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Both candidates promise lower costs and taxes, but Ramaswamy hasn't explained how to fund $6.6 billion in property tax cuts while Acton targets voucher rollbacks.
The campaign wants a roughly 200,000 signature cushion to account for rejections, but it might not meet that goal by July 1.
Sen. Jerry Cirino revives a 60% threshold proposal that voters rejected in 2023, as citizen efforts target data centers and property taxes.
Decades of state income tax cuts for top earners, not rising home values alone, pushed the property tax burden onto local levies, the writer argues.
News and insights from the State Signals newsletter. Plus, the property tax abolition campaign is set to show its hand while opposition gets organized.
Abolishing Ohio’s property taxes would cut $20 billion in annual funding for schools, libraries and emergency services. The anti-property tax campaign faces a July 1 deadline to gather the remaining signatures.
Stephanie Stock, president of the Ohio Advocates for Medical Freedom, is running against a young opponent with a background in economic development. The winner will run in a statehouse district where Democrats hold an edge.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton released her ActOn Costs Agenda on April 6, pitching a working families tax cut, lower healthcare costs, and energy bill relief.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is promising to roll Ohio property taxes back to pre-pandemic levels — but a new Innovation Ohio analysis warns the plan would gut $6.6 billion from schools, fire departments, libraries, and public health agencies.
GOP governor frontrunner Vivek Ramaswamy calls data centers "good" for Ohio while his company bets big on Bitcoin and his top donors are crypto billionaires. Rural communities face rising bills, strained water, and few permanent jobs.
A new Innovation Ohio report finds that Vivek Ramaswamy's proposal to roll back property taxes to pre-pandemic levels would strip $6.6 billion per year from Ohio schools, fire departments, libraries, and senior services — with no replacement revenue identified.
Rep. Gary Click cosponsored 2 laws now costing Tiffin City Schools $1.2M annually and introduced a third bill to kill all continuing levies by 2030 — after his bid to fund his own church's private school with public dollars died 3 times.
2 Republicans and a Democrat are competing for Ohio state treasurer in 2026, with the unclaimed funds controversy — and a blocked proposal to use that money for a Browns stadium — emerging as a central issue in the race.
State Rep. Gary Click and Republican primary challenger Eric Watson clashed Thursday at a Sandusky County GOP forum, with Watson drawing loud applause as he pressed Click directly on digital ID legislation, gun rights, and data centers.
Republican-led states are raising sales taxes to offset cuts elsewhere, shifting more of the tax burden onto lower- and middle-income households, advocates warn.
A new Innovation Ohio policy report finds that Vivek Ramaswamy's proposal to eliminate Ohio's income tax would create a $9.8 billion budget shortfall, gutting school funding, Medicaid, and local services while raising taxes on most Ohioans.
An Ohio group is pushing a constitutional amendment to eliminate property taxes, but policy experts warn the move could trigger major cuts to schools, libraries, and local services.
Sen. Louis Blessing wants a constitutional amendment letting cities tax land alone, which backers say would spur housing and ease renters' costs.
An Ohio lawmaker proposes replacing traditional property taxes with a land value tax, aiming to spur development and stabilize revenue as voters weigh eliminating property taxes statewide.
Lawmakers in multiple states are moving to curb or repeal data center tax incentives, citing rising electricity costs, environmental concerns and billions in lost revenue.
