COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – There is a new push at the Ohio Statehouse to freeze property taxes for some Ohioans. The new bill, which does not yet have a bill number, is known as the 70 under 70 plan. Representatives Thomas Hall (R-Madison Township) and Dani Isaacsohn (R-Cincinnati) introduced the bill, which has 25 co-sponsors. […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Homestead exemption has been around for years, but the state budget makes a bi-partisan adjustment that lawmakers say is long overdue. The state’s homestead exemption aims to help low-income seniors, disabled Ohioans, disabled veterans and surviving spouses of public safety personnel killed in the line of duty. “To ensure that owning […]
Two Republican Ohio lawmakers are touting the inclusion of homestead tax exemption changes in this year’s budget and promising to work on future tweaks as well. Reps. Thomas Hall, R-Madison Township, and Steve Demetriou, R-Bainbridge Township, joined a pair of county auditors Wednesday to explain how the exemption will respond to inflation going forward.
Ohio lawmakers have filed two measures that would establish a closed primary system. The change would mean only voters who previously declared a party affiliation would be allowed to vote in partisan primary elections.