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COLUMBUS, OHIO – Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum shoots to the top among Ohio likely Republican primary voters with 36 percent, followed by 29 percent for former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich runs third with 20 percent, while Texas U.S. Rep. Ron Paul gets [...]
Last night, President Obama gave his 3rd State of the Union Address to Congress. The President laid out his blueprint for an economy that’s built to last — an economy built on American manufacturing, American energy, skills for American workers, and a renewal of American values. If you did miss it, you can still watch [...]
Talking Points: An America Built to Last – In his State of the Union Address, the President will lay out a blueprint for an economy that’s built to last — an economy built on American manufacturing, American energy, skills for American workers, and a renewal of American values. – The President believes this is a [...]
As one of the hardest-hit Rust Belt states, Ohio has been playing defense in the interstate job-piracy game for decades, and like other industrial states, it has been hit hard by offshore job flight. In an attempt to retain its manufacturing base, Ohio enacted plenty of large economic development subsidy programs. In their early forms, [...]
The unemployment rate in Ohio continues to drop, falling from 8.5 to 8.1 percent in December 2011. However, data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) from its separate survey of employers for December 2011 suggests that falling labor force numbers and not job is responsible for decline in the [...]
Ohio’s minimum wage is set to increase 30 cents to $7.70 per hour on Jan.1. The increase is part of a constitutional amendment voters approved in 2006, which says minimum wage will increase each year at the rate of inflation. The liberal think tank Policy Matters Ohio says data shows an estimated 347,000 workers [...]
Dramatic drop in labor force, minimal job growth undercut good news about unemployment rate “A shrinking labor force is not good news for Ohio. The data released today suggest that more Ohioans are becoming discouraged, the pace of recovery is simply too slow, and the modest gains that are being made are not being felt broadly [...]
Ohio fails to leverage corporate subsidies for good jobs National report studies job creation and job quality standards at state level Key findings · Ohio ranks 33rd among states on performance and job quality standards for subsidized companies. · The state should insist that all subsidized firms create good jobs with family supporting wages and good benefits. [...]
A study released today finds that recent prison privatization moves could cost Ohio more than the previous approach was costing. In September, the state announced it would sell one prison, privatize the management of two others, and combine the operations of two more, one of which had been privately run for the last decade. A [...]
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