tax breaks

COMMENTARY

Let’s make Ohio work for working-class families

BY: - May 10, 2023

Every family in Ohio should be able to put food on the table and have a roof over their heads. But today, too many children go to bed hungry and too many working people are underpaid. Over the last two decades, corporate-backed politicians have prioritized tax giveaways to the wealthiest Ohioans over the economic security […]

Disabled veterans in Ohio would get tax break under proposed bill

BY: - October 3, 2022

The following article was originally published on News5Cleveland.com and is published in the Ohio Capital Journal under a content-sharing agreement. Unlike other OCJ articles, it is not available for free republication by other news outlets as it is owned by WEWS in Cleveland. A proposed bill in the Ohio House would exempt disabled veterans and their surviving […]

COMMENTARY

Ending extreme poverty in Ohio would be the state’s 16th-largest tax write-off

BY: - April 25, 2022

Often in state government, policymakers are chipping away at the margins of public policy. Legislation is usually aimed toward tweaking small technocratic problems to try to deliver services better or fighting culture war battles to score points with interest groups. Too often these policies do little to nothing to help people. So what would it […]