Research Archive

This report examines how reliance on external revenue sources, intergovernmental transfers, and concentrated funding streams affects fiscal stability, institutional independence, and long-term public-sector resilience.

This policy framework evaluates an income-based property tax circuit breaker for Ohio. It examines eligibility, benefit design, renter inclusion, funding, administration, and safeguards to provide targeted relief while…

The Future Appeals Accessibility Act is a property valuation fairness and appeals-access proposal. It does not reduce tax rates, cap levies, or function as a property tax cut. The Act requires property owners to receive…

This policy framework proposes targeted property tax protections for senior and disabled homeowners in Ohio through expanded homestead relief, income-based tax stability credits, assessment shock protections, and…

This framework outlines the modernization of Ohio's property tax administration systems to enhance transparency, accessibility, and procedural fairness while maintaining operational sustainability for local governments…

Ohio’s property tax system is facing increasing pressure from rising reassessments, housing affordability concerns, local government fiscal dependency, and growing public dissatisfaction with institutional processes…

This policy establishes enforceable consumer protections over personal data by requiring companies to disclose the source of information used for commercial contact, provide timely acknowledgment and deletion upon…

The Continuity of Stabilizing Treatment Act of 2026 proposes a federal continuity-first standard requiring certain medically necessary stabilizing treatments to begin immediately when delay could risk patient…

American households increasingly rely on consumer credit to absorb routine financial shocks such as job loss, reduced work hours, medical expenses, and unexpected emergencies. Yet when hardship occurs, federal consumer…

Cleveland residents are increasingly relying on credit to manage everyday financial shocks—but when hardship hits, the system often makes things worse. Interest continues to accrue, fees pile up, and relief remains…