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ELKTON -- A bright and sunny Saturday saw over a hundred surrounding Howards Pond on East Main Street to participate in Team Elktons Inaugural Fishing Rodeo. Event registration was open to kids 15 and under, but whole families made their way down to the Pond to take part in the Rodeos activities. All around the pond, members of the community set up their chairs and cast their lines. Father-son pairings sat next to whole families as everyone came together to spend a morning enjoying the calm fis...

Legal miracle: No matter where you live, an Ohio city is allowed to tax your income — if you work inside that city. What’s more, the GOP-ruled

A General Assembly member is constitutionally required to be a resident of his or legislative district. That means only a comparatively few Ohio House or Senate members — those from Columbus districts — can be considered Columbus residents. But Jane or Joe Taxpayer, working at their suburban home because their big-city office is closed? Pay up — or get yourself elected to the legislature, writes Thomas Suddes in his column today.

Min May 3, 2021 We, the undersigned 36 organizations, representing millions of taxpayers and consumers across the United States, strongly urge you to reject any proposed ban on menthol flavored cigarettes or other flavored tobacco products. The evidence clearly demonstrates that, if enacted, this proposal would have disastrous consequences for civil liberties, provide a boon for criminal syndicates, and depress state government revenue while doing nothing to reduce smoking rates. If this ...

A Franklin County judge dismissed a lawsuit that challenged collecting municipal income taxes from commuters working from home during the pandemic.

The Ohio municipal income case decision is being appealed; meanwhile, similar cases are pending in Cuyahoga, Hamilton, Lucas counties

Ohio House OKs 2% income tax cut By Julie Carr Smyth - Associated Press Pictured is an upwards view of the inside of the rotunda at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus. (Beth Sergent | OVP) COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A $75 billion state budget containing a 2% personal income tax cut and an overhaul of the state’s system for funding schools cleared the Ohio House on Wednesday. The massive spending blueprint lays out spending for state programs for the two years beginning July 1. It must next clear t...

Ohio House OKs 2% income tax cut Byline: By JULIE CARR SMYTH - Associated Press State Rep. Matt Huffman, R-Lima. COLUMBUS — A $75 billion state budget containing a 2% personal income tax cut and an overhaul of the state’s system for funding schools cleared the Ohio House on Wednesday. The massive spending blueprint lays out spending for state programs for the two years beginning July 1. It must next clear the Ohio Senate, where hearings have already begun. The income tax cut would cost the ...

The Buckeye Institute: Ohio House-Passed Budget is Another Missed Opportunity to Adopt Bold Reforms Apr 21, 2021 Columbus, OH – Robert Alt, president and chief executive officer of The Buckeye Institute, issued the following statement after the Ohio House of Representative passed House Bill 110, Ohio’s biennial budget. “Ohio’s House of Representatives’ budget increases access to broadband and expands our successful Targeted Community Alternatives to Prison ...

Ohio House OKs 2% income tax cut as part of $75B budget bill By Julie Carr Smyth - Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A $75 billion state budget containing a 2% personal income tax cut and an overhaul of the state’s system for funding schools cleared the Ohio House on Wednesday. The massive spending blueprint lays out spending for state programs for the two years beginning July 1. It must next clear the Ohio Senate, where hearings have already begun. The income tax cut would cost the st...