On Equal Pay Day, Connie Pillich Asks How $10,805 Would Help Your Family

April 8, 2014

From Paying For Groceries To Helping Save For Retirement, Pillich Points Out How Equal Pay Helps Ohioans

State Representative Connie Pillich held a news conference today to highlight the ways in which the pay gap hurts Ohio families. Standing alongside working families and next to a week’s worth of groceries, Pillich asked Ohio families what they would do with $10,805, the additional amount a family of four with two working parents would earn if women earned equal pay for equal work.

FitzGerald statement on repeal of local funding to mail absentee ballots to local residents

FitzGerald Campaign Press Secretary Lauren Hitt released the following statement on the repeal of the Mid-Biennium Review amendment that would have cut local government funding by 10 percent for any county that mailed absentee ballots to their residents.

Connie Pillich, candidate for Treasurer, marks ‘Equal Pay Day’ by pushing equal pay bill

Ohio Rep. Connie Pillich marked “Equal Pay Day” by pushing for a bill in the Ohio House of Representatives that would codify federal law protecting workers from discriminatory pay scales.

Elected officials throughout the country reiterated her call by advocating for income equality and citing discrepancies between wages earned by males and females.

JobsOhio Acknowledges Slow Economic Growth, Ohio Small Businesses Not Hiring

April 7, 2014

“The head of JobsOhio acknowledged that the state’s private economic development corporation had seen slower-than-desired growth in new jobs last year”

With former Kasich senior economic adviser and JobsOhio head Mark Kvamme speaking on the economy in Cleveland tonight, here’s a look back at recent articles on Kasich’s and JobsOhio’s failure to jump start Ohio’s economy for small businesses and middle class families.

Kasich & Kvamme Failed Record on InvestOhio

This evening, former Kasich senior advisor and InvestOhio founder Mark Kvamme will speak about attracting venture capital to the Midwest at the Northeast Ohio Entrepreneurship Expo. Here’s a look back at Kvamme and Kasich’s attempt at a venture capital model for Ohio – including decreasing the state’s venture capital investments and falling $400 million short of their 2013 goal.

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