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A northeast Ohio lawmaker offered details during a recent Ways and Means Committee hearing about legislation he’s proposed to transform county budget commissions into taxpayer watchdogs. Rep. David Thomas, R-Jefferson, characterized House Bill 309 — titled the Budget Commission Overhaul Act — as another necessary element to reform Ohio’s property tax system. “The budget commission [...]
COLUMBUS (AP) — Voters again will see two sitting Ohio Supreme Court justices pitted against each other in 2026, after Justice Pat Fischer announced a bid last week to unseat Justice Jennifer Brunner with two years left on his current term. At 67, Fischer, a Republican, would be ineligible due to constitutional age limits from [...]
A pair of central Ohio lawmakers seeks to alleviate the state’s housing needs by incorporating efforts to plan and maintain adequate housing stock into the mission of the state Department of Development. Senate Bill 145 would even change the name of the cabinet subdivision to the Department of Housing and Development, according to sponsors Sens. [...]
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Top officials at the European Union’s executive commission say they’re pushing hard for a trade deal with the Trump administration to avoid a 50 percent tariff on imported goods. Trump had threatened to impose the tariffs on June 1, but has pushed back the deadline to July 9. European officials are [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has halted the scheduling of new visa interviews for foreign students hoping to study in the United States while it prepares to expand the screening of their activity on social media, officials said. A government official earlier this week said the suspension is intended to be temporary and does [...]
DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. Energy Department ordered a Michigan coal-fired power plant to remain open, at least until late August, citing possible electricity shortfalls in the central United States. State regulators immediately fired back, saying it’s unnecessary to keep Consumers Energy’s J.H. Campbell plant open. It was supposed to close May 31. “We currently [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is asking federal agencies to cancel contracts with Harvard University worth about $100 million, a senior administration official said, another step in the president’s dispute with the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university. The government already has canceled more than $2.6 billion in federal research grants for the Ivy League [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military spent more than $6 billion during the past three years to recruit and retain service members, in what has been a growing campaign to counter enlistment shortfalls. The financial incentives to re-enlist in the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines increased from 2022 through last year, with the Navy [...]
A Loveland state lawmaker has proposed temporary property tax relief to Ohioans who have seen their property valuations rise upwards of 40 percent in some cases in recent years. Rep. Jean Schmidt, a Republican, is championing a bill that would limit 2024 property taxes to 2022 levels and 2025 manufactured-home tax liability to 2023 levels. [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration says making cents doesn’t make sense anymore. The U.S. Mint has made its final order of penny blanks and plans to stop producing the coin when those run out, a Treasury Department official confirmed last week. The move comes as the cost of making pennies has increased by 20 [...]