Policy Matters Ohio

An annual report from Policy Matters Ohio finds positives in Ohio's 2023 economy, but highlights remaining inequities in the economy.

The group, All In For Ohio, said it will push for tax, educational, and social justice reforms

Ohio's new capital budget sets aside up to $2 billion in cash incentives for Intel’s megaproject in Licking County. Some policy advocates and government officials think it falls short of promising jobs to Ohioans and protecting the state if the project fails.

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

Congress recently allocated more than $5 billion in COVID recovery funds to Ohio and more than $2.7 billion of it has been set aside for shoring up the state’s unemployment fund and for safety forces statewide. But advocates for Ohio’s lowest-income citizens say the state should be giving them assistance from the funds too.

The Commercial Activity Tax was created by Republicans under Gov. Bob Taft in 2005, and raises more than $1.7 billion a year.

The fight to bring back the $300 weekly additional checks to unemployed Ohioans remains up in the air after an appeals court decided to send the case back to a Franklin County judge.

The first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Richard Cordray will be overseeing federal student loans. And in that role, he will be figuring out how to deliver on promise President Biden made on student debt.

A coalition of progressive groups is coming together to support a bipartisan school funding plan that’s been put into the budget after languishing in the state legislature.

As Ohio lawmakers debate Ohio’s new two-year budget, groups representing low-income and working Ohioans are calling for what they call the “People’s budget.”