Union seeks talks to save 1500 Philips plant jobs
IB EW Local 1654 president John Benjamin says the union has asked Philips Display Components to discuss a new contract to prevent 1500 jobs from moving to Mexico. Philips acknowledged receipt but offered no comment as officials canceled a June layoff of 120 to 160 workers.
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Ohio military spending: $65 million for next year
The House approved a spending bill sending $226 million to replace an airfield ramp at Wright Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton and $149 million for a toxic hazards lab there. It also provides $77 million to replace a squadron operations building for the Air National Guard in Mansfield and $7 million for a consolidated Navy and Marine Corps Air Reserve Center in Columbus. Additional funding includes $69 million to upgrade a logistics facility for F 16 aircraft in Toledo, $14 million for taxiway work for the Springfield Air National Guard and $18 million for the Columbus Defense Supply Center Military Entrance Processing Station.
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Ohio legislators seek tax cuts to ease property and estate taxes
Ohio lawmakers plan a package from Sen Bruce Johnson to raise the state's property tax share to 16 percent, repeal the estate tax beyond the federal exemption, and let localities collect the tax on inheritances. The plan uses the Income Tax Reduction Fund and targets relief after the recent school funding ruling.
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