Ohio House revises Kasich Medicaid and tax proposals

COLUMBUS: Income-tax cuts are in. Medicaid expansion is out. More money for schools is in. A sales tax on services is out. Those are among dozens of judgment calls contained in an Ohio House rewrite of the two-year state budget introduced Tuesday. The Republican-led chamber’s answer to GOP Gov. John Kasich’s spending blueprint spends about $2 billion less while retaining a 7 percent permanent income-tax reduction statewide and removing tax increases on professional services and drilling. Kasich has proposed a two-year budget plan of about $63.2 billion, beginning July 1. The House’s $1.5 billion income-tax reduction over two years is less than the 20 percent Kasich has...