Policy Matters Ohio

Gov. Mike DeWine has announced Ohio will cut off the additional $300 in weekly federal assistance going to unemployed workers. DeWine says this is another…

Ohio is one of only six states in the country that doesn’t have an income tax on corporate profits. A liberal leaning think tank that studies public…

The state's unemployment compensation fund is now broke – which was predicted even before the COVID-19 pandemic. Now state leaders are struggling with how…

Two advocacy groups are suing the state on behalf of four prison inmates, trying to secure the release of more than 15 thousand other inmates. The suit,…

A new report by the University of Iowa paints a grim picture for African-American midwesterners. The report was co-released by the left-leaning think tank…

There’s a blockbuster battle brewing over a small tax credit that was cut in the House version of the budget. Ohio Public Radio's Karen Kasler reports.…

As Ohio House and Senate lawmakers work out differences in their proposed transportation budgets, there's one thing in the Senate's version that doesn't…

Minority Democrats in the Ohio Legislature have re-introduced a bill raising the state's minimum wage to 15 dollars an hour. Voters in 2006 approved a…

State tax reforms in recent years have resulted in big breaks for small businesses owners. But a new study shows tens of thousands of them might also be…