Statehouse Preview – Week of May 21
Tomorrow, the House is set to convene, elect a new speaker, and pass a full slate of bills -- for a change. We'll see if that actually happens. Meanwhile, dozens of bills are moving through committees in both the House and Senate. Here's a preview of what to expect this week.
Small Towns Update: May 18th
Levy Results From Last Week's Primary Highlight Ongoing Challenges
Statehouse Preview: Week of May 14
This week, lawmakers return to Columbus after an extended recess for a jam-packed week. Committees will move forward with legislation around guns, child marriage, payday lending and Ohio's renewable energy future, all while House Republicans prepare to elect a new Speaker. Here's a look at what to expect.
Here Are the Races We’ll Be Watching Tonight
As the results of tonight’s primary election trickle in, here are some of the races we’ll be keeping an eye out for that will have a large effect on Ohio’s future political landscape.
2018 Women’s Policy Primary Voter Guide
Innovation Ohio Education Fund teamed up with the Ohio Women's Public Policy Network to create a 2018 Primary Voter Guide to allow voters to compare candidates' answers to a number of questions about policies that affect Ohio women and families.
Let’s put an end to gerrymandering
For over a decade, we’ve tried and failed to fix our broken congressional redistricting process. But now we have a chance to make real change. On the May 8th primary ballot, we can end unchecked partisan gerrymandering once and for all.
ECOT’s Offer of Hush Money to Employees Prompts Call for Reform
For Immediate Release April 30, 2018 COLUMBUS – The Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow’s decision to offer taxpayer-financed hush money to past employees prompted strong criticism from watchdogs – and calls for reform – during a Monday press conference. News that several past employees were offered public money in exchange for agreeing not to disparage the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow (ECOT) follows an Associated […]
ECOT and its Hush Money
Today we joined with Progress Ohio and Common Cause Ohio for a news conference to discuss the latest news about ECOT; specifically, we commented on the school's practice of paying hush money to former employees so they wouldn’t say anything bad about the school or its sponsor.
Education Update – April 27
A whistleblower has come forward to reveal compelling evidence that the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow engaged in a scheme to defraud Ohio taxpayers out of millions of dollars to educate children they never really had. Here's our update on the week in Ohio education.
