May 24, 2013

All Policy Documents

Research Reports

Consolidated four-year school funding spreadsheets March 20, 2013
Report: Unfair Funding – How Charter Schools Win & Traditional Schools Lose February 14, 2013
Kasich cuts lead to $1.1 billion in new school levies January 29, 2013
News Release: IO’s Taxpayer Rip-Off of the Week – Ohio Charter Schools – More Expensive; Less Effective January 24, 2013
Report: Why Tax Rates Must Go Up for the Wealthy December 10, 2012
Report: Votes at Risk – How Ohio Fits Into the Context of a Battleground Nation October 2, 2012
Report: The Real Cost of the Romney-Ryan Plan to Ohioans September 12, 2012
Report: Senate Bill 271 is a Wrong Number July 19, 2012
At least 12,500 Ohio auto jobs created since the recovery June 21, 2012
IO Report: GOP Student Loan Plan Would Hurt Ohio May 25, 2012
Insurance, Gender Rating and Sex Discrimination May 15, 2012
IO Report: Tax Fairness and the Buffett Rule April 16, 2012
IO Report: Caution on the Cleveland Plan March 8, 2012
Report: Fairness, Fracking and the Future February 2, 2012
IO Report: Why Conservatives Should Oppose Issue 3 October 26, 2011
The Affordable Care Act’s Patient’s Bill of Rights One Year of Protecting Ohio Consumers September 23, 2011
Bad Medicine: Unintended Consequences of Issue 3 September 1, 2011
Ohio E-Schools: Funding Failure; Coddling Contributors May 12, 2011
Innovation Ohio Calls for Audit of Worker’s Compensation Council April 26, 2011
Analysis: SB5 Grants New, Broad Powers to Break a Collective Bargaining Agreement March 29, 2011
The Facts: Senate Bill 5, As Passed by the Senate March 3, 2011
Ohio Teachers and Collective Bargaining: An Analysis February 28, 2011

Budget Analysis

What happens next with measure to limit student voting? May 21, 2013
Most Public Safety Levies Pass, Many Replacing Kasich Budget Cuts May 8, 2013
Kasich Cuts put Public Safety on Ohio Ballots Today May 7, 2013
Universities ask Senate to Kill Student Voting Amendment April 30, 2013
Student Voting Amendment Could Cost Ohio Universities $272 Million April 29, 2013
Kasich cuts mean $1.3 billion in “new money” requests for schools April 25, 2013
Study: Tax Cut Proposal Benefits Wealthy Ohioans at Expense of Local Taxpayers April 22, 2013
House to vote on rich vs. the rest budget April 18, 2013
House makes changes to education policy in budget amendments April 16, 2013
House Budget Would Cut 127 School Districts April 16, 2013
House Budget Provides Less Money for Schools than Kasich Plan April 11, 2013
For the fourth time in two years, Ohio Republicans attempt to defund Planned Parenthood April 11, 2013
House Budget Changes, in a Nutshell April 10, 2013
House Budget Changes Represent a Huge Win for Big Oil April 10, 2013
Three things to watch as House Republicans put their stamp on the state budget April 5, 2013
Baffling new video shows Kasich confused about impact of his budget March 28, 2013
Why poor districts dislike the Kasich school plan March 22, 2013
Top school districts, ranked by property tax needed to replace Kasich cuts March 21, 2013
Consolidated four-year school funding spreadsheets March 20, 2013
Analysis: Challenges Presented by Proposed Services Tax March 19, 2013
Senate to Kasich: let’s keep our Turnpike promises March 14, 2013
State budget limits local authority, revenue options with sales tax changes March 14, 2013
72 services taxed under Kasich budget – how they stack up March 12, 2013
Omen for Ohio? Michigan’s sales tax on service repealed 17 hours after taking effect. March 11, 2013
Charter schools call Kasich school funding insufficient March 7, 2013
Florida’s failed experiment with sales tax expansion March 7, 2013
Flashback: Governor Taft tried expanding the sales tax in 2003 March 6, 2013
IO Budget Analysis: Kasich Sales Tax Plan March 5, 2013
Organizations offer conditional support for sales tax proposal March 5, 2013
Budget would charge Ohio consumers for industrial energy discounts March 2, 2013
Policy to help communities deal with impacts of drilling falls short February 28, 2013
House to consider fix to immigrant drivers licensing issue February 28, 2013
Lawmakers reject efforts to put Kasich Turnpike promises in law February 28, 2013
Kasich advisers can’t explain cuts to poor school districts February 27, 2013
House members offer amendments to Turnpike plan February 27, 2013
Study suggests income tax cuts are a poor tool to spur job growth February 26, 2013
Commentary: Kasich’s Tax Cut Is No Job Creator February 25, 2013
Oil and Gas policy shifts in Kasich budget benefit industry February 25, 2013
Recent history shows state efforts to tax services typically fail February 25, 2013
House to act on Kasich Turnpike plan February 24, 2013
Poll: Ohioans Reject Kasich Budget Proposals February 15, 2013
Kasich’s oil and gas tax proposal leaves over $1 billion on the table February 13, 2013
State budget includes massive shift from income to sales taxes February 12, 2013
Report: Kasich Tax Proposals Will Overwhelmingly Favor Wealthy Ohioans February 7, 2013
Kasich School Funding Plan Falls Short for Property Poor Districts February 7, 2013
Kasich Administration’s Severance Tax Proposal is Inadequate and a Gift to Big Oil February 7, 2013
Promises Made, Not All Kept as Kasich Turnpike Plan Moves Into Legislature February 7, 2013
Who is really served by latest Kasich budget? February 6, 2013
Budget Preview February 4, 2013
Buckle up, Ohio’s budget season starts next Monday. January 31, 2013
Republican governors pushing radical tax reforms that could be at Ohio’s doorstep soon January 30, 2013
News Release: Kasich Budget Cuts = $1 Billion in School Levies January 29, 2013
Poll: Ohioans want oil & gas revenue to restore budget cuts September 20, 2012
Map of Budget Cuts by County January 12, 2012
State Budget Recap July 12, 2011
What to Watch for in Conference June 20, 2011
Innovation Ohio Says Budget Shortfall is $5 billion, not $8 billion June 7, 2011
Innovation Ohio Calls for Audit of Worker’s Compensation Council April 26, 2011
Direct Job Loss from Cuts in the Kasich ‘Jobs Budget’ April 7, 2011
Unanswered Questions: Liquor Privatization April 5, 2011
Consolidated school funding spreadsheet [updated with House and Senate amendments] March 31, 2011
Analysis: Kasich Budget Transfers $567 Million More For Public Schools to Private and Failing Charter Schools March 22, 2011
Unanswered Questions: Prison Privatization March 21, 2011
Fact Sheet: Kasich’s Divestment in Education March 15, 2011

Legislative Scorecards

Taxpayer Rip-Off Awards

News Release: IO’s Taxpayer Rip-Off of the Week – Ohio Charter Schools – More Expensive; Less Effective January 24, 2013
Innovation Ohio’s “Taxpayer Rip-Off of the Week” Award: Big Oil Giveaway May 5, 2011
The Workers’ Compensation Council: Boondoggle Supreme April 20, 2011
Taxpayer Rip-Off of the Week Award: The Kasich Budget’s “Secret Six” April 12, 2011
Innovation Ohio’s Taxpayer Rip-Off of the Week Award April 4, 2011

Ohio Jobs Watch

Is JobsOhio gathering jobs or empty promises? October 25, 2012
November Jobs Numbers December 16, 2011
JobsOhio delivers less bang for the taxpayer buck December 5, 2011
Fact Check: JobsOhio’s dubious jobs claims November 18, 2011
October Job Numbers Show Little Change November 18, 2011
September Jobs Numbers Show 21,600 Jobs Lost October 21, 2011
August Employment Report September 16, 2011
Local Communities’ Public Safety impacted by ‘Jobs Budget’ August 30, 2011
July Unemployment Numbers August 19, 2011
More fallout from the “Jobs Budget” August 18, 2011
Kasich proposes use for Third Frontier funds, and it’s not what you voted for August 16, 2011
Manufacturing facility to close in Coshocton, eliminating 55 jobs August 12, 2011
“Jobs Budget” to cost Ohio more jobs August 5, 2011
“It’s either public safety cuts or 639 others.” August 2, 2011
Who said anything about Right to Work? Kasich bashes Ohio workers on his latest failed attempt to draw a company to Ohio August 1, 2011
Ohioan to head efforts to restore U.S. auto industry July 29, 2011
State prison system announces largest mass layoff of 2011 July 26, 2011
Toledo Air Cargo hub to close, eliminate 700 jobs July 25, 2011
Ohio’s Unemployment Increases: Kasich’s ‘Jobs Budget’ Killing Jobs July 22, 2011
News Release: Is Moelis in Bed with Penn National? July 13, 2011
Kasich’s “Jobs Budget” continues to cost people their jobs. July 12, 2011

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