Amended Issue 1 Implementation Bill Quickly Emerges from Finance Committee, Set for Wednesday Floor Vote
Gongwer News Service Issue 1 was a hit at the polls last month, and implementing legislation for the research and development bond package proved to be a one-hearing wonder in the Senate Tuesday. The Finance & Financial Institutions Committee unanimously reported the bill (SB 236) after hearing from a handful of witnesses and adopting nine […]
Bill to Help Auto Industry Called Flawed
Policy group says action ill-advisedby John Nolan Dayton Daily News DAYTON | Legislation that Ohio House Speaker Jon Husted is promoting as a means to encourage Delphi Corp. and auto industry employers to invest in their plants and keep jobs in Ohio may be ill-advised, a policy research organization says. The proposed legislation would drain […]
Third Frontier Implementation Passed on the Fast Track
The Senate Finance and Financial Institutions Committee Tuesday quickly passed out SB236, which lays out the implementation of Third Frontier provisions and the Job Ready Sites program approved by voters in November in State Issue 1. The bill passed with unanimous support and included amendments from both sides of the aisle. Most of the amendments […]
Number of Foreclosures Hits Record in Clark County
Higher Quality Properties Being Auctionedby Natalie Morales Springfield News-Sun Clark County hit an all-time high in foreclosed properties for auction Friday with 71, including those for delinquent taxes, up for bidding. Clark County Sheriff Gene Kelly, who also serves as the county’s foreclosure auctioneer, moved the auction from its usual location in front of the […]
Policy Matters Releases Recommendations for Issue 1 Implementation
The Hannah Report With the Nov. 8 passage of the constitutional amendment — Issue 1, the General Assembly must now take up legislation to implement the Third Frontier amendment. The amendment said that the General Assembly would provide for ensuring the accountability of all state funding provided for the purposes described in the amendment. The […]
Ohio to Allow State Investments in Private Firms
People’s Weekly World By Judy Johnson CLEVELAND
Researchers Question Auto Bailout Plan
Gongwer News Service Auto Industry Aid: Issue 1 isn’t the only priority bill that’s come under some criticism of late. Policy Matters Ohio sent a letter to lawmakers this week warning that a proposal to significantly expand the Job Retention Tax Credit program (HB 414) would severely diminish state tax revenue and possibly result in […]
Issue 1 Implementation Bill Expected Next Week
Gongwer News Service Critics have already taken aim at two priority bills that have yet to be heard in committee but could see action by the end of this year’s legislative session. Among them is a measure, to be introduced as soon as next week, to implement components of the $2 billion bond package endorsed […]
Concern Expressed at Bill to Help Ohio Auto Industry
The Hannah Report In a message he sent recently to members of the House Economic Development & Environment Committee on the effects HB414, Zach Schiller of Policy Matters Ohio expressed his concern that the the policy response contained in the bill is not the best course of action for the state. The bill would change […]
New State Tax Debuts
Toledo Free Press In an attempt to encourage economic development, Ohio has scrapped two of the primary taxes on business
Groups Call for Disclosure of Employers with Employees on Medicaid
The Hannah Report Sen. Mark Dann (D-Liberty Twp.) and Robert Hagan (D-Youngstown) joined representatives of several statewide organizations Wednesday in calling for passage of SB103, which requires the state to collect and disclose the names of employers with large numbers of employees on publicly funded healthcare programs such as Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance […]
State Urged to Reveal Companies with Workers on Medicaid
Taxpayers could be paying health benefits as businesses profit Columbus Dispatch Democrats, union representatives and advocates for the working poor pushed state officials yesterday to disclose the names of Ohio companies with large numbers of employees who receive Medicaid. The data, they said, are likely to show that taxpayers are spending millions to provide health […]