library levies

Pickerington Local Schools now faces cuts after voters shot down the 1.25% income tax levy that would have raised almost $33 million a year.

Republicans say allowing local taxing authorities in Ohio to block library levies would increase transparency, but libraries say it will hurt them and voters.

Ohioans must like their libraries. Support for libraries proved to be strong in Ohio, based on election day results.

There was good news for two-thirds of the state’s public school districts that had tax levies or other money questions on Tuesday’s ballot. But there are…