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Ohio receives $3M federal grant to help improve health care payment system
Gov. John Kasich’s Office of Health Transformation announced Thursday Ohio has received a $3 million federal grant to continue working on a plan to improve the state’s health care payment and delivery systems for Medicaid and Medicare patients and those on commercial health plans. Ohio’s plan will involve expanding the ...
Taxes, Medicaid, education focus of Kasich address
Gov. John Kasich used his third State of the State address on Tuesday to convince Ohioans and state lawmakers that his budget plan is the right mix of smart government service delivery and business-friendly tax policy. Kasich detailed progress made in Ohio since he took office in 2011 and urged ...
Highlights of Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s two-year budget
Highlights of Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s two-year budget: TAX CUTS Reduces small business taxes by 50 percent, cuts state income tax by 20 percent over three years, and decreases sales tax from 5.5 percent to 5 percent. TAX INCREASES Places taxes on professional services such as lawyers and accountants, and ...
Kasich's plan gives more money to schools
Gov. John Kasich’s school funding plan tackles growing disparity between poor and wealthy school districts and allows Ohio students living in poverty to attend private schools with state dollars, while boosting overall state funding for public schools. Kasich rolled out his school funding formula and other education policies Thursday to ...
Kasich to unveil plan to fund Ohio schools today
Gov. John Kasich will unveil his plan for funding Ohio’s public schools today, just days before he releases a state budget plan for the next two years. It is expected, based on his previous statements, that Kasich’s school proposals won’t provide a rush of state money to districts, but will ...
Gov. Kasich on 2013: Focus on job creation
Republican Gov. John Kasich and Republican legislative leaders weren’t saying this week whether they will use strong Statehouse majorities next year to champion some statewide ballot issue before Ohio voters. In a year-end review session on Wednesday with Senate President Tom Niehaus and House Speaker William Batchelder, Kasich answered “next ...
Kasich launches budget collaboration among colleges and universities
Gov. John Kasich on Tuesday said Ohio needs more students to graduate from college, at a lower cost and to have a job waiting for them in the state. Kasich challenged the presidents of the state’s 14 universities and 23 community and technical colleges to accomplish those things by redesigning ...
Democrats sue Gov. Kasich to release records
The Ohio Democratic Party filed suit Tuesday against Gov. John Kasich, claiming the governor’s office has refused to fully answer several public records requests. Party officials requested Kasich’s official schedule six times since July 2 without a satisfactory response, according to the complaint filed in Franklin County Common Pleas Court. ...
Ohio surplus reaches $482M
Columbus — With tax revenues exceeding expectations and spending under budget, the state of Ohio closed its books with a $371 million cash balance at the end of the fiscal year, the Kasich administration said Tuesday.The healthy numbers means Ohio will add $235 million to its rainy day fund, boosting ...
New law would combat surge in metal thefts
Scrap businesses will be required to pay new fees to help the state establish a registry of dealers, sellers and metal thefts in an attempt to battle a problem that has grown dramatically in Ohio and across the nation, according to legislation passed this week by the state House and ...
Bill bans texting while driving
COLUMBUS — Ohio Gov. John Kasich plans to sign a bill into law that will ban texting while driving and prohibit teen drivers from using any electronic device while behind the wheel.The Ohio House on Tuesday agreed to Senate changes to the bill and sent the legislation to Kasich’s desk.Ohio ...
Voters support Kasich’s tax plan
COLUMBUS — Ohio voters are split on their support for Gov. John Kasich, but back his plan to raise oil and gas taxes to offset an income tax cut two-to-one, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday.In March, Kasich proposed raising taxes on materials extracted from the ground and ...
‘Charter’ university plan stalls
A plan to allow Ohio’s 14 public universities to become “enterprise” schools — receiving less state funding in exchange for no longer being held to some “burdensome” regulations — has stalled indefinitely, although no formal declaration of its status has been made by the state to the higher education institutions.Ohio ...
Kasich unhappy with tweaks to policy proposals
COLUMBUS — The bulk of Gov. John Kasich’s recent policy proposals passed the Ohio House of Representatives on Wednesday along party lines, but the governor is not pleased with some of the changes. Republicans removed the governor’s plan to reduce income taxes by increasing fees on oil and gas companies. ...
Dayton educators offer Kasich suggestions
COLUMBUS — Several Dayton-area educators and experts offered suggestions on Gov. John Kasich’s education reform bill before the Senate Education Committee on Wednesday.They did not oppose Kasich’s proposal to toughen the state’s third-grade reading “guarantee,” but suggested lawmakers should also strengthen pre-kindergarten programs and teacher training.Kasich’s proposal requires schools to ...
Money questions surround Kasich's education reform plan
COLUMBUS — So many third-grade students are reading below grade level that Ohio Gov. John Kasich is proposing requiring school districts to provide summer school or retain struggling students.But some lawmakers and educators had one question: Where’s the money to pay for the changes?The two parts of the bill that ...
Schools to coordinate funding for projects
OXFORD — Miami University’s Kreger Hall is vacant.The 80-year-old building is in need of an estimated $17 million renovation before the university can use it for physics and engineering-related classes, said Miami Finance Director David Creamer.But the project was put on hold when Miami, and all other state universities and ...
Kasich stumps in area on eve of Election Day
LIBERTY TWP. — Just hours before Ohio voters head to the polls, Gov. John Kasich was in Butler County to lead a rally in support of Issues 2 and 3.As the governor walked onto the stage at the Terry Farm - Carriage Hill Barn Monday around 8 p.m., around 300 ...
Governor defends limits on public workers unions
MASON — A day after signing Senate Bill 5 into law, Gov. John Kasich reiterated his point that collective bargaining reform was to bring some balance between private and public sector employees.Kasich told nearly 550 attendees at the annual Warren County Republican Lincoln Reagan Dinner that “no one is after ...
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