The Dayton Daily News Ohio house speaker Jon Husted was on the money when he identified tax reform as vital to the state’s future. The “time is now,” he recently told the Dayton Daily News editorial board. …
Gross receipts concept would shift the burden The Toledo Blade COLUMBUS – Republican legislators and Gov. Bob Taft are examining a proposal to create a new business tax that supporters say would let Ohio eliminate the corporate franchise and tangible personal property taxes. Full Article
Added penny sales tax likely to be extended Dayton Daily News Gov. Bob Taft and Republican legislative leaders have a publicly silent, but influential, partner in their campaign to overhaul the state’s tax code to boost Ohio’s economy. The Ohio Business Roundtable, an independent, nonpartisan group made up of chief
Officials, study cite predatory lending as the chief culpritBy Joshua Greene Cleveland Free Times JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER Monday, at the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Foreclosure Sale on January 10, 50 homes changed hands. The room was packed with vultures, the speculators, redevelopers, bankers and small-time investors. “I don’t think there’s
Lt. Gov. Bruce Johnson to play major role in pursuing tax-reform initiatives The Akron Beacon Journal COLUMBUS – The room was packed. Every seat and spot for standing was taken. Along the balcony, men and women leaned over the rails to peer down on Gov. Bob Taft ashe beamed and
The sheriff’s civil division has piles of papers awaiting service. Youngstown Vindicator WARREN Two bad economies have joined forces to put several hundred financial transactions on hold in Trumbull County. Economic realities of the Mahoning Valley, coupled with the county sheriff’s department’s own budget issues, have resulted in an eightmonth
Willoughby News-Herald Popular plan was initially created to spur economic development and job creation in distressed areas Willoughby Hills Mayor Kenneth A. Lorenz has grown tired of seeing the desolate, run-down piece of property at Route 91 and Interstate 90 that used to be a thriving restaurant. Full Article
The Guardian, UK Theressia Gresham’s unemployment cheques stopped arriving two months ago. Ms Gresham, who lives in Cleveland, Ohio, lost her job as a forklift driver at the beginning of the year and has been unable to find work since. The United States government will pay just 26 weeks of
New York Times As job growth has picked up in many areas of the country, employment has continued to falter in some crucial battleground states, the government reported yesterday. Full Article
St. Louis Post-Dispatch SALEM, Ohio – Knocking on doors in northeastern Ohio, the political newcomer running for state representative used the same line on every porch: “Hi, I’m Frank Rayl. I worked over at Eljer until they moved my job to China.” Full Article
Lorain Morning Journal LORAIN — Former senator Max Cleland appeared at Lakeview Park yesterday to call on Lorain to vote for John Kerry, saying that Ohio was ”ground zero for this election.” Full Article
Skid outlasted recession, report shows Dayton Daily News COLUMBUS | Although economists pronounced the national recession over by November 2001, Ohio continued to lose jobs in the aftermath, according to a report released today by a Cleveland research institute. Full Article
