Study: Taft Plan Will Create Jobs
Report requested by governor also says tax overhaul will boost gross state productBy William Hershey Dayton Daily News COLUMBUS | Gov. Bob Taft’s plan to overhaul the state’s tax system would lead to the creation of an additional 43,250 jobs and a $2.5 billion boost in the gross state product by 2010, according to a […]
Tax Plan Will Add Jobs, Study Says
Columbus Dispatch by Mark Niquette Cutting Ohio s income tax and making other tax changes Gov. Bob Taft proposes would create more than 43,000 new jobs in five years and spur economic growth, a state-funded study released yesterday shows. Full Article
Tax Plan Analysis Favorable
Taft critics disagreeBy John Byczkowski Cincinnati Enquirer Gov. Bob Taft’s proposed commercial activity tax would kill more than 15,000 jobs and sap Ohio of more than $1 billion in gross state product, according to a new analysis of the plan released Thursday by the Ohio Department of Development. Full Article
Think Tank Pushes Minimum Wage Hike
Business First of Columbus The value of the minimum wage has fallen to its lowest point since 1989 and ought to be raised, according to a Cleveland think tank. Full Article
Boost in Minimum Ohio Wage Would Aid 450,000, Study Says
by: Julie M. McKinnon This piece originally appeared in the Toledo Blade in April 2005. Nearly 450,000 Ohioans – including 297,000 women – would benefit from a state senator’s proposal to raise the state’s minimum wage to $7.15 an hour by 2007, according to a study released yesterday. The $7.15 rate is $2 more than […]
Prentiss Introduces Minimum Wage Bill
The Hannah Report Senate Minority leader C.J. Prentiss (D-Cleveland) gave sponsor testimony and held a press conference Tuesday to ask the Legislature to raise Ohio’s minimum wage. Full Article
Ohio Job Growth Still Lags, Ohioans Losing Confidence
The Hannah Report Four years after the recession began in March 2001, Ohio employment is down 179,700, or 3.2 percent, according to the latest seasonally adjusted payroll numbers issued April 15 by the Ohio Department of Job & Family Services (ODJFS). Full Article
Coverage of Wendy Patton’s Testimony on SUTA Dumping – April 2005
SB81 Unemployment Compensation Gongwer News Service SB81 – To conform state law to federal requirements in the establishment of civil and criminal penalties for manipulating payroll and business transfer information to obtain lower contribution rates in the treatment of Indian tribes as employers; to establish a state disaster unemployment benefit to pay the first week […]
Group Slams Taft Tax Plan During Athens Whistle Stop
Athens News by David Laber A statewide campaign opposed to Ohio Gov. Robert Taft’s taxreform proposal brought its message to Athens Thursday, but the area’s state senator is not thrilled about the campaign’s actions. Full Article
Next Governor Must See Ohio for What it Can Be
The News-Herald If the recently concluded presidential contest was the “mother of all elections,” then the 2006 election in which all statewide offices will be up for grabs must be its only child. … Full Article
Study: Many Ohioans Rely on Social Security
Business First of Columbus A large percentage of Ohio seniors need Social Security to remain as it is because they depend heavily on it as retirement income, says Policy Matters Ohio, a liberal think tank based in Cleveland. Full Article
Social Security Changes
Gongwer News Service Social Security Changes: Separately, Rep. Tim Cassell (D-Madison) said he would introduce a resolution urging federal officials to reject any Social Security reform package that establishes “carve-out” of contributions for private management. While acknowledging that the system is facing a financial shortfall, he said the private accounts could end up losing money, […]