Buckeye Institute, Policy Matters Ohio square off on right-to-work research
Carrie Ghose A hypothetical average Ohio family of four would be making $12,000 more a year today if Ohio had adopted a right-to-work law in 1977, concludes a report released Wednesday by the conservative Buckeye Institute. The institute supports a drive by several conservative groups to collect signatures for a ballot initiative to amend the state […]
Buckeye Institute report supports right-to-work law in Ohio
Jackie Borchardt A report released Wednesday by the right-leaning Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions says Ohio could benefit from changing its union labor laws. In the report, economist Richard Vedder argues states with right-to-work laws show higher rates of growth in income and have attracted workers while Ohio has lost them. According to Vedder, a […]
Kasich’s bank-tax plan has support: proposed changes could raise $30 million
Jim Siegel Banks big and small appear to be getting on board with Gov. John Kasich’s new financial institutions tax. “I don’t think you’ll find a banker here today who doesn’t think it’s a great idea,” said Barry Ritchey, president of Standing Stone National Bank in Lancaster. He was at the Statehouse yesterday for a […]
Kasich defends plan to slash income tax
Jim Provance DUBLIN, Ohio
Privatizing government assets a growing trend
Barry M. Horstman Whether it’s Hamilton County selling Drake Hospital property, the city of Cincinnati trying to unload Music Hall or the state of Ohio talking about selling prisons, the turnpike and the lottery, government increasingly appears to be, in real estate jargon, a very motivated seller. The $15 million Drake deal and the city’s proposed Music Hall […]
The Scoop on Kasich’s Education Policy Proposals
Ida Lieszkovszky Yesterday, Governor Kasich said everywhere he looks in Ohio he finds something else to fix, so it’s no surprise that his mid-biennial budget review read like a laundry list of proposed policy changes on energy companies, banks, taxes, etc. Many of the items on that list also touched on Ohio’s schools. Educators like to say third […]
Kasich outlines proposal to lower income taxes
Lynn Hulsey KETTERING
Are Ohio’s tax breaks valid? Rep. Denise Driehaus want them reviewed, assessed
David Holthaus Ohio gives up more than $7 billion in revenue each year through tax breaks to businesses, homeowners and working people. But no one is responsible for methodically examining these tax breaks, all 128 of them. That could change. Rep. Denise Driehaus, a Cincinnati Democrat, has introduced a bill that would set up a […]
Kasich Plan For Tax Hike, Cut Gets Mixed Reaction
Associated Press | NBC4 click through for video A plan by Ohio Gov. John Kasich to tie higher taxes on oil and gas drilling to an eventual reduction of the statewide income tax met with opposition on multiple fronts Wednesday. The oil and gas industry said the tax increase would discourage investment coming as a result of […]
Gridlock in Congress threatens Ohio programs
David Eggert Automatic spending cuts triggered by gridlock on a bipartisan congressional “supercommittee” could cost Ohio nearly $313 million next year, with a large chunk being pulled from funds for poor students and those with special needs. The overall reduction in federal funding for the state
Fracking tax
Editorial Gov. John Kasich understands that Ohio’s much-anticipated oil-and-gas bonanza means that the state’s ridiculously low severance tax should be increased to cover the potential environmental and public health costs of greatly expanded drilling. But he needs a bolder plan than the one he intends to introduce to the Ohio General Assembly on Wednesday. Failure […]
Kasich to pitch policy reforms: Taxes, schools, energy likely topics in review
Joe Vardon Gov. John Kasich is likely to propose a new tax structure for Ohio’s banks that would provide relief for community banks but close loopholes for larger financial institutions, sources tell The Dispatch. Kasich also could propose legislation on Wednesday that would allow Cleveland schools to divorce tenure from staffing decisions