Date archive for September, 2011

  • Ohio Consumers’ Counsel steps down, citing Kasich budget cuts

    The Kasich budget claims another victim. Ohio’s Consumers’ Counsel announced her resignation yesterday, claiming her efforts to protect Ohioans from unreasonable rate hikes by regulated utilities were impaired by punitive budget cuts proposed by Kasich after meetings with industry lobbyists.

    9/22/11 • (2)

  • August Budget Report Card: Month 2 of 24

    OBM’s monthly financial report for August is out and shows that while the state GRF is still running a deficit, revenue and spending for the month came in as planned.

    9/16/11 • (0)

  • Prison privatization comes up short – new $114 million budget hole?

    Today we learned that the Governor’s plan to sell 5 state prisons for $200 million has turned into a scheme to sell only one facility for $73 million, and other steps to save an additional $13 million. So, unless our math is wrong, that means there is a new $114 million hole in the state budget.

    9/01/11 • (1)