Rich Exner, data analysis editor at cleveland.com, has an outstanding analysis today of how property tax rates differ around Ohio. His story has a searchable database for all municipalities and school districts in seven northern Ohio counties, plus a map of the average tax rate in every Ohio county.
Ohio’s unemployment rate ticked up to 4.7% in December from 4.5% in November, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing because labor force participation rate also increased during the month.
The fight against federal carbon dioxide regulations (the “Clean Power Plan”) was dealt a blow on Thursday (January 22) when the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to halt implementation while the Court determines the legality of the regulations. The Obama Administration may be pleased temporarily, but opponents should not despair. This minor setback matters little in the long game that is the legal challenge.
The number of state government employees earning $100,000 or more increased by 7.5% to 2,226 in 2014, according to an analysis of data on OhioCheckbook.com, the state treasurer’s web site.
Robert Alt, president and chief executive officer of The Buckeye Institute, spoke on the U.S. Supreme Court steps today following oral arguments in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, a case that could end the practice of forcing non-union members to pay fees to public sector unions.
Should government workers be forced to pay fees to a union they didn’t join to subsidize policies with which they disagree? On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a potentially landmark First Amendment case: Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association.
On Tuesday morning, The Buckeye Institute announced that it is suing the Obama Administration over the Clean Power Plan (CPP), which is an illegal rule to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.
Ohio’s jobs report was generally favorable in November. Total employment increased by 9,900 during the month. Private businesses added 7,000 jobs, and governments added another 2,900.
Ohio ranks 40th among the 50 states in economic freedom, held back by high government spending on public employee pensions, workers’ compensation and social programs, according to a new report released today by The Buckeye Institute and the Fraser Institute of Canada.
Luke Hanks, president of Salon Schools Group, asked Ohio legislators this week to preserve the state’s ridiculous hair salon “manager’s license” requiring 300 hours of training — a requirement from which his schools profit.
