Economy

Ohio is rapidly becoming one of America’s fastest-growing hubs for massive data centers, the digital warehouses powering artificial intelligence, cloud computing and big tech. State leaders are celebrating the investment. Local governments are chasing development. Utilities are preparing for unprecedented demand. But one question is becoming harder to ignore: who is going to pay for all that electricity? The answer: possibly you. Data centers don’t just use a lot of electrici

For far too many Ohio homeowners, property tax season no longer feels like a routine civic obligation but rather a financial squeeze tightening year after year. This frustration is grounded in real numbers that should be concerning. According to the Tax Foundation, Ohio’s effective property tax rate, the amount paid annually as a percentage of owner-occupied housing value, stands at 1.31%, placing the Buckeye state among the highest property tax rates in the country. Ohio ran

Small businesses play a vital role in economic life throughout the Miami Valley. From Dayton’s urban neighborhoods to Springfield’s service sector employers and Hamilton’s Main Street storefronts, locally owned businesses help define and in many ways fund the character of each community. These businesses create jobs, circulate money locally, and give downtowns a reason to exist and sponsor local little league teams. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), s

The American Dream and homeownership have been linked for generations. From Eaton to Xenia, Springboro to Troy, each surrounding community and county, families are laying down roots, raising children and investing in places they have known for generations. Recent years have seen homeowners and commercial property owners facing a new, growing reality: growing property taxes that are uncoupled from their ability to pay. All someone has to do is go online to your Auditor’s Websi

President Donald Trump has suggested that revenue from tariffs potentially replace income tax. He said in a Fox News interview that...

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