- Job growth focus should be on basics not preferential treatment - Far too often policy makers try to carve out special exemptions, target tax credits and regulatory policies & respond to unique circumstances rather than focus on keeping taxes and regulatory burdens low across all sectors and business. Continue reading
- April Ohio by the Numbers Shows We Still Have a Long Way to Go - The April 2012 Ohio by the Numbers report is now available and it continues to reflect the serious challenges Ohio faces in recovering from decades of growth deficits. Ohio lost 6,300 private sector jobs in April; Ohio currently ranks 20th nationally in … Continue reading
- Collective Bargaining Reform Can Save Jobs - Remember all the talk that the passage of Senate Bill 5 would lead to an apocalypse for public sector workers? Well, what has happened in the absence of collective bargaining reform? Large scale layoffs in school districts and local communities … Continue reading
- The Spectrum All-Star Roundtable on “Fracking” and Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients - The all-star roundtable discussed the environmental and tax issues surrounding oil and gas being debated at the Statehouse as well as drug testing welfare recipients. You can watch below. Continue reading
- Focus on fiscal discipline and reform, not a return to spending - The Ohio Senate made a good move last week. It removed a provision from one of Gov. Kasich’s “Mid-Biennium Review” bills, House Bill 487, that had been inserted by the Ohio House. That provision would have forced the General Assembly … Continue reading












