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 ...

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 ...

Last week, I attended Housing Mobility 2026, a two-day conference hosted by Mobility Works in Cleveland. The first day was a training institute for housing mobility staff, especially workers from ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

The top of the list is not a state at all, but the District of Columbia, where about one in five workers are employed by the federal government. This makes sense because DC is the nation’s capital and ...

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 ...

Back in 2019, my colleague Rob wrote a blog post looking at areas of high poverty in Columbus. This blog post still resonates with a lot of people who understand the history and context of Columbus, ...