Dayton Hispanic Chamber Blog

Alexandra Kresser, an agency recruiter for State Farm in Southern Ohio and the Dayton Hispanic Chamber’s secretary, was recently featured in the Dayton Business Journal’s Multicultural Dayton series. Please click here to read the interview and to learn more about our wonderful board member.

A report released by The Immigration Policy Center makes the case that legalization is a form of economic stimulus. The report begins by citing the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), which demonstrated that workers with legal status earn more than workers who are unauthorized, and these extra earnings generate more tax revenue for federal, state, and local governments, as well as more consumer spending which sustains more jobs in U.S. businesses. Click here to read more about the studies

Free half-day personal finance conference covering such topics as budgeting, credit and debt management, retirement planning, investments, educator resources, and more. This course will be offered to Dayton area residents on Friday, August 2, 2013 8:00 am – 12:00 pm (registration opens at 7:30 am) at the Hope Hotel & Richard C. Holbrooke Conference Center, Building 823 Area A WPAFB, OH 45433-5000. Register early by clicking here or by calling (800) 228-1102, option 1.

The employer mandate of the PPACA has been delayed by the Obama Administration until 2015.

Ohio is making a strong comeback. Between January 2011 and May 2013, Ohioans created more than 170,000 private sector jobs, our unemployment rate is down from 9.0 to 7.0 percent and wages are growing faster than the rest of the U.S. This progress is the product of the pro-growth policies of the FY2012-13 budget and the work done since then to build upon them. Over the past five months, the governor and the General Assembly