Ohio Budget

State lawmakers got their first look at the budget for Ohio Department of Transportation – which reflects the hike in the gas tax by 10.5 cents two...

State lawmakers are getting two different forecasts on how much tax revenue will come in over the next two-year budget cycle from their experts and from…

Gov. Mike DeWine is bringing back his proposal to create more gun regulations, which he says will reduce crime around the state. These were measures that…

More than half of the state’s COVID-19 deaths are coming from nursing homes. Those and other long-term care facilities are getting a lot of attention in…

In this week's episode of Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast from WOSU, hosts Mike Thompson and Steve Brown discuss Gov. Mike DeWine's budget proposal,…

Small businesses and local communities would receive hundreds of millions of dollars to help with recovery from the coronavirus pandemic under a $1…

Blaming the pandemic for negatively impacting state revenue, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has ordered budget cuts, but also restored some of the money that was…

One of Gov. Mike DeWine’s vetoes on the state budget struck a provision that was added at the last minute – a property tax reduction for certain…

Among the many education programs in the latest state budget is the Ohio Governor’s Imagination Library. The literacy program mails children under five free books in certain communities around Ohio. It was originally started by country singer . The $5 million will go into a matching fund for all the Imagination Libraries across the state, doubling the money for the current 54 Ohio affiliates of the program.

In this week's episode of Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast from WOSU, host Mike Thompson discusses how Republicans at the Statehouse finally settled…