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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1976
Page
7
The pending tax bill may raise taxes for many ordinary taxpayers by ending the sick pay exclusion and tightening the home office deduction while preserving some cuts. It would cap vacation home deductions, require 20 percent withholding on larger gambling winnings, and set strict use rules for business use of the home.
Ohio House sponsors seek to roll back a Senate amendment on automatic cost of living increases for county officials. The bill would raise salaries by 34 percent for elected officials in 88 counties, with annual COLA from 750 to 1000 dollars, and cut salary classifications from 35 to 14 to reduce pay gaps. The measure heads to a conference committee as lawmakers clash on sheriffs raises and political contribution prohibitions.
The Senate failed to set a debate time on a nuclear fuel assurance bill while plans advance to expand the Portsmouth Ohio enrichment plant. ERDA funding of 170 million dollars for FY 1977 remains tied to a separate proposal in conference, with objections from Senators Glenn Clark and Durkin.
Common Pleas Judge Lowell Howard was honored at the Ohio Judicial Conference in Columbus for outstanding service. He was one of 16 judges statewide to receive the top award for maintaining a current docket, presented by Chief Justice C William O'Neill.
American Electric Power may propose a nuclear facility in the Ohio River valley to supply electricity for a federal uranium enrichment plant at Portsmouth Ohio. The plan could involve sites in Kentucky and Indiana with Cincinnati Gas & Electric and Public Service Indiana also pursuing reactors upriver.
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