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Posted May 20, 2005 in Press Releases
Gongwer News Service HB 66 BIENNIAL BUDGET (Calvert) To make operating appropriations for the biennium beginning July 1, 2005 and ending June 30, 2007, and to provide authorization and conditions for the operation of state programs. Set... read more
Posted May 09, 2005 in Press Releases
Gongwer News Service REMI Study Comments: Mr. Taft's administration has pushed the CAT and other aspects of the proposal as a long-overdue upgrade of a tax system that overly burdens business investments and has proven to... read more
Posted May 06, 2005 in Press Releases
The Hannah Report Policy Matters Ohio (PMO) said an Ohio Department of Development (ODOD) analysis of Gov. Bob Taft's tax reform plan is incomplete and misleading. According to Jon Honeck, Ph.D. and Zach Schiller, PMO's analysis team,... read more
Posted April 29, 2005 in Press Releases
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... read more
Posted April 29, 2005 in Press Releases
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... read more
Posted April 29, 2005 in Press Releases
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... read more
Posted April 27, 2005 in Press Releases
Prentiss to raise the standard minimum wage to $6.15 an hour beginning January 1, 2006 Gongwer News Service Sen. Prentiss said the state minimum hourly wage of $4.25 per hour has not been increased since 1990, making... read more
Posted April 27, 2005 in Press Releases
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 read more
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