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This week on "The State of Ohio": The Senate version of the budget is on its way, with just a few weeks remaining to hammer out differences with the House. Lawmakers try to clarify the state auditor's role with JobsOhio. And we revisit and update two controversial issues from the last year - the abortion debate in Ohio and the state's new exotic animals law and the facility it created.
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| Two plans on Ohio's penny tax - both from the Senate president. |
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By Bill Cohen - January 26, 2005 |
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If you don’t like the current temporary one-cent-on-the-dollar sales tax increase…there is some good news and some bad news for you, coming out of the Ohio Statehouse. The President of the Ohio Senate says it’s virtually certain that lawmakers will let the tax expire, as scheduled, at the end of June. But then, he goes on to say, legislators might approve a different sales tax increase. Here’s the way Senator Bill Harris is explaining the possible scenario to reporters. This interview excerpt begins with the Senator responding to a question from Ohio Public Radio’s Bill Cohen, who asks if the current sales tax hike will indeed expire on schedule. Harris notes the current sales tax hike, a penny on the dollar, is being used to fill a money shortfall in the state budget. Harris says any new sales tax hike would be different, because its revenue would probably be used for a very specific purpose – allowing legislators to lower some other tax. |
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Senate President Bill Harris with Bill Cohen (1:22) 
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