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An amendment to abolish Ohio property taxes won’t be on the fall ballot
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An amendment to abolish property taxes in Ohio won’t be on the fall ballot. The leader of the group of volunteers circulating petitions said… Read More
An effort to abolish Ohio property taxes faces a looming deadline for the fall ballot
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The clock is ticking on the volunteers working to gather 413,487 valid signatures to put an amendment to abolish property taxes in Ohio before… Read More
District leaders are digging into data after two-thirds of school levies fail across Ohio
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A little over a third of school levies statewide passed in Tuesday’s primary, which is half of the passage rate last May. But school… Read More
Ohio police, teachers and local officials join forces to push back on property tax abolishment
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — More than 65 groups of local elected officials, libraries, businesses and trade groups, and unions representing first responders and teachers have united against a… Read More
Leading candidates for Ohio governor are talking about tax cuts, but few specifics so far
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Taxes are certain to be a big topic in this year’s race for Ohio governor, with both of the leading candidates talking about tax cuts…. Read More
Ohio officials fear a steep surge in sales taxes if property taxes are abolished
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As volunteers work to gather hundreds of thousands of signatures to ask voters to make Ohio the first state to abolish property taxes, concerns… Read More
Ohio delays when some counties will next reappraise properties
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Sixteen of Ohio’s 88 counties—including Franklin, Cuyahoga and Hamilton, which are its three largest—will delay their property tax reappraisals by one year. Franklin and Hamilton… Read More
Agencies supporting those with developmental disabilities in Lawrence, Washington and Perry counties face financial hardship after levy failures
By: Amanda Pirani
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LAWRENCE COUNTY, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — When Ashley Blair’s daughter was a year old, she stopped speaking. “She wasn’t even saying mom and dad, she had completely quit talking,”… Read More
2025 year in review: Property tax changes pass as the abolishment effort continues
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Of the nearly a thousand bills that were introduced in the state legislature this year, around 50 deal with property taxes. Several passed with… Read More
Ohio lawmakers sent Gov. Mike DeWine four property tax bills after a marathon session last week
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Four property tax bills passed that Republican sponsors say add up to $2 billion in tax relief, with the next round of property tax… Read More
One GOP lawmaker suggests a sales tax for local services if Ohio property taxes are abolished
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — There’s a possibility that Ohio voters could abolish property taxes if backers of that proposed constitutional amendment make it to the ballot next year…. Read More
Taxing land values? One Ohio Republican introduces a constitutional amendment
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio voters greenlit almost two-thirds of the local property tax levies on ballots across the state Tuesday, according to the Ohio School Boards Association…. Read More
The Ohio House overwhelmingly passes two bills backers say will provide $2B in property tax relief
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio House overwhelmingly passed two property tax related bills that backers say will provide more than $2 billion in tax relief over the next… Read More
Ohio’s Senate overrides a veto and eliminates some kinds of tax levies
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio will restrict the use of some kinds of tax levies, a majority of the Ohio Senate voted Wednesday afternoon, overriding a veto by… Read More
Ohioans are paying the eighth highest property tax rate in the U.S., school and state money experts say
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohioans paid $16.7 billion in property tax last year, and those high property taxes are not leading to lots of spending by schools but… Read More
Group wanting to abolish property taxes in Ohio says drive to ballot will continue ‘no matter what’
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A working group looking into possible changes to Ohio’s property tax laws continues to meet, with a deadline to submit recommendations to Gov. Mike… Read More
Property tax working group opposes 40% cap for Ohio schools, but is looking at another idea
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOUB) — The working group called by Gov. Mike DeWine when he vetoed four property tax related items in the state budget will meet again this week. The… Read More
Gov. Mike DeWine has high hopes for his working group on changes to Ohio property tax laws
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A working group of eleven members from around the state meet Thursday to come up with ways to help Ohioans who are frustrated with high… Read More
The Ohio House approves one veto override, but skips voting on the other two on the schedule
By: Jo Ingles | Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio House was set attempt a veto override on some of Gov. Mike DeWine’s 67 budget line-item vetoes—specifically, three related to property tax… Read More
Gov. Mike DeWine wants another working group on property taxes, but some Ohio lawmakers doubt it’s needed
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — When Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed four items related to property taxes in the new two-year state budget, he also announced he wants a working… Read More
The group pushing end to property taxes in Ohio says it’s disappointed in the state budget, including an income tax cut
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s new budget contains a provision to flatten the income tax to 2.75%. But it doesn’t contain substantial changes to property taxes after Gov. Mike… Read More
An amendment to abolish property taxes in Ohio won’t be on the fall ballot this year
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A constitutional effort to abolish property taxes in Ohio won’t be on this year’s ballot. Backers of that proposal say they won’t turn in… Read More
Ohio schools say job losses for teachers could be “cataclysmic” with the new property tax bill
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An analysis of a Republican-backed bill that seeks to help struggling homeowners by lowering the amount of property tax they pay shows it could… Read More
Jackson residents protest public school funding cuts as an amendment to eliminate property taxes statewide looms
By: Ty Carpenter
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JACKSON, Ohio (WOUB) – Jackson County residents voiced their concerns Saturday over major cuts to public school funding, which they fear could lead to a lower quality of education. About… Read More
A group hoping to abolish property taxes in Ohio passes a hurdle to getting it before voters
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s Republican attorney general has given backers of a proposed constitutional amendment to get rid of property taxes the green light to take the… Read More