Policy Matters Ohio

The state budget director took a lot of heat for tax collections that came in nearly a billion dollars below his projections. That office is trying to…

As the state’s budget shortfall approaches a billion dollars, a tax cut adopted four years ago is getting attention. The small business tax cut promoted…

Last year was a hard one in a category that nearly every politician talks about and nearly every election hinges on: the economy. And specifically, it was…

State lawmakers and dvocates are responding to Gov. John Kasich’s proposal to cut income taxes and increase sales and other taxes.Kasich is touting his…

Two think tanks that are normally on opposite sides are very pleased with a bill passed in the lame-duck legislature which would require a review of…

Lawmakers are revisiting one of the most controversial bills still floating in the General Assembly – a bill to shore up the fund that pays benefits to…

New data from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services shows that Ohio is behind the national average for job growth since the 2008 recession.The…

State lawmakers are looking over a bill that would more than triple the tax credits offered to movie makers who film in Ohio. But critics on the left and…

Natural gas closed at a 17-year price low today. And low prices have raised reservations from lawmakers about the strength of Ohio’s oil and gas industry.…