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Posted April 07, 2023 in Press Releases
Report shows 15 new breaks, even as review committee was shut down Ohio tax breaks will soon add up to more than $11 billion a year, more than the state spends in general revenue on primary... read more
Posted March 25, 2023 in eNews
$2.6 billion: In the previous edition of Saturday Stats, we noted three major flaws in House Bill 1, any one of which should be enough to make Ohioans tell our reps to vote against it.... read more
Posted March 11, 2023 in eNews
$600M: House Bill 1 — a short-sighted flat tax proposal — would mean $600 million a year in property tax increases for residential and agricultural property owners. $500M+: House Bill 1 — an ill-conceived flat tax... read more
Posted March 10, 2023 in Press Releases
Higher property taxes, less local revenue, tax cuts that aren’t paid for *This release has been revised to include a correct description of the causes of the losses from HB 1 for schools and local governments... read more
Posted February 25, 2023 in eNews
$0.00-$3.00: A top-priority bill in the Ohio House (HB1) would slash funding for children and all manner of local services, hand thousands of dollars a year to wealthy households and reduce income taxes by $0-3... read more
Posted February 23, 2023 in Press Releases
Flat tax proposal cuts resources of the many for the benefit of the very few One of Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens’ top-priority bills, House Bill 1, is a massive giveaway to the rich, and the... read more
Posted February 16, 2023 in Press Releases
DeWine budget proposal transfers huge sum with little accountability Governor Mike DeWine’s budget proposal would transfer $2.4 billion into a fund that could be used for a vague set of economic development objectives, with no specific... read more
Posted February 11, 2023 in eNews
[image:1] 11,525: Gov. DeWine kicked off Ohio’s biennial budget season with his budget proposal, which would — among other things — expand access to child care and public pre-K to an additional 11,525 children statewide. That’s... read more
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