Karen Kasler
Statehouse Bureau Chief at The Statehouse News Bureau
Journalist, Ohio Statehouse Bureau Chief, @ideastream/@WKSU/@WVIZ @WOSU @917wvxu @WOUB WCBE @WYSO. ❤️ my kid, cats, CLE⚾, CBJ🏒, OSU🏈 [email protected]
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1 day ago |
statenews.org | Karen Kasler
The 2.75% flat income tax in the Senate budget got the approval of all but one Republican senator, and House Republicans who favor tax cuts seem to like it as well. But there’s one key Republican who may be showing doubts. And he has the power to strike the idea entirely. Gov. Mike DeWine hasn’t proposed an income tax cut in any of his four budgets, and has said no company has ever told him they wouldn’t come to Ohio because its income taxes were too high.
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1 day ago |
statenews.org | Karen Kasler
Opposition is growing against a Republican state lawmaker’s bill that would cut property taxes by eliminating the 1% of property tax value that schools and local governments can levy without voter approval – known as inside millage. House Bill 335, sponsored by Rep. David Thomas (R-Jefferson), would eliminate inside millage, which legislative researchers say would affect $3.5 billion in property taxes collected by local governments and schools.
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2 days ago |
statenews.org | Karen Kasler
Six state lawmakers on the conference commitee are now going over the differences between the budgets approved by the House and Senate, with the deadline of June 30 looming. Among the big items: plans to use 30-year bonds or unclaimed funds for $600 million to go to the Cleveland Browns domed stadium in Brook Park, a cap on collected property taxes districts can hold, and a potential income tax cut for Ohioans making over $100,000 a year.
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3 days ago |
statenews.org | Karen Kasler
Ohio could get $198 million over 15 years from a huge settlement struck between attorneys general from 49 states, the District of Columbia and five US territories and Purdue Pharma. That company and its owners, the Sackler family, have agreed to pay $7.4 billion to resolve claims that they launched and fueled the deadly opioid crisis. Ohio led the nation or was near the top at times in the opioid crisis.
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3 days ago |
statenews.org | Karen Kasler
As state lawmakers consider budget proposals to provide $600 million to a domed stadium development for the Cleveland Browns in Brook Park, Ohio’s other major league professional sports teams are urging Gov. Mike DeWine and legislative leaders to pick the Senate's plan.
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