State & Regional politics
Ohio school pension board member collects OT for time missed at work
School Employees Retirement System trustee Barbra Phillips earns overtime pay for field trips and sports team travel as a school bus driver even when she is out of town on pension board business, public records obtained by our Columbus bureau show. Ashland City Schools allows Phillips to sign up for ...
Gas tax not keeping up with road needs
Federal and state motor fuel tax receipts — the billions that pay for road construction, repaving, maintenance and operations of highway and street departments — are not growing as fast as the cost of those projects. And that may mean more potholes and deteriorating roadways during the coming years. A ...
Former Hamilton County commissioner to run for attorney general
Ohio Democrats have their first statewide candidate for 2014. David Pepper of Cincinnati announced Monday he will challenge Republican Attorney General Mike DeWine for his position. Pepper, a former Hamilton County commissioner and Cincinnati city councilman, ran unsuccessfully against David Yost for Ohio auditor in 2010. Pepper had about $6,000 ...
Fire department operations under review
A committee of city staff reviewing the fire department’s operations needs City Council’s input.During a work session Tuesday, City Council will discuss the future operations of the Middletown Division of Fire.Since 2000, the Middletown fire department has tied up more than a quarter of the city’s general fund budget, and ...
JobsOhio repaid state $8.4M
JobsOhio has refunded the state just more than $8.4 million, providing some clarity over the amount in taxpayer funds the economic development non-profit has received.The Ohio Development Services Agency released the information Monday in response to a Dayton Daily News request about whether JobsOhio had followed through on its promise ...
Group wants to expand Earned Income Tax Credit in Ohio
Some in Ohio are working to get the Earned Income Tax Credit to more people as a means to both fight poverty and boost the economy. Policy Matters Ohio, a left-leaning think tank, presented a proposal to the Ohio House Finance and Appropriations Committee last week to create a state-level ...
Money spent to put tax issues on ballot the ‘cost of doing business’
Asking voters to approve more money for cities, townships and school districts on May 7 will cost thousands of dollars — an expense that government officials say is “the cost of doing business.” The May 7 ballot is a special election in an odd-numbered year. That means the cost of ...
Is Kasich still GOP’s leader?
After appearing in lockstep with the GOP-controlled legislature throughout much of his term, Republican Gov. John Kasich recently has run afoul of some key party allies over the cornerstones of his budget: taxes, health care and schools. What it means going forward is hotly debated, but this much is certain: ...
Ohio tax income up despite income tax cut
New census data provide more evidence that Ohio’s financial health is rebounding. The Buckeye State experienced big increases in sales taxes, personal income taxes, hospital-related taxes and corporation licenses in fiscal year 2012, the Dayton Daily News found. Ohio’s tax receipts grew by $905.9 million in fiscal year 2012, which ...
Tax payout for low-income workers doubled in Ohio
The nation’s largest cash-assistance program for the working poor has doubled in size since the 1990s and is plagued with an overpayment rate of up to 25 percent, one of the largest error rates of all federal programs, a Dayton Daily News analysis has found. This tax season, the Earned ...
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