Study finds small trucks subsidize roads driving tax shifts
A Cleveland State University Urban Center study for the Ohio Taxation Department says small and medium trucks pay two to three times their share of road costs while heavy trucks pay only a third. It notes diesel cars pay less gas tax and proposes higher axle-mile or ten-mile taxes, with likely hikes for big trucks and possible strikes by independent truckers and steel haulers.
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Ohio Taxation Department
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Cleveland
Ohio
Anne Coughlin
Coughlin
Donald Currand
Douglas Stewart
Highway Department
Highway tax shares by vehicle classes at Cleveland State report
The Urban Center at Cleveland State University outlines selected vehicle classifications and their shares of state highway costs. It notes a classification with a ratio of 2.00 pays twice its fair share while another with a ratio of 50 pays half its fair share.
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Sunny, warm day with mid fifty highs
Today stays sunny and mild with a high near 55 to 60. Tonight remains mild with increasing clouds and a low around 40. Monday brings clouds and a chance of showers with a high near 50. Details on Page A-3.
Four AWACS to return from Egypt training mission
Pentagon officials say the four radar surveillance planes sent to Egypt for joint training with Egyptian forces will come back to the United States this week. The move is part of the administration stance that the deployment was a limited training exercise.
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JANA
Born Leader Calvin Leader guides Elyria schools with long tenure
Elyria Schools Superintendent Calvin Leader, 54, has spent 23 of his 32 years in education in the role. The eldest of 10 children, he attributes his career path to early family influence and a strong education lineage. He earned a master's from Bowling Green State University and a doctorate from Ohio State, starting as assistant principal in Tontogany before rising through the ranks.
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Calvin Leader
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Ohio State University
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Immigrant Marine Fights in Vietnam Before Citizenship
Wladyslaw Staniszewski, born in Scotland to a Polish father and Scottish mother, moves to Brockton with hopes of the American dream. He joins the Marines after a draft notice, serves in Vietnam as a lance corporal, and writes that he is doing his part despite lacking formal citizenship.
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