When states close their doors to LGBTQ residents, they close their doors to growth.
Anti-LGBTQ laws drive away workers, entrepreneurs, and investment. My latest Scioto Analysis commentary breaks down the economic evidence on this topic.
New post from my colleague Michael Hartnett at Scioto Analysis: "What is the Impact of Homeless Shelters?" A Stanford study shows they may not end homelessness but do cut violent crime, ER overcrowding, and mortality rates.
Rent control is back in the headlines, but the economics haven’t changed.
Last year, my colleague Michael Hartnett at Scioto Analysis wrote a good piece on why economists dislike rent control. With NYC frontrunner Zohran Mamdami proposing a 4-year rent freeze, it’s newly relevant.
After back-to-back conferences across the Midwest, I found myself listening to Strong Towns on a late-night drive and thinking hard about how we build our communities.
New post: Are “Strong Towns” the answer to the North American economic development problem?
Commentary: International students bring talent and economic vitality to Ohio. For Ohio to stay competitive in a global economy, it needs to have a global workforce. The state is losing international students in droves. Smart policy could turn that around. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/13/h...
Commentary: International students bring talent and economic vitality to Ohio. For Ohio to stay competitive in a global economy, it needs to have a global workforce. The state is losing international students in droves. Smart policy could turn that around ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/13/h...
Making free meals available to all public students wouldn't only produce benefits equal to the costs, it would produce social benefits with a net worth of about $520 million a year, according to an economic analysis released last Monday. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/14/a...
Universal school meals would more than pay for themselves in Ohio.
Our team at Scioto Analysis found they’d create about $520M in net annual social benefits — from healthier kids to higher lifetime earnings and smoother school operations.
Proud to see our work featured in the Ohio Capital Journal.
Our analysis found universal free school meals in Ohio would cost $356 million — but deliver $876 million in benefits. That’s a $520 million return on investing in kids’ health, learning, and futures.
While many Ohio public universities saw an increase in total enrollment this fall semester, international student enrollment is down, according to university enrollment data ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/06/e...
When Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine in March signed Ohio Senate Bill 1, some students and faculty predicted colleges and universities would lose enrollment and prestige. People have lost jobs and students have departed because it mandates ending diversity programs and terminating majors with few graduates.
I looked at 21 states to see what they were saying about the new federal guidance on acetaminophen use among pregnant women. Only one had a state official say they were endorsing the new guidance.
SB1 eliminates DEI trainings, adds a new requirement for students to study American Civics, and eliminates undergraduate degrees with very few students. In our survey of Ohio economists, experts were split on the likely impact of the bill.
