Ohio will find a way to pay for a new passenger train system without increasing the state tax burden, transportation officials said Thursday, a day after winning a $400 million federal stimulus grant that adds the state to the national rail plan. Gov. Ted Strickland ...

Republican gubernatorial candidate John Kasich said Thursday that he has picked a running mate in state Auditor Mary Taylor who shares his commitment to phase out Ohio's income tax to help the state's economy. Legislative analysts have determined that the 10-year tax phase-out — the ...

The conventional wisdom goes something like this: Political party takes power, economy tanks, political party loses power. That formula is widely viewed as spelling death for Democrats heading into the 2010 elections. Their party swept into power in Ohio in 2006, taking the governor's ...