State Budget Bill Clears Ohio House, Moves on to the Ohio Senate

State Budget Bill Clears Ohio House, Moves on to the Ohio Senate

Lawmakers are currently on a two-week break but will return to work the week of April 28. The Ohio Senate Finance Committee, which has begun preliminary hearings on the budget, will begin to work in earnest on drafting a Senate-version of the state budget.

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GOPC, Lincoln Institute Publish "A Toolkit for Identifying Equitable Real Estate Development Strategies"

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GOPC, Lincoln Institute Publish "A Toolkit for Identifying Equitable Real Estate Development Strategies"

The goal of this toolkit is to help local practitioners increase equitable outcomes of real estate development activity by identifying suitable programming that can be implemented in their communities. To do this, we assume that local assets are the basic building block of good equitable development programming.

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GOPC and Ohio REALTORS Publish Housing Ohio: Tools for Development

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GOPC and Ohio REALTORS Publish Housing Ohio: Tools for Development

The toolkit aims to reduce barriers to new housing development, with a focus on revitalizing underutilized areas in established neighborhoods that already have existing homes, infrastructure, and amenities rather than promoting development at the fringe of developed areas.

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State Transportation Budget Moves Towards Passage as Main Operating Budget Nears Half Way Point

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State Transportation Budget Moves Towards Passage as Main Operating Budget Nears Half Way Point

3/19/2025 Update: The Ohio Senate has given final approval to the state transportation budget. The final version approved by the Senate restored funding for the Workforce Mobility Partnership, while reducing the funding from $15M per year to $13.5M per year. The Senate also reduced funding for the six Regional Transportation Planning Organizations (RTPOs) to $3 million per year. It is anticipated that the House of Representatives will approve the Senate-passed changes to the Transportation budget within the next week ahead of the March 31 deadline to pass the budget.

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