Strickland replaces lost slots money by ending income tax cuts, House GOP offers alternatives
Forced to make a decision he has tried to avoid since coming to office in 2006, Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland announced Wednesday that he wants to end the final year of a five-year, phased-in reduction in personal income taxes to replace money already budgeted for education that he and other lawmakers had expected to come from placing thousands of video slot machines at each of the state's seven horseracing tracks, a plan now stalled when the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled last week that it is subject to referendum
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Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland has been both applauded and pilloried for his decision to suspend the final year of an income tax reduction of 21 percent. His supporters said it was a bold move, while his detractors said it was just a matter of time until h
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- News Source: The Journal Gazette | about 1 month agoOhio – A pair of influential church groups asked Gov. Ted Strickland on Thursday to rescind his directive authorizing slot machines at racetracks, a request the governor swiftly rejected. Though the slot machines were effectively sidelined by a...
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- News Source: Uinta County News | about 1 month agoGov. Ted Strickland changed course on another major policy issue Wednesday, recommending postponement of the final year of a cut in the state’s personal income tax. This year’s 4.2 percent income tax reduction is part of a sweeping tax reform...
- News Source: The Columbus Dispatch | about 1 month agoThe $844 million in tax cuts Ohioans were to get this year and next would be better spent balancing the state's ailing budget, Gov. Ted Strickland said yesterday. The governor proposed delaying the planned 4.2 percent state income-tax reduction to...
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- Blog Source: www.10tv.comTed Strickland said on Monday that he was disappointed but not discouraged after the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that voters should decide whether the state should expand gambling. Strickland is counting on video lottery terminals ... With the new state
- Blog Source: rightrunner.blogspot.comTed Strickland on Tuesday, Sept. 29, revealed that Ohio school districts could see 10.3 percent cuts in state aid this school year and nearly 16 percent next year — $2.3 billion in total — if Ohio doesn't find a way to revive his ... Not to
- Blog Source: www.quinnipiac.eduOhio Gov. Ted Strickland's job approval is up slightly to 48 - 42 percent from 46 - 42 percent July 3. The Democratic incumbent's lead over John Kasich, a likely Republican challenger in the 2010 re-election campaign, is up from 43 - 38 percent to 46
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Video Source: www.truveo.com - Video Source: youtube.comApril 9 Strickland 1Video Source: youtube.comOhio Gov. Ted Strickland talks to Statehouse reporters about slot machines, ...
- Video Source: youtube.comApril 9 Strickland 2Video Source: youtube.comOhio Gov. Ted Strickland talks to Statehouse reporters about slot machines, ...
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