COLUMBUS, Ohio -- House Republicans unveiled a leaner state budget Tuesday, stripping out tax hikes, scaling back several of Gov. Mike DeWine’s proposed spending increases and reworking how the state funds education.
The revised $218 billion, two-year plan rejected new taxes on sports gambling companies, cigarettes and marijuana while limiting funding boosts for new programs. It also scrapped DeWine’s proposed child tax credit and cuts back on initiatives like the Dolly Parton Imagination Library, which sends monthly books to children up until age 5.