PDF/Printer-Friendly Version On January 6, 2026, Senator Jon Husted (R-Ohio) introduced the Upward Mobility Act, S 3583 .  This legislation is meant to reform federal benefits policy by ending benefit cliffs and incentivizing career advancement and earning growth for current recipients. A benefit cliff takes place when Americans receiving federal public assistance experience a significant loss of federal resources after a small increase in their current income. The increased salary of those...

PDF/Printer-Friendly Version In a politicized era where everything seems to be red versus blue, right versus left, or “us” versus “them,” one of the few topics that seems to unify an otherwise polarized citizenry is the real property tax. It’s the tax that people love to hate. It’s the tax that many argue ignores ability to pay. It’s the tax that’s the most difficult to understand. And it’s the tax that is creating a wagonload of legislation at the Statehouse. While real property tax reforms...

PDF/Printer-Friendly Version The General Assembly passed an on-time and balanced Am. Sub. House Bill 96 (HB 96 – 136 th  General...