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Have a local levy fight coming up in your community? Want to understand how Ohio funds public services? Want to be better equipped to talk with your community on these topics?

Dream Big. Fight Back. Win on Revenue.

Join our upcoming conversations to learn about the statewide revenue picture and how we can better communicate to our neighbors and community members about the importance of revenue for our communities.

We will host the same 90 minute conversation (on multiple days):
August 3rd @ 7pm
August 17th @ 11:30am
August 22nd @ 7pm
August 31st @ 11:30am

Register here:

Dream Big, Fight Back: Win on Revenue Come learn all about the state budget in Ohio: how it's put together and how we can affect what's prioritized in it

Compared to the nation, Ohio’s job growth has been slower — both pre- and post-pandemic. While the U.S. is approaching pre-pandemic levels of employment, Ohio is struggling to catch up.

Read our latest blog post to learn more about Ohio's sluggish job growth: https://www.oneohionow.org/post/ohio-s-sluggish-job-growth

Despite this, a vocal group of Republican lawmakers are trying to eliminate the state income tax. This would actually hurt Ohio's job growth!

Sign our petition to let your lawmakers know that you disagree with repealing the state income tax: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/say-no-to-sb-327/

Ohio's Sluggish Job Growth No matter our race or our zip code, most of us believe that all Ohioans deserve quality schools, affordable care, and good-paying jobs that ensure all our families can thrive. Since 2005, Ohio has cut income tax rates 10 times with the purpose of creating jobs. However, simply put, it hasn’t worke...

We all have a dream of a stronger and more inclusive Ohio — where all kids have strong schools and opportunities for a great education, where housing is affordable and nobody goes to bed hungry at night.

Unfortunately, nearly 20 years of state policies have made it harder to make our dreams a reality as Ohio has continuously cut taxes for the wealthy. Join us for a conversation about how we can fight back against tax cuts and win the revenue we need to build up stronger communities.

Our first Dream Big, Fight Back: Win on Revenue conversation will be happening TONIGHT, Wednesday, June 15th at 7pm. Register to learn all about the state budget in Ohio — how it's put together and how we can affect what's prioritized in it:

Dream Big, Fight Back: Win on Revenue Come learn all about the state budget in Ohio: how it's put together and how we can affect what's prioritized in it

Bi-partisan federal efforts exist to reduce housing crisis in the future. But we need to learn from the current crisis with what worked well and what didn't.

New Report Released on Unspent Emergency Rental Assistance Funds, How They Should be Reallocated, and Outstanding Need A descriptive summary of emergency rental assistance spending (ERA) trends, Treasury Department reallocation, disparities between grantees’ remaining ERA funds and their outstanding need

"Eliminating the CAT will weaken the diversity of revenue in the state and make our tax system less stable."

One Ohio Now policy director Nick Bates testified yesterday against HB 234, which would repeal the Commercial Activity Tax (CAT).

Read the full testimony here: http://oneohionow.org/post/opposition-testimony-to-hb-234