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Ohio's Tax Collections Are Lagging, Again

Tim Keen outlines budget issues to Ohio lawmakers
KAREN KASLER
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OHIO PUBLIC RADIO
Tim Keen outlines budget issues to Ohio lawmakers
Tim Keen outlines budget issues to Ohio lawmakers
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OHIO PUBLIC RADIO
Tim Keen outlines budget issues to Ohio lawmakers

For the ninth time in 10 months, Ohio's tax revenues came in below estimates. And Statehouse correspondent Karen Kasler says that is raising many questions among lawmakers trying to work out the upcoming state budget.

State Budget Director Tim Keen says that April鈥檚 preliminary numbers show revenues were $159 million below estimates, led by lower income and sales tax collections.

鈥淭he story鈥檚 the same for the fiscal year 鈥 GRF tax revenues are $773 million, or 4.2 percent below estimates, with the income tax and the non-auto sales tax accounting for $756 million of that shortfall.鈥

But Keen told the Senate Finance Committee that because of under-spending, especially in Medicaid, he still thinks the state will end this fiscal year without having to make cuts. Keen says by his math, the House budget for the next two years cuts just $632 million of the $800 million Gov. John Kasich said needed to be trimmed from his budget. The rest of the cuts would be up to the Senate.

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Karen Kasler
Karen is a lifelong Ohioan who has served as news director at WCBE-FM, assignment editor/overnight anchor at WBNS-TV, and afternoon drive anchor/assignment editor in WTAM-AM in Cleveland. In addition to her daily reporting for Ohio鈥檚 public radio stations, she鈥檚 reported for NPR, the BBC, ABC Radio News and other news outlets. She hosts and produces the Statehouse News Bureau鈥檚 weekly TV show 鈥淭he State of Ohio鈥, which airs on PBS stations statewide. She鈥檚 also a frequent guest on 星空无限传媒 TV鈥檚 鈥淐olumbus on the Record鈥, a regular panelist on 鈥淭he Sound of Ideas鈥 on ideastream in Cleveland, appeared on the inaugural edition of 鈥淔ace the State鈥 on WBNS-TV and occasionally reports for 鈥淧BS Newshour鈥. She鈥檚 often called to moderate debates, including the Columbus Metropolitan Club鈥檚 Issue 3/legal marijuana debate and its pre-primary mayoral debate, and the City Club of Cleveland鈥檚 US Senate debate in 2012.
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