(The Center Square) – Despite a proposal to ban property taxes in Ohio, a group of economists believe the idea could create more problems for taxpayers.
A proposed amendment that would ban property taxes in the state took its... Read more
(The Center Square) – Ohio plans to send $60 million in taxpayer funds to 27 counties to clean up dilapidated buildings or vacant lots.
The money is part of the Ohio Brownfield Remediation Program, which has given out more... Read more
(The Center Square) – A northern Ohio veterans home employee who says he was forced to join a union has filed an unfair labor practice case against the Ohio Civil Service Employees Association.
Ryan Smith, a Marine veteran himself,... Read more
(The Center Square) – The Senate’s proposed Ohio budget was back in front of the Finance Committee on Wednesday for the first time since Republican leadership called its two-year plan bold.
The plan, which includes the final phase-in of... Read more
(The Center Square) – Ohio’s Senate Republicans are proposing to take $600 million from the Ohio Unclaimed Funds Program and pay the funds back using a tax capture at the site of a new Cleveland Browns stadium in Brook Park.
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(The Center Square) – A little-known state agency that manages public television and radio stations around Ohio and gets $11 million annually from taxpayers may not be necessary.
State Auditor Keith Faber said less than half of Ohio’s public... Read more
(The Center Square) – Secretary of State Frank LaRose is sending evidence of voter fraud to Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and attorneys general in seven other states for prosecution.
LaRose announced Tuesday he found potential fraud in noncitizen... Read more
(The Center Square) – The overturning of Wisconsin’s Act 10 was judicial overreach and took power over Wisconsin’s budget away from the Legislature, a new amicus brief argues.
The Buckeye Institute argued that a Wisconsin circuit court’s... Read more
(The Center Square) – While Ohio students just finished one school year, state officials are already looking to another by announcing the annual sales tax holiday.
However, a Washington, D.C.-based tax policy group says those holidays reduce state and... Read more
(The Center Square) – A plan to extend Ohio’s ban on foreign counties, businesses, groups and individuals from owning land within 25 miles of critical infrastructure is being called racist by Democrats.
The group also says the proposal in... Read more
(The Center Square) – While President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance continue to push cryptocurrency as the answer to inflation, Ohio has taken a step toward normalizing it.
The Ohio Board of Deposit is open for proposals... Read more
(The Center Square) – An ongoing effort to reign in property taxes in Ohio continues to move forward.
A bill that moves some power away from the state to local county auditors could receive a floor vote as soon... Read more
(The Center Square) – Eliminating police quotas in Ohio is gaining momentum in the state House of Representatives.
A bipartisan plan to stop speed traps and other law enforcement quotas continues to move through the chamber without opposition, with... Read more
(The Center Square) – The cost of building a new home in Ohio is expected to rise by $30,000 as the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs continues to drive up prices for homebuilders, a national property management group said in a recent analysis.
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(The Center Square) – As cities large and small throughout Ohio continue to struggle to retain and recruit new police officers, filling vacancies could become a little easier.
The Ohio House recently passed legislation that would eliminate unnecessary exams... Read more
(The Center Square) – With the final piece of House Bill 6 now gone, Democrat lawmakers in Ohio now want to close campaign spending loopholes that led to the largest bribery scandal in state history.
The Ohio Anti-Corruption Act... Read more
(The Center Square) – Coupons or other help Ohio patients receive to pay for prescriptions could soon count toward copays and out-of-pocket expenses.
New bipartisan legislation in the state Senate would stop health insurance companies from using copay accumulator... Read more
(The Center Square) – As Ohio lawmakers continue to debate how much money will be spent on schools over the next two years, some want to know what happened to $500,000 dedicated to studying how the state serves disadvantaged students.
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(The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Energy on Monday, demanding answers about new “arbitrary” caps on federal research grants.
Last month, the agency announced a Read more
(The Center Square) – Ohio’s unemployment increase over the past year is one of the highest in the nation.
Based on the new figures released by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, the state’s unemployment rate has... Read more
