{"id":2454949,"date":"2025-07-02T18:45:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T22:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-question-dewines-property-tax-relief-vetos-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T18:48:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T22:48:27","slug":"republicans-question-dewines-property-tax-relief-vetos-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-question-dewines-property-tax-relief-vetos-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans question DeWine\u2019s property tax relief vetos &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublicans-question-dewines-property-tax-relief-vetos-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2454949&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Republican leaders in the Ohio Senate are expressing confusion over governor mike DeWine&#8217;s vetoes related to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-crenshaw-headlines-n-h-gop-fundraiser-denies-rumors-about-run-for-white-house-2024\/\" title=\"Rep. Crenshaw headlines N.H. GOP fundraiser, denies rumors about run for White House 2024\">property tax relief<\/a> in the state&#8217;s new budget. Despite being a fellow Republican, DeWine eliminated several provisions that lawmakers believe would help reduce property tax burdens.DeWine maintained a flat tax rate of 2.75% and supported a plan to allocate $600 million in taxpayer funds to the Cleveland Browns for a new stadium. He vetoed attempts by the legislature to limit school districts&#8217; reserve funds, arguing that reducing reserves could lead to increased taxes and financial problems for schools. Senate President Rob McColley and Senate Finance Chairman Jerry Cirino highlighted the contradiction in DeWine&#8217;s support for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-rebecca-kleefisch-democrat-gov-tony-evers-has-promoted-lawlessness-in-wisconsin\/\" title=\"Exclusive \u2014 Rebecca Kleefisch: Democrat Gov. Tony Evers \u2018Has Promoted Lawlessness\u2019 in Wisconsin\">income tax reform<\/a> while vetoing property tax reforms. Schools criticized the vetoes, stating reserves are necessary for emergencies and maintaining financial stability. The legislature is on recess until October, leaving the next steps uncertain.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Republicans question DeWine&rsquo;s property tax relief vetos<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2164536\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Republican<\/a> leaders in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ohio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Ohio<\/a> Senate are puzzled by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-dewine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Gov. Mike DeWine&rsquo;s <\/a>vetoes in the state&rsquo;s new budget but stopped short of committing to possible override votes in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>DeWine, also a Republican, whittled out several provisions lawmakers have said would reduce property tax burdens across the state.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3461418\/wa-leading-states-suing-trump-mental-health-cuts\/\">WA leading states suing Trump admin over K-12 mental health cuts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3461203\/voting-security-doj-criminal-charge-state-officials-election-integrity\/\">DOJ considers criminal charges for state officials over election integrity policies: &#8216;No option off the table&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3461377\/colorado-3-million-overdose-reversal-drug-naloxone\/\">Colorado announces $3 million for overdose reversal drug<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Both the House and Senate are on summer recess and aren&rsquo;t officially scheduled to be back in session until October.<\/p>\n<p>DeWine let stand a new 2.75% flat tax rate and the Republicans&rsquo; plan to take $600 million in taxpayer funds from unclaimed funds and give it to the Cleveland Browns for a new $2.4 billion domed stadium in Brook Park.<\/p>\n<p>He vetoed lawmakers&rsquo; plans to cap school districts&rsquo; savings at 40% of their current budget. The Legislature said the less schools kept in reserves, the less property owners would pay in taxes, resulting in a budget that would have returned anything more than the 40% back to taxpayers.<\/p>\n<p>DeWine said the plan could lead to more tax levies and increases in taxes. Districts called the plan shortsighted, saying reserves are in place to cover emergencies, reduced funding from the state, to maintain strong bond ratings and bridge other gaps between revenue collection.<\/p>\n<p>Senate President Rob McColley, R-Napolean, and Senate Finance Chairman Jerry Cirino, R-Kirtland, questioned DeWine&rsquo;s veto of several items they believe would have cut property taxes.<\/p>\n<p>In a joint statement they said, &ldquo;We appreciate the governor&rsquo;s support of our significant income tax reform that reduces the tax burden on Ohioans by moving to a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >single flat income tax bracket<\/a>. Yet it is puzzling that at a time when Ohioans are demanding a reduction in their property tax burden, the governor vetoed all of the General Assembly&rsquo;s reforms, which would have contained the rate of growth of property tax across the state, added more accountability to local taxing subdivisions, and would have created more ballot transparency to levies. These are kitchen table issues that hard working families understand, and the General Assembly needs to strongly consider acting on their behalf to implement these vital changes that would return the property tax system to its cost-controlled guardrails as originally intended.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3459288\/dewine-signs-budget-issues-67-vetoes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">DEWINE SIGNS BUDGET, ISSUES 67 VETOES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DeWine also vetoed a provision that would have allowed county commissions to shrink school district levies that had been passed by voters and an item that banned districts from putting emergency levies or an increase to a current levy on the ballot.<\/p>\n<p>DeWine said imposing all of the changes could have created serious financial problems for school districts across the state.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecentersquare.com%2Fohio%2Farticle_4cd50b7e-7f95-4582-a919-8324e652e5c8.html%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dfacebook%26utm_campaign%3Duser-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2164536\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2164536\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans are confused by DeWine&#8217;s property tax vetoes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2454950,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/mike-dewine-ohio-gov.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[58228,56377,3756,22105,32076],"class_list":["post-2454949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-dewine-2","tag-property-tax-relief","tag-republicans","tag-vetos","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/mike-dewine-ohio-gov.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2454949"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2454953,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454949\/revisions\/2454953"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2454950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2454949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2454949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2454949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}