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Total taxes collected by the state last month were down, but with four months left in the fiscal year, Ohio’s budget director isn’t concerned.

Republican leaders in the Ohio House and Senate leaders say they’re planning to override another of Gov. Mike DeWine’s 67 vetoes in the budget last year.

As volunteers work to gather hundreds of thousands of signatures to ask voters to abolish property taxes in Ohio, concerns about soaring sales taxes are coming to light.

There’s a possibility Ohio voters could be asked to abolish property taxes next year, which would leave safety forces that rely on that revenue without funding.

The Republican who heads the Ohio Senate’s Education committee has a plan that he says will solve the over-reliance on local property taxes to pay for education.

The Republican-backed megabill cuts taxes on gun suppressors, and Ohio advocates are hoping for more firearms law changes at the state level.

Ohio legislators and lobbyists from across the aisle have said before they believe it’s time to rein in the incentives offered to the electric-intensive facilities.

Ohio’s sales tax holiday has expanded from ten days to two weeks this year.

Tax revenues from auto sales in Ohio were way up in April, but income tax collections were down, in a month when they’re usually strong.

The nearly $500 million budget includes funding for more than 30 new bus drivers that will lead to increased frequency and allow COTA to eventually run until midnight.