Policy Matters Ohio

Drive to Justice is a coalition of organizations advocating to end debt-related driver’s license suspensions in Ohio. Join their next virtual info session to learn more!

🗓️Wednesday, October 21, 2026
🕙5:00 PM
💻Virtual - Register online: https://loom.ly/6oklk5M

with Building Freedom Ohio; Neighborhood Connections; Policy Matters Ohio; Towards Employment

Our friends Parents United for Public Schools continue their tour of school districts, bringing together parents, teachers, students, administrators, and other members of school communities to discuss funding for public schools, and how to restore Fair School Funding Plan. Registration is open for the following events (links in the comments). Attend a PUPS Town Hall near you!

Oct. 6 in Elyria: The Cost of Shortchanging Lorain County Schools.

Oct. 8 in North Canton: The Cost of Shortchanging Stark County Schools

***UPDATE: Tonight's Town Hall with our friends Parents United for Public Schools has moved online. Register on Zoom! https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/E-Xz6CE3SZeartFTMDJS8w #/registration

NEO Folks: Tomorrow evening in Berea!

UPDATE:

Due to a last minute issue, we have decided to move tonight’s town hall to a virtual format. While we hope to do more in-person events soon, we are happy that we will be able to accommodate parents and other members of the community who weren’t able to attend in-person.

Here are the details: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/E-Xz6CE3SZeartFTMDJS8w

📆September 23, 2026
⏰5:30 PM
🎥 Zoom
❓Q&A will be taken via chat

Cuyahoga County: Don't miss this chance to have your voice heard! https://www.mobilize.us/ooc/event/1003977/

Episode 5 of the Labor in The Land podcast is out! Policy Matters Ohio Work & Wages researcher and Workers United member Heather Smith joins us to talk about their annual State of Working Ohio report! Plus, we recap Labor Day and all of the things we’re proud of this year!

Listen on Apple, Spotify, or Podbean: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-gqx5q-1b5c2dd

Ohio workers produce the wealth that powers the state’s economy, but legislators make policy primarily to benefit corporations and the well-connected wealthy. As a result, too many Ohioans cannot afford the basics, recover from economic shocks, secure childcare, or take time away from work to care for themselves or their families.

Policy Matters Ohio’s annual Labor Day report, the State of Working Ohio, finds that these challenges are not inevitable. They stem from decades of policy choices that have suppressed wages, weakened worker bargaining power, and underfunded public systems.

Read the report: https://policymattersohio.org/state-of-working-ohio/

Ohio workers produce the wealth that powers the state’s economy, but legislators make policy primarily to benefit corporations and the well-connected wealthy. As a result, too many Ohioans cannot afford the basics, recover from economic shocks, secure childcare, or take time away from work to care for themselves or their families.

Policy Matters Ohio’s annual Labor Day report, the State of Working Ohio, finds that these challenges are not inevitable. They stem from decades of policy choices that have suppressed wages, weakened worker bargaining power, and underfunded public systems. LINK IN BIO.

Do think Ohio’s economy is working for working people?