Thomas Suddes

1 day ago | dispatch.com | Thomas Suddes

Thomas Suddes |  Contributed CommentaryShow Caption Hide Caption 'I don't know how we (would) operate a school system.'Columbus Board of Education Vice President Jennifer Adair says banning property taxes in Ohio would destroy public education and society as we know it. Thomas Suddes is a former legislative reporter with The Plain Dealer in Cleveland and writes from Ohio University. [email protected].​Eye-popping increases in Ohio property taxes are busting the budgets of many homeowners.

1 week ago | dispatch.com | Thomas Suddes

Thomas Suddes is a former legislative reporter with The Plain Dealer in Cleveland and writes from Ohio University. [email protected].​The Ohio Lottery was supposed to cover the costs of the Buckeye State’s public schools, right? Wrong. But that myth, sometimes raised by talk-show yowlers, shows why current General Assembly proposals to expand gambling to replace big shares of Ohio’s income and property taxes is soapbox hype.

1 week ago | daytondailynews.com | Thomas Suddes

Meanwhile, despite energetic campaigning by two statewide Democratic prospects – Amy Acton, of Bexley, for governor, and Bryan Hambley, of Warren County’s Loveland, for secretary of state – Ohio Democrats, like their Washington counterparts, seem to be dithering. Acton, a physician who graduated from Northeast Ohio Medical University, was in Republican Gov. Mike DeWine’s Cabinet as state Health director.

2 weeks ago | dispatch.com | Thomas Suddes

Thomas Suddes is a former legislative reporter with The Plain Dealer in Cleveland and writes from Ohio University. [email protected].​Ohio Attorney General David Yost’s decision to drop his bid for next year’s Republican gubernatorial nomination means the GOP’s 2026 ticket is all but officially set, led by Upper Arlington’s Vivek Ramaswamy, the party’s all-but-certain nominee for governor.

2 weeks ago | times-gazette.com | Thomas Suddes

Thomas SuddesContributed CommentaryThomas Suddes is a former legislative reporter with The Plain Dealer in Cleveland and writes from Ohio University. [email protected].​Ohio Attorney General David Yost’s decision to drop his bid for next year’s Republican gubernatorial nomination means the GOP’s 2026 ticket is all but officially set, led by Upper Arlington’s Vivek Ramaswamy, the party’s all-but-certain nominee for governor.