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What to expect in 2019
What are your priorities? Where does Ohio need to invest to guarantee our state has great public schools, healthy communities, and an...
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Election Season: Levy Basics
Ohio has a whole host of great public services that strengthen our communities. Senior services, libraries, schools, parks, children’s...
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Back to school!
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...
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Ohio is not keeping up…
Our third annual report The State of Ohio: a story through statistics was released Monday March 5th during a press conference at the...
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Report to be Released: Monday March 5
One Ohio Now is excited to announce that our 3rd annual State of Ohio Report: A story through statistics will be released Monday at...
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Tax cuts pass: undermine American priorities
You probably have seen by now that Congress passed their trillion dollar corporate tax cut on Wednesday December 20th. President Trump is...
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Senate tax cut bad news for Ohioans
The United States Senate passed their version of the tax bill with handwritten amendments to rush the bill across the finish line around...
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House Plan Passes: now what?
The United States House of Representatives passed their version of a tax cut 227-205 (13 Republicans joined all of the Democrats to...
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Impacts of Federal Tax Plan
The United States House of Representatives hopes to pass a tax cut package by November 17th. The Senate hopes to pass their version of...
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Will Congress cut taxes for the wealthy?
President Trump announced his tax plan that will cut taxes for the wealthy and leave our nation with less cash to invest in great public...
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Kasich signs, the budget is finished
Governor Kasich signed the 2-year, $133 billion state budget late on Friday June 30th. Unfortunately, our tax policy decisions continue...
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conferencehb49
The Ohio Senate passed the budget on Wednesday June 21st, setting up a week of a conference committee. The Senate, as expected, cut $1...
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House Passes Budget
May 2, 2017 – The Ohio House of Representatives passed their budget (HB 49) today. We are pleased that the $3 billion tax shift...
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House Sub-Bill Introduced
The House also proposed more investment into addressing the opiate epidemic ($170 million) and k-12 education ($90 million). The proposal...
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House Enters Final Stretch
The Ohio House Finance Committee began work on the Ohio budget in February. Since then, dozens of hearings have been held in...
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State of Ohio 2017
Ohioans continue to struggle with high rates of infant mortality and hunger, high college costs, and an economy that continues to trail...
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Governor Kasich’s budget: A Tax Shift
Ohio faces serious challenges, like the opiate epidemic, that call for serious investments. College affordability, aging infrastructure,...
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STATE OF OHIO 2016
The State of Ohio: 2017 will be released in the near future. The State of Ohio: 2016 tells a story about our state, our people, and how...