The Palladium-Item For almost 300,000 Ohioans, today will be more than a day to tack a new calendar on the wall. It’s the day when they all get a raise. The minimum wage increase approved by Ohio voters in November will kick the state’s minimum wage from $5.15 to $6.85
Ballot amendment would raise low payBy Jon Newberry Cincinnati Enquirer A proposed Ohio constitutional amendment to hike the state’s minimum wage from $5.15 an hour to $6.85 has supporters and opponents battling over privacy issues as well as money. Many opponents contend the measure will hurt working people more than
Dayton Daily News By William Hershey Columbus
Flat FallThe Akron Beacon Journal Of the many easy answers pitched by Ken Blackwell, none delights him more than his proposed flat tax, a single rate of 3.25 percent on the income of Ohioans. The Republican candidate for governor championed the concept last week in a third televised debate with
The Akron Beacon Journal By Julie Carr Smyth CINCINNATI – Candidates for Ohio governor differ in their approaches to solving the state’s economic problems, but they also differed Wednesday on several of the facts involved. Republican nominee Ken Blackwell often repeated a claim during the third debate between him and
GOP candidate’s plan, including flat tax, dismissed by Strickland, other critics By Mark Niquette Columbus Dispatch Income-tax cuts approved last year would be phased in more quickly and Ohioans earning $20,000 or less a year would no longer pay income tax under a plan announced yesterday by Republican gubernatorial candidate
Dayton Daily News By William Hershey COLUMBUS
The Hannah Report Secretary of State Ken Blackwell returned to the flat tax question Tuesday following a study released by Policy Matters Ohio, which focused on the purported impact of an across-the-board 3.25 percent rate on the middle class. The gubernatorial challenger continued to emphasize tax amnesty for a vast
The Hannah Report “Replacing Ohio’s graduated income tax with a flat, 3.25 percent tax would increase taxes on most Ohioans, while costing the state nearly half a billion dollars in annual revenue. Meanwhile, the richest Ohioans would reap thousands of dollars on average in annual tax savings apiece.” That in
Gongwer News Service Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Blackwell would take steps that reduce Ohioans’ tax burdens by $1.2 billion within 100 days of his swearing-in as governor, his campaign said Tuesday. Mr. Blackwell said the move, which also includes eliminating the income tax burden on Ohioans who earn less than
Canton Repository By G. Patrick Kelley Should the minimum wage be higher than $5.15? State Issue 2 would raise it to $6.85. Labor, community and religious organizations back the raise. But a host of business organizations say the proposed constitutional amendment could cause job losses, and it carries some dangerous
Dayton Business Journal By Suzelle Tempero Young’s Jersey Dairy Farm in Yellow Springs, known for its ice cream, employs about 300 people during its summer peak. But all of its employees, even the 16-year-olds working their first jobs, earned more than minimum wage this year. However, spillover from raising the
