Tax reform: Governor’s approach to bank taxes offers fairness, simplicity
Editorial board His proposed bank-tax overhaul shows once again that Gov. John Kasich is capable of tackling entrenched problems with a fair and focused approach. Despite some initial resistance from Republican legislators concerned about harming the industry with higher taxes, Kasich has gained wide support for his plan from financial institutions, which recognize that it […]
New “Right To Work” Study Not Convincing Labor Supporters
Supporters call it “right to work.” Critics call it “the right to work…for less.” Both sides are talking about the same thing: a proposal to change Ohio law to ban unions from requiring workers to pay dues. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports supporters call it the free market at work, but critics aren’t convinced. Click […]
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 […]
Tax plan could put Kasich over a barrel — of oil
David Kushma Gov. John Kasich probably won’t appreciate the comparison. But Ohio’s second-year Republican chief executive may be starting to understand the frustration President Obama must feel when his agenda is thwarted by GOP lawmakers who are more intent on protecting the special interests that bankroll their campaigns than on making inclusive policy. The budget […]
Ohio jobless rate drops to 7.6%: State attributes month’s decrease to creation of 28,000 posts
By Tyrel Linkhorn The number of unemployed Ohio workers fell again in February, pulling the unemployment rate to 7.6 percent from 7.7 percent in January. Data released Friday by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services show 443,000 Ohioans were unemployed in February, compared with 447,000 in January. Although the drop wasn’t huge in percentage […]
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 […]
Education plays big in Kasich’s revamp for Ohio
Ida Lieszkovskyclick through for audio Third-grade reading mandate and independent teacher evaluations play big in the governor’s new plans The program would monitor students’ reading abilities, and require an intervention if they aren’t reading at grade level.Educators like to say third grade is the age at which students stop learning to read and start […]
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