State Budget

Ohio’s libraries say they’ll lose money if the $74.7 billion state budget stays as is. And they told a Senate committee looking into the budget that they also won’t share in the billions that the state and local governments will get from the American Rescue Plan.

The new two year state budget under consideration by the Ohio Senate includes 8 billion dollars for transportation projects. Of that $8 billion, just $56 million dollars a year is dedicated to Ohio’s public transit agencies.

The latest budget proposal from Gov. Mike DeWine includes cutting a public transportation fund by tens of millions of dollars. Public transit advocates say this puts the state headed in the wrong direction.

Blaming the pandemic for negatively impacting state revenue, Gov. Mike DeWine has ordered budget cuts, but also restored some of the money that was cut from K-12 and higher ed last year.

Ohio's budget report shows revenues came in below estimates for the sales tax, auto tax, and personal income tax.

Gov. Mike DeWine is making $775 million in budget cuts over the next two months, as the coronavirus pandemic takes a "profound" impact on the state's...

The number of deaths from COVID-19 doubled from yesterday - going from three deaths announced Sunday to six today. And Gov. Mike DeWine has issued...

Gov. Mike DeWine signed the state operating budget 17 days after the deadline, and 10 hours after a temporary budget expired.

Finally, Ohio has a new two-year operating budget. Gov. Mike DeWine signed it into law this morning.

Dayton Public Schools will avoid state takeover this year, under the state budget agreement sent to Governor Mike DeWine. The deal puts a temporary…

Miami Township officials say they’re not happy with a provision in Ohio House Bill 166, the proposed operating budget for the state through 2021. The…

Ohio lawmakers failed to reach a state budget agreement by the midnight deadline, missing the mark for a spending deal for the new two-year cycle....