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This week on "The State of Ohio": The budget is on its way to a committee that will hammer out the differences before the end of the month deadline. But there are serious issues on both sides that could slow down the talks. A billion dollars is headed back to Ohio employers who paid into the states Bureau of Workers' Comp program. But a critic says the BWC has an outstanding bill that remains unpaid. And more on how Ohio's poorest people are surviving the rising costs of a basic existence.
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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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