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Posted June 16, 2005 in Press Releases
Gongwer News Service Ohio's community nonprofit hospitals benefited from tax breaks of about $900 million in 2003, but provided charity care valued at far less than that amount, according to a new report presented to a... read more
Posted June 13, 2005 in Press Releases
The NewStandard Hoping to give the poorest workers a modest boost, anti-poverty activists are pushing forminimum wage increases on the state and federal levels, with the long-term aim of turning the issue into a platform for broader... read more
Posted June 09, 2005 in Press Releases
Dayton Daily News Gov. Bob Taft's tax plan is frequently described with a single word: complex. The term aptly applies to the plan's details, but keeping track of the bigger picture isn't so confusing. Gov. Taft appears to... read more
Posted June 07, 2005 in Press Releases
Migration into and out of Ohio does not appear to be linked to state income tax policy, according to a new analysis of interstate migration data from Policy Matters Ohio. The study, which examines Internal... read more
Posted June 01, 2005 in Press Releases
Columbus Dispatch By Jim Siegel and Catherine Candisky With the coin-investment scandal fresh in their minds, Senate Republicans approved more budget changes yesterday, including limits on future investing and the elimination of a sales-tax exemption for coin... read more
Posted May 31, 2005 in Press Releases
Republicans Push Budget Bill Out of Committee After Making Numerous Changes to Tax Provisions, Other Areas Gongwer News Service The $51.2 billion biennium budget bill emerged from committee late Tuesday with most major provisions relatively intact, including... read more
Posted May 31, 2005 in Press Releases
Ohio s proposed Commercial Activity Tax (CAT) on businesses, which in its House version already did not raise as much revenue as the taxes it is to replace, has been further weakened in the bill... read more
Posted May 24, 2005 in Press Releases
Dayton Daily News Gov. Bob Taft's remedy for a stagnant economy will create more economic woes, according to a report released Monday by Policy Matters Ohio. The state budget pending before the Ohio Senate would phase out... read more
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