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Ohio continues to lag nation in job growth

Ohio’s stagnant job growth continued through July.  According to data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Ohio ranks 46th in the nation in year-to-year job growth when comparing July, 2012 to July, 2013. Compared to other states, Ohio’s continues to rank in the bottom five of all states for yearly job growth. On a year-to-year basis, Ohio’s job growth rate was a minuscule .73 percent in July. Only four states –Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Alaska – added jobs at a slower rate during the same time period. [Read more…]

Ohio job growth has stalled over past 12 months

News reports around the recently June employment figures have focused on Ohio’s loss of 12,5000 jobs, an Innovation Ohio Education Fund analysis released this morning points to a more disturbing, long-term trend. Over the course of the last year, employment gains have nearly stalled and Ohio has fallen behind nearly every other state in job creation. Specifically:
  • Ohio ranks 47th nationally in job growth over the last 12 months – only Wyoming, Main, and Alaska performed worse;
  • In the last year, Ohio’s economy only added 16,000 new jobs – a growth rate of only 0.3 percent;
  • Over the past 12 months, Ohio added jobs at just one-seventh the rate it did the year earlier.

stalled job growth

Despite aggressive cheerleading to convince Ohioans otherwise, the data hardly show the “Ohio miracle” that Governor Kasich likes to talk about. Read the analysis here. Read the press release.

Senate Democrats announce priority legislation

Nina Turner discusses new voting legislation
Nina Turner discusses new voting legislation
Democrats in the Ohio Senate were the first out of the gate to unveil their list of priority legislation, holding a press conference today in Columbus to promote bills they will be introducing in the 130th General Assembly.  [Read more…]

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