I love data. I love numbers. I love debates about the LGF, PLF, TPP, and revenue sharing. I love local share debates around school...

The New York Times reported recently that President Donald Trump paid only $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and in 2017. How is this...

Office of Budget and Management Director, Kim Murnieks, announced that Ohio will face a $2.5 billion budget shortfall next year as a...

Governor DeWine proposed $775 billion in budget cuts – primarily hitting our schools ($355 million), higher education ($110 million) and...

Last week the U.S. Congress and the Ohio Legislature convened and passed additional emergency legislation to support individuals,...

Chairwoman Roegner, Vice Chair Blessing, and Ranking Minority Member Williams, my name is Nick Bates, and I am the policy director with...

Happy New Year! Did you see the jobs report released on Friday? Were you a bit confused by it? Some news stations say the economy is...

The Ohio Legislature are lawyers and lobbyists to the LLC loophole. If you recall, during the budget debate in the spring of 2019, the...

The budget (HB 166) contains the 9th irresponsible income tax cut in 14 years and fails to provide solutions to Ohio’s most pressing...

The Ohio Senate believes that lawyers, lobbyists, and consultants making $250,000 a year should pay no state income tax. The Senate...

The Ohio House of Representatives passed their budget on Thursday (May 9th) after the Finance Committee approved it the night before....

Legislators took an extra weekend to get it done, but Ohio’s new transportation budget is set. As the drama unfolded during the last week...

“Without new revenue, we wont be able to make the investments needed to build up a strong economy in Ohio that works for everyone. We...

On Monday March 4th, 2019, we released our fourth annual report The State of Ohio: A Story Through Statistics during a press conference...

Today (February 21st) Governor DeWine officially unveils his proposal to increase the gas tax by 18 cents per gallon to raise revenue to...

In November, Attorney General Mike DeWine won the election to become Ohio’s next Governor. Governor John Kasich has served 8 years as...

Ohio has a whole host of great public services that strengthen our communities. Senior services, libraries, schools, parks, children’s...

As a parent, I am excited for the new school year to start. I love watching the excitement in my son’s eyes as he thinks about seeing all...