Ohio House To Vote On Budget; Includes Tax Cut, School Funding Changes
1:01 House Finance chair Scott Oelslager (R-Canton) said the budget includes a 2% income tax cut that will cost the state $380 million over two years. Some critics have suggested that money could be invested in other needs. But Oelslager said: “We believe philosophically that it's better. The individuals work hard to earn those dollars and they deserve to stay in their pockets. So that's why we're doing it." And as for a lawsuit over a provision in the American Rescue Plan that would limit the state's ability to offer tax cuts, Oeslager said: "We feel confident we can proceed until, of cour...