Compared to the rest of the world and compared to earlier generations, vast numbers of Americans are behind bars. And, by many measures, those people are...
Ohio’s minimum wage is set to increase in January from $9.30 an hour to $10.10, but unless the law changes the disabled will be left far...
Faith leaders pressed Congress to pass voting rights legislation, a $15 minimum wage and a permanent expansion of the child tax credit during a recent briefing...
It seems as if income inequality would slow the economy. But in a recent survey a big portion of a panel of Ohio economists said… that depends. In...
Ohioans have seen some respite from high fuel costs in recent months. But those who provide food to millions of poor people in the state say...
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s rhetoric about some of the most vulnerable Ohioans doesn’t appear to match the reality if data released last week are any guide....
It would be great for Ohio children and the overall economy if Ohio were to implement child tax credits similar to the federal ones that expired...
For millions of Ohioans, world events are making it harder to fill their pantries and refrigerators, an official who helps oversee the state’s food banks said...
It would be a new regulation on 700,000 of Ohio’s poor, but Gov. Mike DeWine says it wouldn’t impose any additional regulatory burden on them. However,...
An annual report analyzing how children faired in the nation in the last year showed harrowing effects from COVID-19, but mainly found the same disparities that...
Many Ohioans were already trapped in poverty before the coronavirus forced hundreds of thousands more out of jobs. Now, with federal action on further coronavirus relief...
New economic research indicates that the economic impact of coronavirus was mitigated to some extent by this spring’s robust governmental response. But there are a number...
During a press conference that was again dominated by talk of bar curfews, youth sports and the return to college, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Tuesday...
Among the excruciating choices he’s had to make in the coronavirus epidemic, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine addressed one on Thursday. He said that with limited resources,...
It can be hard for those of us who are comfortable to see. But a top Ohio food bank official issued a stark warning Wednesday: Hundreds...
