Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s administration is seeking $189 million in federal Inflation Reduction Act funding to help implement the state’s first climate action plan. The proposal, submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in late March, would establish a statewide fund to help electrify government fleets, retrofit public buildings, and install solar generation on city, […] The post Ohio seeks $189 million in EPA funds to electrify state fleets, retrofit public buildings appeared first o
Ohio’s poverty rate was 8.7% in 2021, according to a recent study by Columbus-based firm Scioto Analysis. The Ohio Poverty Measure study showed the state’s poverty was a bit higher than the 8.1% poverty rate in 2021 listed by the U.S. Census Bureau’s Supplemental Poverty Measure. Scioto Analysis used data from The American Community Survey and […] The post Ohio poverty rate was 8.7% in 2021, according to new study appeared first on Ohio Capital Journal.
Since 2009, Ohio’s leadership has gone along with a number of questionable rate hikes demanded by regulated utilities. They’ve functioned in the same manner as tax increases regressive ones with unsavory origins.