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This week, an Ohio property tax reform group set up by the governor released its recommendations. The question now is whether anyone in the General Assembly is listening.
The day after the proposals got released, the Ohio Senate voted to override one of Gov. Mike DeWine’s property tax vetoes in the state budget — one of several vetoes that led him to establish the working group.
Meanwhile, House Speaker Matt Huffman, R-Lima, is claiming the working group sided with lawmakers on two other provisions the governor vetoed. What the working group actually came up with is more like a counterproposal.
Still, Huffman wants to try to override both vet