Kasich warns of a tight budget, but it’s partly due to his tax policies Governor John Kasich and Budget Director Tim Keen have been warning for some time now that the state budget they will propose in the next week will be a tight one. State tax revenues have underperformed
New report shows top 1 percent would get a big break on state income taxes
Infographic Nearly three-quarters of Ohioans would pay more in state income taxes under flat-rate tax plans for which a joint legislative commission is developing an implementation plan. At the same time, the most affluent 1 percent of Ohioans would see tax cuts averaging $4,000 or more a year. Those are
Bill creates a committee to review the state’s 128 tax breaks every eight years.
Proposals threaten state agencies, pre-empt local worker protection, harm consumers
Talks in ’17 of key parties to decide on solvency
Policy Matters Ohio pushed for the bill to be delayed
House and Senate proposals lack an equitable pathway toward solvency.
Zach Schiller’s testimony to the House Government Accountability and Oversight Committee
New bills would reduce the maximum number weeks of benefits from the current 26 to a sliding scale.
When jobs are widely available, almost everyone goes to work. Many people who lose their jobs, unfortunately, aren’t eligible for unemployment benefits at all. Most of those who are eligible for unemployment nonetheless return to work well before their benefits run out. When people do have to turn to unemployment,
Zach Schiller’s testimony to the 2020 Tax Policy Commission.
