Policy Matters Ohio released today a set of recommendations for how state lawmakers should spend one part of the billions of federal dollars coming to Ohio thanks to the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA): The funds that come straight to the state for lawmakers to use to retore and rebuild after the pandemic and recession.
The ARPA will send an estimated $31 billion in federal funds to Ohio via stimulus checks, enhanced unemployment insurance, and money for public transit, schools, hospitals, health care centers, child care and other critical programs. Ohio’s state government will receive $5.6 billion in flexible funds and local governments will get $5.4 billion, both to be spent by the end of 2024.
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SB 17 would cut food aid, Medicaid and unemployment compensation; SB 9 would arbitrarily scrap regulations
Policy Matters Ohio provided written testimony against two pieces of legislation moving in the Ohio Senate today. Both would undermine the ability of the state government to fully serve all Ohioans, no matter where they live or how much money they have.
Policy Matters Researcher Will Petrik testified against Senate Bill 17 before the Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee. The legislation would make it harder for Ohioans to access Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) due to burdensome reporting requirements and photo IDs for people who use food aid. The bill includes asset tests that would bar someone from receiving support if they own a car or their home. It would penalize Ohioans who receive unemployment compensation if the state accidentally overpays them.
Cincinnati lawmakers could help bring Ohio minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2027
Nathan Hart
and last updated 2021-02-05 16:15:27-05
COLUMBUS, Ohio â Ohio could raise the state s minimum wage to $15 an hour, thanks to two Cincinnati representatives.
Representatives Cecil Thomas and Brigid Kelly recently drafted legislation for the Ohio General Assembly that â if passed â would raise the minimum wage in Ohio to $15 per hour by 2027.
Sen. Hearcel Craig, a Democrat from Columbus, co-sponsored the bill.
Under the proposed legislation, the minimum wage would increase to $10 in 2022. The minimum wage would then increase by $1 per hour every year until it reaches $15 per hour in 2027. At that point, the minimum wage would grow with inflation.
The coronavirus has spread rapidly in Ohio’s correctional facilities, including youth prisons. As of this month, there were 119 positive cases in Ohio’s three youth prisons, which are all under quarantine. A total of 144 staff had tested positive and one had died. The COVID-19 pandemic adds new urgency to.