Forget income tax cut; keep tobacco, fracking levies
By David Kushma in the Toledo Blade Gov. John Kasich’s election-year plan to cut Ohio’s income tax
Kasich plays coy on tax-cut specifics
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 GOP fundraiser in Newark. Kasich […]
Parsing Gov. John Kasich’s State of the State Speech
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.
Whose tax cut? The latest scheme to cut state income tax rates would favor the rich, increase inequality, and harm basic services
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 income tax yet again. Voters
House GOP on income-tax cut: Not so fast
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 is the correct amount. If […]
Got $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 Medicaid, fulfilling the request of […]
Labor Day 2013
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. But other than a three-day […]
Easy chair or safety net?
“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 a study claiming that Americans […]
New law lets Ohio companies cut hours, not jobs
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 worksharing program, which allows workers to […]
Greater Cleveland lost more jobs than any metro area in the country (poll)
Olivera Perkins of the Plain Dealer wrote a solid piece on the job situation in the Cleveland area, citing our workforce researcher, Hannah Halbert, and former board member George Zeller. The Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor area lost 5,600 jobs between May 2012 and May 2013, placing total employment in the region at about 1.02 million. “This new finding […]
Ohio’s new budget
From Ideastream’s Sound of Ideas — Ohio has a new two-year budget in place. The $62 billion spending plan does a lot more than just lay out the state’s fiscal expenditures. It reduces the income tax while raising the sales tax. It changes the way schools are funded, and it blocks the expansion of Medicaid. What’s in? […]
Poor Ohioans will pay more in taxes under governor’s new plan
Channel 5’s Kristin Volk, interviewed Zach Schiller for this piece on the state budget. While Gov. John Kasich has touted the new state budget as a major tax cut for Ohio residents, NewsChannel5 learned that it’s actually a tax hike for some people. “Some of the poorest Ohioans will pay more,” said Zach Schiller, research […]