2012: Governor John Kasich's private jobs agency to control Ohio liquor profits Cuyahoga County to kick off campaign for human services levy
2011:
Community Solutions is mentioned in WKSU's "Spectrum conference finds common ground" (12/8/11)
Community Solutions is mentioned in the Columbus Government Examiner's "Fiscal Commission's Rivlin says Social Security salvo lies in income tax reform" (12/8/11)
Community Solutions' speakers are mentioned in the Cincinnati Enquirer's "Economists: Nation’s economy faces challenge" (12/8/11) John Begala and Mark Salling are quoted in The Plain Dealer's "Income inequality on the rise in Northeast Ohio" (12/1/11) Laureen Harbert is interviewed in Ohio News Connection's "World AIDS Day: Over 16,000 Diagnosed in Ohio" (12/1/11) Community Solutions appears in Akron Beacon Journal's editorial, "Ohio spends $7.5 billion a year on tax breaks. Isn’t it time to ask the question: Are they working?" (11/14/11) The Akron Beacon Journal recommends Community Solutions' 12/8 "Across the Spectrum" conference in its editorial, "John Kasich's Listening Curve" (11/13/11) Community Solutions appears in NBC4's "NBC4 Investigates Outrageous Tax Loopholes" (11/3/11) Jon Honeck's Op-ed, "What price for economic development?," appears in the Columbus Dispatch (10/20/11) John Begala is quoted in The Plain Dealer's "Cuyahoga County Council intensifies questioning of MetroHealth System" (10/15/11) Community Solutions is mentioned in the Columbus Government Examiner's "Ohio Human Trafficking Commission meets without Lisbeth Salander" (10/14/11) Institute speaker, Tina Frundt, is featured in The Plain Dealer's, "National activist fighting sex trafficking says she was first exploited in Cleveland" (10/13/11) John Begala appears on Ohio Public Radio's "Public Policy Groups Host Event To Debate Issues" (9/26/11) Community Solutions appears in Dayton Daily News' "Liberals, conservatives plan conference together" (9/26/11) John Begala is quoted in the Columbus Dispatch's " Legislators to examine scrapping tax breaks" (9/19/11) John Begala appears in The Plain Dealer's "Beech Brook celebrates 159 years of service in Pepper Pike" (09/06/11) Emily Campbell appears on Advocates for Ohio's Future's webinar about federal debt reduction (8/24/11) Community Solutions is mentioned in Columbus Government Examiner's "Ohio short on bucks for interest on jobless fund, CCS report says, ODJFS agrees" (8/19/11) Community Solutions is mentioned in Ohio.com's "New report gauges health of Northeast Ohio residents" (7/26/11) Community Solutions is mentioned in Kent Record Courier's "Regional Health Forum set at KSU" (7/25/11)
Community Solutions appears in Ohio.com's Editorial: "Success in budgeting (part 2)" (7/8/11)
John Begala was quoted in The Plain Dealer’s “Cuyahoga County Council receives mixed reviews at six-month mark: Analysis” (7/3/11)
Community Solutions was mentioned in Ohio.com’s Editorial: “Unbalanced budgeting (part 3)” (6/29/11) Community Solutions appears in Chillicothe Gazette's "Seniors finding strong advocates on budget" (6/26/11) Jon Honeck is quoted in Public News Service's "Analysts: Tax Loophole Review a Good 'First Step'" (6/24/11) Community Solutions is mentioned in Hopital and Health Networks' "The Most Difficult Budget Year" (6/24/11) Aids Funding Collaborative and Community Solutions appear in the Greater Cleveland RTA's "HIV & AIDS education provided this Wednesday at RTA stops" (6/22/11) John Begala's Op-Ed, "Reform Ohio's Tax System," appears in the Toledo Blade (6/19/11) Community Solutions is mentioned in The Herald-Dispatch's "Advocating for home and community-based services" (6/18/11) Community Solutions is mentioned in Ohio.com's Editorial: "Take in the sunset" (6/16/11) Community Solutions appears in The Columbus Dispatch's Editorial "Ripe for review: Three Ohio think tanks find common ground to improve government" (6/10/11) Community Solutions is mentioned in Dayton Daily News' Editoral "Tax breaks not free; they put drain on budget" (6/9/11) Susan Ackerman is quoted in The Plain Dealer’s “State Rep. Armond Budish says Kasich's budget amounts to Ohio's second largest spending increase” (6/9/11) Community Solutions is mentioned in Ohio.com's Editorial "Missing on the jobs - The governor has big plans for JobsOhio. He also lacks answers to key questions about moving forward" (6/8/11) Community Solutions appears in the Ohio Society of CPAs’ “More states rolling back costly tax credits” (6/7/11) Community Solutions is mentioned in Yahoo News' "Oddball Ohio Tax Loopholes May Be Closing" (6/7/11) Community Solutions appears in The Columbus Dispatch's "Axing small state tax breaks supported by range of groups" (6/7/11) Community Solutions appears in USA Today's "Cash-strapped states look to roll back tax credits" (6/6/11) Community Solutions appears in the Dayton Daily News' Editorial "Creating jobs important, but not at any cost" (6/5/11) Community Solutions appears in the Toledo Blade's Editorial: "Columbus' fiscal follies" (6/5/11) Community Solutions appears in Ohio.com's Editorial "Talk about runaway spending The state's still unchecked billions in tax breaks" (6/5/11) Community Solutions appears in Columbus Government Examiner's "Selling Ohio liquor profits to fund JobsOhio: A good deal? One expert says no" (6/3/11) Community Solutions appears in The Plain Dealer's "Is $1.2 billion too low for the state's liquor operation? GOP lawmaker and public policy group both think so" (6/2/11) Community Solutions appears in Columbus Government Examiner's "Ohio county commissioner chief says gov mergers should not be in state budget" (5/31/11) Jon Honeck is mentioned in The Toledo Blade's Editorial: "Close tax loopholes" (5/31/11) Jon Honeck is interviewed on Ohio Public Radio's "Is Ohio getting enough for its liquor business?" (5/31/11) Jon Honeck is mentioned in The Columbus Dispatch's "Tax credits roll to make movies here: 4 films to be shot in Ohio will get breaks totaling $2.3 million" (5/28/11) Community Soutions is mentioned in Ohio.com's Editorial: "An impressive coalition has formed to press the worthy case for Ohio examining closely its $8 billion a year in tax breaks" (5/22/11) Community Soutions is mentioned in The Plain Dealer's Editorial: "When 3 think tanks with quite different outlooks agree on a list of tax loopholes to close, Ohio's leaders should listen" (5/21/11) John Begala is interviewed on NPR's "Think-tanks on both sides back eliminating tax loopholes, but differ on where money should go" (5/17/11) Community Solutions is mentioned in The Plain Dealer's "Ohio should close tax loopholes, say research groups from across the political spectrum" (5/16/11) Community Solutions is mentioned in Ohio.com's "Editorial: Uncontrolled spending" (5/13/11) Community Solutions is mentioned in The Plain Dealer's "Little-known but influential Cleveland family gives $23.5 million to Case Western Reserve University" (4/29/11) Emily Campbell is quoted in the News Herald's "State budget is subject of panel discussion Tuesday at Lakeland Community College" (4/26/11) Jon Honeck is quoted in the Toledo Blade's “Local high-income ranks fall: Metro Toledo reflects trend in state of Ohio as a whole” (4/24/11) Mark Salling is quoted in the Colubmus Dispatch's "GOP's new district map has to upset some Ohioans in Congress" (4/17/11) Emily Campbell is mentioned in The News Herald's "State budget topic of conversation" (4/13/11) Susan Ackerman is mentioned on WKSU Radio's "Gov. John Kasich defends his budget cuts in Dayton" (4/12/11) Susan Ackerman is interviewed on WKSU Radio's "Senior home-care program sees cuts amid increased need" (4/11/11) Community Solutions is mentioned in Dayton Daily News' "Kasich outlines budget’s impact on seniors" (4/11/11) Jon Honeck is mentioned in the Columbus Dispatch's "Joe Hallett commentary: Just mention the 'T word,' and politicians plug their ears" (3/27/11) Community Solutions is mentioned in the Sandusky Register's "Gov. Kasich mulls leasing turnpike to private company" (3/20/11) Community Solutions is mentioned in the Toledo Blade's "Opinion: Kasich Budget Lacks a Balanced Approach" (3/20/11) Jon Honeck was quoted in the Toledo Blade’s editorial "Kasich budget lacks a balanced approach" (3/20/11) John Begala is interviewed on WCPN/90.3’s “Sound of Ideas” about the state budget (3/14/11)
John Begala is quoted in The Plain Dealer's "How The Plain Dealer gives readers a crack at balancing Ohio's budget: Ted Diadiun" (3/13/11)
John Begala is quoted in The Plain Dealer's "Here's your chance to help solve Ohio's budget crisis" (3/13/11)
John Begala is quoted in the Civic Common's "Explaining the PD's Budget Project" (3/12/11) Mark Salling discussed the population decline in Cleveland on WCPN's ideastream "Census: Cleveland Loses More Population than Any Other City" (3/11/11) Mark Salling is quoted in USA Today's "Population drastically declines in Ohio cities" (3/10/11)
Jon Honeck’s report is covered comprehensively in the Columbus Government Examiner’s “Report calls for rich Ohioans to pay more to help economy afford services” (3/9/11)
Mark Salling is quoted in the Plain Dealer’s “Despite Cleveland's population plunge, civic leaders see encouraging signs” (3/9/11) John Begala is quoted in the Plain Dealer’s “As economy worsens, health coverage does, too” (3/8/11) Community Solutions is mentioned in the American Chronical's "Bargaining Battle" (3/6/11) Emily Campbell's letter to the editor, "Eliminating Ohio's estate tax doesn't make sense," appears in the Columbus Dipsatch (3/5/11) Community Solutions is mentioned in The News-Herald's "Demands for mental health services continue to increase" (3/4/11) Susan Ackerman is quoted in the Daily News Pulse's "AARP Health Insurance Offer Flexibility And Reliability" (3/4/11) Community Solutions is mentioned in the Columbus Dispatch's "The Avengers' taking advantage of state's tax-credit program" (3/4/11) John Begala is quoted in Columbus Business First's "S.B. 5 brouhaha will shadow rest of Kasich’s agenda" (3/3/11) Susan Ackerman is quoted in The Plain Dealer's "Gov. John Kasich tries to tame the Medicaid beast" (2/21/11) Jon Honeck is quoted in the Toledo Blade’s editorial about the estate tax, “Reform, not repeal" (2/20/11) Community Solutions appears in Ohio.com’s “Statehouse Republicans want to end the state's estate tax. They would do better to take a look at a responsible compromise” (02/17/11) John Begala's Op-Ed "A practical way to reform health-care reform" appears on Ohio.com (2/16/11) John Begala’s Op-Ed “Health care: How Congress can reform the reform” appears in The Plain Dealer (2/13/11) Thinking the Unthinkable is cited in The Toledo Blade’s “States face deficits as stimulus dries up; Tax boosts, spending cuts on table in region” (1/30/11)
Community Solutions’ Mental Health Report is cited in Ohio.com’s “A funding crisis threatens Ohio's behavioral health system. The dimension of the problem is clear: Lives are at stake” (1/30/11) Susan Ackerman is interviewed for WCPN segment “Study Shows Increase Of Need For Mental Health Services” on the report “By the Numbers” (1/27/11) Susan Ackerman is quoted in The Dispatch’s “Ohio's mental-health system falls far short, report finds” (1/26/11) Mark Salling speaks at The City Club of Cleveland about “Population Shifts and Redistricting in Ohio and Beyond 201”1(1/21/11) Jon Honeck is quoted in The Dispatch’s “More tax breaks for business proposed” (1/16/11)
Jon Honeck is quoted in The American Chronicle’s “More tax breaks for business proposed” (1/16/11)
John Begala is quoted in The Plain Dealer’s “Kasich's big challenges are the state budget and his own bluster: Brent Larkin” (1/9/2011)
Community Solutions appears in Ohio.com’s “Ohio hangs in balance: Painful choices lie ahead as governor, legislators grapple with budget shortfall. Devastating cuts might not be enough to resolve financial crisis” (1/1/11)
2010: The Council on Older Persons appears in PR Newswire’s “McGregor Foundation Disburses Some $300,000 for Senior Programs” (12/21/10)
Community Solutions is mentioned in Columbus Business First’s “State chamber gives reform blueprint to Kasich” (12/20/10) Community Solutions appears in The Toledo Blade’s “16,000 area Ohioans may lose jobless aid” (11/24/10) John Begala is quoted in The Dispatch’s “Medicaid easy to cut in theory, not reality” (11/14/10) John Begala is quoted in Ohio.com’s “Disgraceful neglect: Ohio once was a national leader in mental health care. Today, the system is failing many people in need” (10/29/10)
Susan Ackerman is quoted in The Dispatch's “Mental Health Care in Ohio 'An illusion of treatment" (10/25/10) Roslyn Miller is quoted in Cleveland.com's "Cleveland-area advocates look for way to end attacks on kids by their parents.” John Begala quoted in The Dispatch's "Both sides slant budget data to make case" (9/19/10) John Begala quoted in The News-Herald's article "Voters Deciding County Leadership Candidates Sept. 7"
Community Solutions appears in Ohio.com's "Billions in tax breaks"
Community Solutions appears in Ohio.com's "Please, think the unthinkable" "The State of Ohio" Talks with John Begala about Ohio's State Budget and Thinking the Unthinkable (7/23/10) Community Solutions appears in Dayton Daily News' "Editorial: Medicaid just one place Ohio will cut" (7/23/10)
Community Solutions appears in Ohio.com's "Mental case" (7/21/10) John Begala quoted in The Columbus Dispatch's "Medicaid to add $1 billion to state budget quandary" (7/20/10) Community Solutions appears in The Columbus Dispatch's "Tax break may survive state budget fix" (7/19/10) Community Solutions and Susan Ackerman appear in Columbus Government Examiner's "Ohio mental health system on 'brink of failure,' community solutions report says" (7/19/10) Community Solutions appears in Ohio.com's "Crisis of Trust” (7/18/10) Community Solutions appears in Ohio.com's "Broke in Ohio" (7/15/10) John Begala Urges Officials to "Think the Unthinkable" on Budget, but Critic Says There are Other Options (7/9/10)
Emily Campbell's Op-Ed "Failure to extend unemployment benefits will have devastating impact on Ohio" appears in The Plain Dealer (7/2/10) Community Solutions appears in The Youngstown Vindicator's "Will lawmakers rise to the $8 billion challenge?" (6/29/10) Community Solutions numbers used in The Youngstown Vindicator's "State-budget panel to discuss deficit" (6/28/10) Community Solutions and John Begala appear in Ohio.com's "Drastic changes might be needed to fill budget hole" (6/27/10) Community Solutions appears in The Toledo Blade's "Ohio faces $8 billion budget balancing act" (6/27/10) Community Solutions appears in The Plain Dealer's "A perfect plot device for Ohio partisans: Thomas Suddes" (6/27/10) Community Solutions appears in Crain's Cleveland Business' "Center for Community Solutions gives budget ideas to Ohio lawmakers" (6/24/10) Mark Salling appears in The Plain Dealer's "A shrinking Cleveland may have hit population bottom" (6/22/10) Community Solutions appears in The Plain Dealer's "Cuyahoga County awards $75,000 contract to create community benefits program" (5/27/10) John Begala quoted in The Plain Dealer's "Health care should save Cleveland hospitals money on treating poor, but exact amount unclear" (4/7/10) John Begala quoted in Brent Larkin's column "Look east Ohio; you're headed for the same cliff New Jersey is going over (3/21/10) Community Solutions and Emily Campbell appear in Columbus Government Examiner's "Ohioans received $2.5 billion plus in direct stimulus parments in 2009, study shows" (2/26/10) "The State of Ohio" Talks with Susan Ackerman about Poverty (2/25/10)