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Nick Bates
- Mar 5, 2018
- 1 min
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...

Nick Bates
- Mar 4, 2018
- 1 min
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...

Nick Bates
- Dec 21, 2017
- 1 min
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...

Nick Bates
- Dec 5, 2017
- 2 min
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...

Nick Bates
- Nov 16, 2017
- 1 min
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...

Nick Bates
- Nov 14, 2017
- 1 min
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...

Nick Bates
- Oct 9, 2017
- 2 min
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...

Nick Bates
- Jul 1, 2017
- 3 min
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...

Nick Bates
- Jun 23, 2017
- 1 min
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...

Nick Bates
- May 2, 2017
- 2 min
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...

Nick Bates
- Apr 25, 2017
- 1 min
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...

Nick Bates
- Apr 4, 2017
- 1 min
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...

Nick Bates
- Apr 3, 2017
- 1 min
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...

Nick Bates
- Jan 9, 2017
- 0 min

Nick Bates
- Jan 4, 2017
- 1 min
Governor Kasich’s budget: A Tax Shift
Ohio faces serious challenges, like the opiate epidemic, that call for serious investments. College affordability, aging infrastructure,...

Nick Bates
- Apr 1, 2016
- 1 min
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...

Nick Bates
- Mar 30, 2016
- 1 min
Lowering tuition, a smart investment for Ohio
During recent budget debates, we heard some state policymakers acknowledge that we need to reduce tuition for students. To an extent, we...

Nick Bates
- Mar 29, 2016
- 1 min
Invest to Improve Ohio
Sadly, many of our neighbors are struggling to get by. The State of Ohio has the opportunity to do great things – like end hunger in our...

Nick Bates
- Sep 17, 2015
- 1 min
Legislative fix: Progressive Tax is Solution.
It is no surprise that in the rush to provide more tax cuts, they legislation was poorly drafted. In calendar year 2015 only 75% of...