estimated average weekly savings per driver during the 12-week “Gas Tax Holiday” that was rushed through the legislature and signed by Gov. DeWine this week. That’s roughly enough to cover an ...

Ohio’s legislature has given generous incentives to tech companies to build data centers in our state. Ohioans should have a say in whether and how to allow these facilities in our communities. What ...

Major tax policy changes enacted by Ohio lawmakers since Governor Taft’s 2005 State Budget Bill ask families with the lowest incomes to pay more, the wealthy to pay less, and the state to forgo the ...

Unproductive tax breaks that favor corporations and wealthy Ohioans have riddled the state tax code for years.

Ohio’s students deserve a world-class education, including safe and well-resourced schools that are staffed with teachers who are well trained and fairly paid. Providing that education is our shared ...

Ohio’s childcare system is increasingly unaffordable for families, while providers struggle to keep their doors open, and childcare workers earn a median wage of just $14.27 per hour. Caregivers, ...

The Ohio Senate has passed its state budget bill. Policy Matters Ohio Tax Policy Researcher Bailey Williams issued the following statement: “Every budget is a statement about who our lawmakers serve.

In May 2023 Ohio fully restored the jobs lost to the COVID recession. In March 2024, Ohio posted the largest job total in the state’s history, restoring the jobs lost to the 2001 dot com recession. In ...

Someone to call. Someone to respond. Somewhere to go. Over the past few months, a variety of decisions have been impacting Cleveland’s crisis care continuum — some in the direction of progress, others ...

The school funding proposal put forward by Speaker Huffman provides the vast majority of Ohio districts far less than the actual cost of educating kids, returning Ohio to the days of funding schools ...