US EditionOhio Lawmakers Pass $60 Billion Budget. Here's What's Inside.
- Ohio lawmakers passed a $60 billion two-year budget on Wednesday, with the Senate voting 23-10 in favor along party lines.
- The budget moves Ohio to a 2.75% flat income tax for earners above $26,050, cutting taxes for those making over $100,000 while exempting lower earners.
- It allocates $600 million of unclaimed taxpayer funds for a new $2.4 billion Cleveland Browns stadium in Brook Park and reduces funding for public schools and pediatric cancer research.
- Democrat Rep. Bride Rose Sweeney criticized the budget for failing to meet the needs of Ohio’s residents, highlighting a significant shortfall in school funding, while Republican Sen. Rob McColley expressed confidence that the budget will help stimulate economic growth.
- The bill now awaits Gov. Mike DeWine’s signature by July 1, who may use a line-item veto, while a law firm promised a lawsuit against the use of unclaimed funds for the Browns stadium.
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AP News: Ohio Budget Bill With Browns Stadium Funding, LGBTQ+ Restrictions Heads to Gov. Mike DeWine
Republicans tout that as a benefit to working Ohioans and the economy and another step in their continuing efforts to reduce the state’s tax burden, with the aim of some of them being to eventually eliminate the income tax entirely. Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a Washington, D.C. nonprofit, found 98% of the benefit would go to the top 20% of income earners, or those making over $139,900.
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Ohio lawmakers pass $60 billion budget. Here's what's inside.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio lawmakers sent the state’s $60 billion operating budget to the governor’s desk on Wednesday. The budget bill spends billions of dollars, creates tax cuts and includes policy items. Gov. Mike DeWine does have the authority to line item veto any provision in the budget. The budget passed on party lines without any Democratic support. Senate Democratic Leader Nickie J. Antonio (D-Lakewood) said it's the first time sinc…
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