A couple months ago, I was spending time at a friend’s family cabin in Hocking County. When we awoke in the morning, the ...

On Wednesday, the Ohio House of Representatives and the Ohio Senate approved a 90-day suspension of the state’s gas tax , ...

Earlier this month, the Health Policy Institute of Ohio released a newsletter that focused on the percentage of outpatient ...

When we start a new project at Scioto Analysis, one of the first things we do with a client is agree on a scope: what questions the study will answer, which impacts will be measured, what methods will ...

Housing is one of the largest expenses in most household budgets, which means that changes in housing costs can have a significant impact on whether or not a household is able to make ends meet. This ...

As a policy analyst, I encounter a range of different types of policy studies. Different research questions demand different tools. For example, measuring the economic footprint of a cycling industry ...

In a survey released this morning by Scioto Analysis, 23 of 37 economists agreed that local property tax abatements are an effective tool for attracting new data center development in Ohio. As ...

Beginning in October 2027, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (otherwise known as SNAP and formerly “food stamps”) is going to be significantly more expensive for states. Currently, the ...

Earlier this month, the Trump Administration moved to allow stay-at-home parents to collect childcare subsidies that had previously been earmarked for working parents. Essentially, instead of working ...

Birth rates across the globe have fallen sharply over the past several decades. This trend is talked about frequently among policymakers—most people suggest that we need to have more children to ...

Earlier this month, a group of Ohio House members largely representing urban areas of the state introduced a bill to prohibit property tax exemptions for data centers. Property tax exemptions are a ...

Adult literacy is important for voting, employment, social mobility, and public health. Populations that struggle the most with adult literacy rates are incarcerated individuals, people living in ...