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Bill to provide temporary property tax relief those who’ve had valuations rise
A Loveland state lawmaker has proposed temporary property tax relief to Ohioans who have seen their property valuations rise upwards of 40 percent in some cases in recent years.
Rep. Jean Schmidt, a Republican, is championing a bill that would limit 2024 property taxes to 2022 levels and 2025 manufactured-home tax liability to 2 ... (full story)
Bill would expand budget commissions’ authority
A northeast Ohio lawmaker offered details during a recent Ways and Means Committee hearing about legislation he’s proposed to transform county budget commissions into taxpayer watchdogs.
Rep. David Thomas, R-Jefferson, characterized House Bill 309––titled the Budget Commission Overhaul Act––as anoth ... (full story)
Army Corps analysis finds Great Lakes pipeline tunnel would have sweeping environmental impacts
Building an underground tunnel for an aging Enbridge oil pipeline that stretches across a Great Lakes channel could destroy wetlands and harm bat habitats but would eliminate the chances of a boat anchor rupturing the line and causing a catastrophic spill, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said in a long-awaited draft analysis of the ... (full story)
Former prosecutor suspended for inappropriate conduct toward employees
The Supreme Court of Ohio recently suspended former Hocking County Prosecutor Ryan Black for two years, with six months stayed, for engaging in a pattern of sexual misconduct with two of his office employees.
Black won the prosecutor’s office in November 2020 and resigned in April 2024. A Supreme Court majority found Black ... (full story)
Trial court should not conduct hearing neither party requested
The Supreme Court of Ohio recently vacated an appeals court decision requiring a trial court to hold a hearing that neither party in the case requested.
In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court reversed the Ninth District Court of Appeals ruling in a home construction contract dispute. The Ninth District found the Medina Count ... (full story)
Harvard agrees to relinquish early photos of enslaved people, ending a legal battle
BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University will relinquish 175-year-old photographs believed to be the earliest taken of enslaved people to a South Carolina museum devoted to African American history as part of a settlement with a woman who says she is one of the subjects' descendants.
The photos of the subjects identified by Tamara ... (full story)