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Ohio’s nursing homes get a boost in the state budget, but there’s a bit of a catch
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s new two year state budget includes $1.4 billion for nursing homes to provide incentives for increasing quality of care and for more inspectors. And… Read More
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A budget deal is close, but Ohio lawmakers may have to vote on an extension Friday
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Though there were hundreds of differences to work out between the House and Senate versions of the two-year state budget, Ohio lawmakers are close… Read More
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Ohio’s House takes a step to keep the state operating if lawmakers miss the upcoming budget deadline
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Republican-dominated Ohio House has informally passed a measure that could allow the state to continue normal operations if lawmakers fail to reach agreement… Read More
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Ohio’s House will vote on a one-week spending extension as the budget deadline is days away
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — It’s starting to look more unlikely that there will be a budget in place in time for the new fiscal year on Saturday. The… Read More
![Ohio Senate President Matt Huffman (R-Lima) talks to reporters after Ohio Senate session on March 23, 2023](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/download-1-4-e1679679273334-900x422.webp)
Ohio’s Senate president doesn’t think the budget deadline will be missed
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Despite the wide gulf between the state budget bills passed by the House and Senate, the leader of the upper chamber disagrees with his counterpart… Read More
![Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill) speaks to reporters after session on March 1, 2023.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/download-6-e1679603443778-900x422.webp)
Ohio lawmakers might not meet the June 30 deadline for a new two-year state budget
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio House Speaker is warning that negotiations on the state’s biennnial budget could go into July, causing legislators to miss their deadline to pass… Read More
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The Senate’s budget passes with no Democratic support. Now Ohio lawmakers will have to compromise
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Republican-dominated Ohio Senate passed a $94 million, two-year state budget along party lines, with all seven Democrats voting against it. The Senate budget… Read More
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Advocates urge Ohio’s Republican senators to restore money for affordable child care in the budget
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Advocates for affordable child care and early childhood education programs hope Ohio’s Republican senators will reconsider funding changes to a program they say helps… Read More
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Ohio’s Senate Democrats don’t like many elements of the supermajority Republicans’ budget plan
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — When Republican leaders of the Ohio Senate introduced the draft version of that chamber’s proposed two-year state budget last week, longtime Sen. Vernon Sykes (D-Akron)… Read More
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Ohio House members to tackle Mike DeWine’s proposed $87B state budget
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The long state budget process begins Tuesday with hearings in the Ohio House Finance Committee on Gov. Mike DeWine’s proposed $87 billion two-year spending… Read More
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Public school advocates worry DeWine’s budget will take money away from students
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Groups that advocate for public school interests are leery of Gov. Mike DeWine’s newly-proposed budget for K-12 schools because it includes an expansion of… Read More
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Ohio lawmakers approve $6B spending bill during lame duck
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio lawmakers have passed a bill during lame duck allocating $6 billion for a variety of projects and needs. Most of the spending is… Read More
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Ohio’s nursing homes hope for more money soon – and in next year’s budget
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A lobby representing Ohio’s nursing homes is asking the state to give them another $600 million to help them offset increased costs for providing care… Read More
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DeWine signs $3.5B Ohio capital budget noting a key difference from past spending measures
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, has signed the $3.5 billion capital budget into law. Like previous capital budgets, this one includes money for improvements to… Read More
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Two-Year Ohio Budget Passes, Heads To Governor Just Over A Day Before Deadline
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOUB) — With a little over a day till the deadline on Wednesday, the new two-year $75 billion state budget is on its way to Gov. Mike DeWine after… Read More
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Ohio Lawmakers Get First Look At Long-Delayed Capital Budget
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Lawmakers are finally getting a look at the $2.5 billion state capital improvements budget, delayed for months by the pandemic. State budget director Kim Murnieks… Read More
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Ohio Handles One Budget Shortfall, But Another Deficit Is Looming Soon
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Using three quarters of a billion dollars in cuts and some reserve cash and federal Medicaid funding, the state of Ohio has staved off a… Read More
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Governor Seeks Pay Freezes, Cuts, As Pandemic Slams Revenue
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is seeking pay freezes and cuts for state employees as the coronavirus pandemic continues to depress tax revenue. Kimberly Murnieks is DeWine’s… Read More
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DeWine Says He Has Options After Budget Cuts, but Tax Hike isn’t Among Them
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — With a state budget deficit of three quarters of a billion dollars and just two months left in the fiscal year, Gov. Mike DeWine ordered huge… Read More
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One Area of State Budget Was Up, but there’s No Celebration
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The state budget is a sea of red, as income and sales tax collections are less than half of what was predicted for this month. There… Read More
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More Details Released on DeWine’s Cuts to Higher, K-12 Education
By: Aaron Payne
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOUB) — Public universities and colleges will each see a 3.8 percent reduction in state funds and K-12 school funds will be reduced based on student population and poverty,… Read More
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DeWine Calls for $775 Million in State Budget Cuts
By: Gabe Rosenberg | WOSU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — Gov. Mike DeWine is calling on a $775 million budget reduction over the next two months, as the coronavirus pandemic takes a “profound” impact on the state’s… Read More
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Conservative Group Suggests Billions In Cuts State Could Make
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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A conservative think tank has put out a list of ways it thinks Gov. Mike DeWine is wasting $2.5 billion in his proposed budget. They’re listed in the latest edition of… Read More