Editorial: Budgeting blind(Toledo Blade, November 11, 2012)
Ohio's economy appears to be on the road to recovery, and thousands of new casino jobs have played their part. But taxes generated by gambling are unlikely ever to make up for state cuts in aid to local governments and schools.
Child care costs rival college tuition(Dayton Daily News, November 11, 2012)
Annual costs for infant day care in Ohio rival tuition at four-year state colleges, and rising expenses continue to strain family budgets which can result in parents placing their children in lower-quality care, a Dayton Daily News analysis found.
Housing market in recovery(Dayton Daily News, November 11, 2012)The average sale price over the first three quarters of this year is $123,000. That's 18 percent below the peak average sale price of $150,750 in June 2006, which did not include sales of condominiums. They are factored into the average price now, according to the Dayton Area Board of Realtors.
Editorial: Smoothing the way(Columbus Dispatch, November 12, 2012)
Streamlining Ohio's bewildering and burdensome municipal-income-tax code is long overdue. Last week, two legislators made good on their pledge to do something about that, by introducing legislation that could remove this competitive disadvantage for the state as it competes to attract more jobs.
Upper Chester plans stirring near University Circle, years after Cleveland project stalled(The Plain Dealer, November 12, 2012)
Grand plans to build homes there fizzled when the economy crumbled in 2008. And those plans for Upper Chesterhave been slow to reignite,thanks to federal government-imposed deed restrictions that require scattered slices of the land to be used for low-income housing. But now, quietly, Upper Chester is stirring.
