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Opinion: Those great Republican tax cuts leave middle class in the lurch now

June 22, 2014

Thomas Suddes, a member of the editorial board, writes from Athens

Republicans grabbed control of the state Senate 30 years ago this November by pledging to cut Ohio’s income tax. They, and House Republicans, have vowed the same ever since.

So, last week, no surprise, Republican Gov. John Kasich signed House Bill 483, a “mid-biennium review” that includes an array of tax cuts he sought, including doubling the Earned Income Tax Credit for low-income Ohioans.

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U.S. has more jobs before the recession, but Ohio lags under Kasich’s failed policies

June 20, 2014

Ohio has fifth largest jobs deficit, has not returned to pre-recession levels like other states

This morning, the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services released the May jobs report figures for Ohio.  Ohio’s unemployment rate dropped in May, but only because 14,000 Ohioans dropped out of the labor market.  The survey of Ohio households in May actually showed the number of employed Ohioans actually dropped by 4,000.

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Ohio report shows Ted Strickland, not John Kasich, is real ‘comeback’ gov

John Michael Spinelli | Columbus Government Examiner

Ohio Gov. John Kasich has a remarkably selective memory, especially when it comes to when Ohio’s recovery from the worst recession in the nation’s history really started, which a monthly financial report issued by his own budget director shows started in early 2009, nearly two years before he was sworn-in as Ohio’s 69th Governor in early January of 2011.

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Statement on Results of Third Grade Reading Test

Democratic gubernatorial nominee and Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald released the following statement on the statewide results of the third grade reading test. The results, released yesterday, show that over 12 percent of Ohio’s 3rd graders did not pass and are at risk of being held back.

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