Restoring Prosperity
The Greater Ohio Policy Center Blog
The study was led by nationally-recognized Reinvestment Fund, with assistance from Greater Ohio Policy Center, PFM Group Consulting, Neighborhood Connections and Leverage Point Development.
In Ohio, several cities and counties recently adopted resolutions attesting that racism is a public health crisis, and both the Ohio House and Senate are considering non-binding resolutions in this vein. Here is an overview of what these resolutions mean and more detail on what is happening in Ohio communities.
Yesterday, GOPC hosted an informational webinar on House Bill 168 (HB168) and the Bona Fide Purchaser Defense (BFPD). GOPC championed this legislation through the 133rd General Assembly, where it was unanimously passed in the House and Senate and signed by Governor DeWine earlier this summer. The law takes effect September 14th, 2020.
The Springfield Housing Solutions Consortium is a group of leaders from public, private, philanthropic, and financial sectors who are working together to address the City of Springfield’s housing needs – an issue area recognized by leaders in many sectors as the crucial missing piece for Springfield.
Ohio’s municipalities primarily rely on income tax to fund their operations and services. The tax is collected by the jurisdiction in which the worker works, not where they reside. In the work-from-home (WFH) environment, the questions have become, “where do these workers work?” and “which jurisdiction gets their income tax?”
