While I was still in school, I worked as a guide on wilderness expeditions. As part of that job, I was a certified Wilderness First Responder. In that training there is a mantra about working from ...

Earlier this week, I attended the Minnesota Evaluation Association ’s annual conference. In the morning, I had a conversation with a few other attendees about some of the challenges of performing quan ...

Often, governments, nonprofits, foundations, and associations have budgets to answer important questions but don’t know exactly what kind of study they need to answer them. I use $40,000 as an example ...

One of the most important questions we have to answer when we are proposing a project to a client is “how long will it take?” This one question has major implications for project costs, it can inform ...

In a survey released this morning by Scioto Analysis, 16 of 31 economists agreed that a vehicle-miles-traveled fee would be a more efficient way to fund Ohio's roads than the motor-fuel tax. Earlier ...

We live in a post-welfare reform world. In the 1990s, President Bill Clinton and House Speaker Newt Gingrich worked together to reform welfare in the United States. A large part of the bargain struck ...

Data centers have been one of the biggest news stories of the past year. Last month, my colleague Rob wrote about this trend: everyone is talking about data centers. For community members, worries ...

From this table, you can get an idea of which states rely the most on federal funding. For instance, let’s consider Alaska. Between national parks, conservation land, and military bases, 60% of Alaska ...

On Wednesday, I went to a luncheon hosted by the Columbus Metropolitan Club on the topic of homelessness. The host posed a question to one of the panelists: what would it cost to end homelessness in ...

This morning, Scioto Analysis published a cost-benefit analysis of policies to regulate data centers in Ohio. We estimate that between 2013 and 2026, Ohio data centers produced a net social benefit of ...

In 2017, I moved back to my home state of Ohio after spending a few years organizing in Nebraska then attending graduate school on the west coast. When I returned, I was determined to work to ...