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• Ohio lawmaker proposes land value tax amendment as alternative to property tax elimination February 26, 2026
  While activists gather signatures to try to eliminate property taxes statewide in Ohio, a lawmaker is suggesting Ohio should tax the underlying land instead of the total property including improvements like homes and buildings. The proposal for new land taxing authority from Ohio state Sen. Bill Blessing, R-Colerain Twp., would only apply to local elected […]
• Economists: Cutting immigration will harm Ohio’s economy February 26, 2026
  There’s an overwhelming consensus among a panel of Ohio economists that cutting immigration will harm aspects of the state economy. More than three fourths of the 21 surveyed agreed that cutting immigration will lead to higher prices for consumers. Ninety five percent believed that it would result in less small-business formation. And they were unanimous […]
• Ohio’s child care oversight ‘ongoing,’ but still strong, state leader tells lawmakers February 26, 2026
  The leader of Ohio’s child care oversight agency assured lawmakers this week that while the system the state uses to check on facilities is always evolving, its defenses against fraud are firmly in place. Ohio Department of Children & Youth Director Kara Wente also told the Ohio House Children and Human Services Committee that she […]
• Why Minneapolis has echoed with public support, unlike the campus of Kent State in 1970 February 26, 2026
  The president announces an aggressive, controversial policy. Large groups of protesters take to the streets. Government agents open fire and kill protesters. All of these events, familiar from Minneapolis in 2026, also played out at Ohio’s Kent State University in 1970. In my academic writing about the First Amendment, I have described Kent State as […]
• Ohio GOP bill would tie state university funding to compliance with new anti-diversity higher ed law February 25, 2026
  An Ohio Republican lawmaker wants to tie compliance to a new higher education law that bans diversity efforts and regulates classroom discussion to state funding for universities.  Ohio state Rep. Tom Young, R-Washington Twp., recently introduced Ohio House Bill 698, which would tie a portion of the State Share of Instruction to compliance with Ohio […]
• After Trump tariffs are struck down, some Ohio businesses want their money back February 25, 2026
  Former Ohio Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown is criticizing his opponent, Ohio Republican U.S. Sen. Jon Husted, over Husted’s support for sweeping tariffs that the U.S. Supreme Court last week declared to be illegal. On Monday, Brown added that now they’ve been declared illegal, the administration should refund $1,336 to every Ohio household. In a […]