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45.6%: Share of revenue collected into Ohio’s General Revenue Fund that came from the sales tax last year. That share has increased dramatically in the last 20 years, as
Ohio leaders repeatedly cut the income tax (the only progressive tax in the state) and raised the sales.
Policy Matters, Children’s Defense Fund, NOBLE highlight tax policies that work for everyone
Ohio s tax system is upside-down and backward, catering to the wealthiest at the expense of the lowest-paid, and leaving our state with too few resources to meet critical needs. Researchers and advocates from around the state will discuss.
PUCO has said it paused all audits of FirstEnergy while the federal criminal investigation goes forward, but it’s hard to see how that applies to the OVEC subsidies.
Ohio's utility regulator played a central role in a historic bribery and money laundering scandal. Now environmental groups are calling on it to perform legally mandated audits of hundreds of millions in coal subsidies that were part of the corrupt 2019 legislation.
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