economy

A study conducted for the Ohio Council of Retail Merchants says spending this holiday season will increase over the previous year, for the 11th consecutive year.

More and more Ohioans are beginning to care for honeybees. The state’s boom in backyard beekeeping means more honey and better pollination.

The annual Labor Day report from Policy Matters Ohio says the low unemployment rate gives workers an advantage, but its recommendations may not go over well with majority Republican state lawmakers.

Families like the Tanners in Mount Vernon are seeking other ways to supplement their food budgets since pandemic-era SNAP benefits went away in March.

Each year, nearly a quarter million Ohioans are paid less than the state or federal minimum wage. It’s led local governments to stop working with businesses that commit wage theft.

U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown, a Democrat, said the tentative deal for the Inflation Reduction Act is just one of the milestones accomplished by Congress in the past two weeks, but U.S. Senator Rob Portman said the plan takes the country in the wrong direction.

Experts on economic issues weigh-in on how policy decisions on the federal level can impact people in Ohio.

The Democratic candidate for governor says the state is getting federal money to pay for her plan

Ohio’s businesses say they’re optimistic about the future of the economy, but the coronavirus pandemic continues to have them worried. The Ohio Chamber of…

Thousands of Ohioans are being laid off as businesses have temporarily shut their doors due to efforts to prevent the spread COVID 19. Matt Roberts stood…