Posted on 02/13/24 by Bailey Williams (he/him) in Revenue & Budget
Cannabis tax revenue can help communities. Legislators have other ideas.
The end of recreational marijuana prohibition in Ohio has state legislators seeing green. Not so much for cannabis plants themselves, but for the expected hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenue coming from legal marijuana sales each year. Last November, Ohioans voted in favor of Issue 2, which legalized adult recreational marijuana possession and use in the state. Since then, the Ohio General Assembly has considered changes to the initiated statute, but these efforts stalled at the end of last year. While the language of Issue 2 became law on... read more
Posted on 06/22/23 by Zach Schiller (he/him) in Revenue & Budget
Sales tax provision will do more harm than good
Conservative and progressive experts don’t agree too often about tax policy. But here’s one thing they do agree on: Sales tax holidays are a bad idea. Both... read more
Posted on 05/11/23 by Tanisha Pruitt, PhD (she/her) in Revenue & Budget
Every day educators prepare lesson plans, gather resources, build relationships with and nurture Ohio’s kids, so our collective future is brighter and better than the present. But coming out of the pandemic and because of... read more
Posted on 01/17/23 by Guillermo Bervejillo (he/him) in Revenue & Budget
Inflation adjustment for Ohio budget advocates
Budget season is nigh! Within weeks, Gov. DeWine will propose his two-year Executive Budget to the Ohio House of Representatives. It’s his opportunity to affirm his commitment to the diverse... read more
Posted on 03/14/22 by Will Petrik (he/him) in Revenue & Budget
By Will Petrik of Policy Matters Ohio and Katherine Ungar, J.D. with Children's Defense Fund of Ohio
All of us, no matter what we look like or where we live, deserve to thrive and pursue... read more
Posted on 09/29/21 by Will Petrik (he/him) in Revenue & Budget
All children, no matter where they live or what they look like, deserve to grow up in a stable home where they can thrive. In too many families, parents and guardians have been laid off... read more
Posted on 09/16/21 by Tanisha Pruitt, PhD (she/her) in Revenue & Budget
For years, almost no one was happy about how the state of Ohio funded public schools. The system pitted cities against each other and private and charter schools against public schools. We were living in... read more
Posted on 08/13/21 by Wendy Patton in Revenue & Budget
Ohioans pulled together to make it through the worst of the pandemic over the past 18 months. When a crisis strikes, we count on the government for aid and protection. Despite deep political divisions, Congress... read more