Ohio lawmakers finally settled on a $75 billion, two-year spending plan that cuts income taxes, creates a new school funding formula and allows college athletes to make money off their fame.
Ohio lawmakers sent the bipartisan budget to Gov. Mike DeWine Monday evening following an 82-13 vote in the Ohio House and 32-1 vote in the Ohio Senate. Sen. Teresa Fedor, D-Toledo was the sole no vote in that chamber. DeWine has a deadline: He must sign the bill before Thursday.
Here are some of the big changes that Ohio lawmakers made.
Tax cuts and refunds
They finally landed on an across-the-board income tax cut of 3%. The minimum amount Ohioans can earn before paying any income taxes was also raised to $25,000 a year, and lawmakers eliminated the top income tax bracket for wealthy residents.
Ohio House expands penalties for disobeying, distracting cops
dispatch.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dispatch.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
What happens next in Ohio s fight over guns in public schools
dispatch.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dispatch.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
COLUMBUS – Lawmakers in the GOP-controlled Ohio House removed Rep. Larry Householder from the chamber, ousting the former leader in a 75-21 vote Wednesday.
After a brilliant political comeback to lead the Ohio House of Representatives, Householder leaves his beloved chamber under the cloud of a federal indictment for the second time.
Householder maintains his innocence: They say the truth will set you free. I look forward to it.
Householder s now-former colleagues utilized a little-used provision in the Ohio Constitution that allows lawmakers to police their own for disorderly conduct. The last legislator removed in this way was Hamilton County Rep. John P. Slough in 1857 for punching another representative.
What is Critical Race Theory and why do Ohio Republicans want to ban it?
dispatch.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dispatch.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.