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The subhead for this Statehouse News Bureau story on vouchers says a lot: State keeps increasing size of one voucher program, though all vouchers have never been claimed http://www.wksu.org/news/story.php?/39003
Editorial in the Akron Beacon Journal Ohio long has lagged behind the nation in its investment in higher education. A recent Policy Matters Ohio report examines the fallout. The Cleveland-based think tank notes that in 1991, the state dedicated $7.03 out of every $1,000 in personal income to higher education,
By David Kushma in the Toledo Blade Gov. John Kasich’s election-year plan to cut Ohio’s income tax
Dispatch story by Joe Vardon Before he headed east to rejoin the Republican political circuit last night, Gov. John Kasich said his aides held “a big tax meeting” in Columbus. “I didn’t speak to any of them. I just walked through,” Kasich told reporters, before speaking at a Licking County
This Ideastream broadcast story cited Policy Matters Ohio’s analysis of income-tax cuts in its look at Gov. John Kasich’s State of the State address.
This editorial in the Toledo Blade takes the Kasich administration, and fellow Republicans, to task for promoting tax cuts as the cure to Ohio’s ills. Gov. John Kasich and many members of the Republican-controlled General Assembly will campaign for re-election this year largely on their efforts to cut Ohio’s personal
Jim Siegel’s piece outlines a divide between Senate and House Republicans in Ohio. Senate leadership supports a bill that would cut individual income taxes by 4 percent, but “House Republicans might have other ideas.” House Speaker William G. Batchelder, R-Medina, said he is still looking for assurances that $400 million
This Akron Beacon Journal editorial notes that in promoting a 4 percent reduction in individual income-tax rates “Republicans at the Statehouse have applied a familiar salve to ease their differences over the Medicaid expansion.” The proposal emerged just one day after a bipartisan majority of the State Controlling Board expanded
Ohio workers have little to cheer, as job recovery remains weak, wages are falling, and economic gaps are widening That’s The Toledo Blade’s take on how Ohio workers are faring in today’s economy. Labor Day is a national holiday created to extol the economic and social achievements of American workers.
“A new study says welfare discourages work, in Ohio and across the country. It isn’t that simple or clear.” So begins an editorial in the Toledo Blade, citing an attack by the libertarian Cato Institute on programs that help low-income people across the country make ends meet. The group released
Jim Siegel’s piece in the Columbus Dispatch makes note of a win for Ohio workers and companies — last week, Gov. John Kasich signed SharedWork Ohio, a program that allows employers to reduce workers’ hours rather than laying off employees. Ohio is now one of about 25 states with a
