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A change to the Ohio Housing Trust Fund in the budget has advocates concerned
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — When state lawmakers advanced the biennial state budget last month, they redirected Ohio Housing Trust Fund money, leaving advocates concerned about the future of… Read More
Treasurers and auditors warn the plan to cap school cash reserves would cause major problems for districts and taxpayers
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — On paper, it looks like a simple idea. Property values in Ohio have skyrocketed, causing property taxes to spike. Most of that money has… Read More
Under Ohio’s proposed budget, subsidized child care eligibility remains stagnant
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Only a small amount of state dollars would go to child care in the latest version of the biennial budget, and Ohio House lawmakers… Read More
Gov. Mike DeWine wants the child tax credit restored in the Ohio budget that’s now in the Senate
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Federal and state individual income tax returns were due Tuesday, but as Ohioans close the books on a year’s worth of earnings, tax researchers and… Read More
Ohio doesn’t fund its public schools like it’s supposed to. Now many in southeast Ohio are facing shortfalls.
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — There’s a pattern emerging at school board meetings across southeast Ohio: Districts are losing money, and they’re cutting staff to stay afloat. Some districts,… Read More
The Ohio House budget changes abortion reporting requirements to get more patient information
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Department of Health produces the Ohio Abortion Report each year that gives information about abortions being performed during a calendar year. A new provision in… Read More
The Ohio House passed its budget, mostly along party lines. What made the cut?
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio House lawmakers sent the state budget to the Senate by a 60-39 vote Wednesday afternoon, following two months of testimony and negotiations. The… Read More
Ohio libraries get a mixed bag in the latest House budget as Republicans make changes in the formula
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio libraries will see an increase in funding in changes to the two-year budget omnibus passed by the Ohio House Finance Committee Tuesday. But… Read More
Ohio officials are watching U.S. economic volatility as the state budget moves through its legislative process
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Business owners, retirees, investors and economists are all watching the extreme economic volatility in the U.S. economy following President Trump’s sweeping tariffs. State officials… Read More
The latest Ohio budget proposal recognizes only two sexes and relocates LGBTQ content at libraries
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The state House GOP folded hundreds of changes into the two-year Ohio budget Tuesday, including several non-fiscal items further legislating sex and gender issues…. Read More
The House Republicans’ budget doesn’t restore the funding cut for Ohio food banks
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Food banks got about $15 million less in Gov. Mike DeWine’s budget than current spending, and were hoping state lawmakers would restore that cut… Read More
Gov. Mike DeWine defends his idea for the Cleveland Browns stadium package, but doesn’t threaten a veto
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Draft legislation would add a $600 million in state-backed bonds into the state budget, to help fund a new domed stadium and development for… Read More
The Ohio budget would cut Medicaid for nearly 770,000 Ohioans if the feds cut their payment percentage
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — There are 769,869 Ohioans receiving Medicaid through expansion of the program under the Affordable Care Act – which could end under a provision in… Read More
Gov. Mike DeWine says he’s concerned about the Cleveland Browns’ $600M stadium state-backed bond plan
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine said he’s still hopeful that his fellow Republicans in the House will keep the tax hikes on cigarettes, sports betting operators… Read More
A key House Republican suggests tax hikes on cigarettes, weed and gambling won’t make the Ohio budget
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine’s proposed tax increases on cigarettes, gambling operators and marijuana appear likely to be cut from the Ohio budget by members of… Read More
As budget hearings go on, many House Republicans are joining the Ohio DOGE caucus
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Nearly half of Republicans in the Ohio House have joined a cost-cutting group modeling itself after Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency…. Read More
Owners of the Cleveland Browns laid out their ask to the state for help with a new stadium. But they also brought an offer to the table
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The domed stadium in Brook Park that would be the new home of the Cleveland Browns can’t happen without the state’s help, according to… Read More
Advocates are again asking for funding to provide free, universal school meals in Ohio’s budget
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A coalition that includes CVS Pharmacy, Kroger and the Ohio Education Association is again pushing Ohio lawmakers to put funds providing free school meals for… Read More
Ohio’s governor says tax cuts are driving factor in lower-than-expected revenue collections
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s tax revenue has come in below projections for four out of the last five months. And while some state leaders who advocated for… Read More
Food banks in Ohio feel relief as a state budget compromise restores additional funding
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — A conference committee has restored some additional funding for Ohio food banks in the state’s upcoming two-year budget. The House had given the Ohio… Read More
State workers might not be able to work from home as much if a Senate budget provision passes
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Some state employees have been working from home since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. But a provision tucked in the Ohio Senate budget would… Read More
Ohio Senate’s budget scraps $15 million boost for food banks
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — The Ohio Senate has significantly reduced funding for state food banks in its version of the state operating budget. The Ohio House has proposed… Read More
Ohio budget work begins with questions about Medicaid and suggestion of income tax cut
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Months of work on the two-year state budget is under way with the first hearing on the spending plan before the Ohio House Finance… Read More
Gov. Mike DeWine releases two-year Ohio budget, with lots of spending and family-focused benefits
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The two-year state budget Republican Gov. Mike DeWine previewed in his State of the State speech yesterday is officially out. The plan spends nearly… Read More