Stories by Ken McCall
Both sides dig in on tax debate
Progressive tax rates were designed to ensure that the wealthiest Americans pay more in federal taxes than lower- and middle-income workers.With a maximum rate of 35 percent on wages, the more you earn the more you pay.But there’s a catch: Many wealthy taxpayers get most of their income from investments, ...
New map gives GOP advantage in Columbus
By packing as many Democrats into as few of the state’s House and Senate districts as possible, Ohio Republicans have created enough safe GOP seats to likely ensure domination of the Statehouse in the next decade, a Dayton Daily News analysis shows.Round two of redrawing political boundaries — the Legislature ...
Part-time workers taking place of public employees
Before Ohio’s $8 billion budget shortfall drama this spring and the ensuing furor over government employee benefits and bargaining rights, state and local governments had already been shedding jobs. To fill the manpower gap, Ohio governments are increasingly relying on part-time workers to fill the gap, a Dayton Daily News ...
Ohio trails U.S. average for four-year degrees
The number of Ohioans earning college degrees — considered the key to higher wages and a better standard of living — inched up last year but still lags most of the nation, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released today.The share of Ohio residents 25 years and older with at ...
Congressional map splits Dayton's black voters
The new congressional map approved last week by Ohio House Republicans not only pits GOP congressmen Mike Turner and Steve Austria against each other in the new 10th District, but it also splits Montgomery County’s black community between that district and U.S. House Speaker John Boehner’s 8th.The new map cuts ...
Republican Congressional map scores lower than 53 submitted by citizens
The vote in the Ohio House Thursday was 56-36 in favor of the Republican-drawn congressional map, but in a different contest the map lost out big time to one drawn by a citizen.The outcome of that contest, which awarded points for qualities such as compactness and competitition, was Ohio GOP ...
Republican-drawn map scores low in coalition contest
The vote in the Ohio House on Thursday was 56-36 in favor of the Republican-drawn congressional map, but in a different contest the map lost out big time to one drawn by a citizen.The outcome of that contest, which awarded points for qualities such as compactness and competition, was Ohio ...
Boehner could get more of Dayton, its suburbs
COLUMBUS — The Ohio House today is set to take a politically charged vote on a map creating 16 new U.S. House districts that could pit two Dayton-area Republican congressmen, Mike Turner of Centerville and Steve Austria of Beavercreek, in an epic 2012 primary showdown.Today’s vote comes after a House ...
U.S. poverty level highest in 52 years
The economic effects of the Great Recession on American households and families are stark in the latest data on income, poverty and health insurance released Tuesday by the Census Bureau.As unemployment rose in 2010, poverty also increased to an all-time high, while median income and the number of people with ...
Thousands of postal jobs in Ohio at risk
Thousands of jobs are at stake in Ohio if the U.S. Postal Service follows through on its plans to lay off 120,000 employees nationwide.The service had more than 20,000 employees and 1,200 offices in Ohio at the end of the last fiscal year, according to Victor Dubina, a Cleveland-based spokesman ...
Most Dayton-area residents interviewed are opposed to SB 5
In interviews Sunday, several residents of the Dayton region said they support the repeal of Senate Bill 5.Ten of the 11 people interviewed at AlterFest and the Reggae Festival said unions are still relevant and important.Six said they would vote to repeal the law on Nov. 8, while only two ...
Housing costs leave many with little left to spend
More people in the Dayton region are paying more of their income for housing and rental costs, often leaving them with little money left for basic needs such as food and health care. The sluggish economy has hurt both renters and homeowners in the Dayton region, but renters are getting ...
Deal reached on election mailings
In a rare victory for compromise over partisan politics, Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted and Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald avoided a heated and potentially confusing elections battle Friday when they announced an agreement on mailing out absentee ballot applications.Husted, a Republican, issued a directive last week prohibiting county ...
Husted challenges mailing of absentee ballots to voters by county
Ohio’s largest county voted this week to defy Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted on his directive prohibiting county boards of elections from mailing out absentee ballot applications to all registered voters. But Husted, a Republican and former Kettering resident, said Wednesday in a meeting at the Dayton Daily News ...
Changes to early voting rules could hurt Dems
A Republican-sponsored state law designed to curb voter fraud by significantly limiting the number of days to vote early has a greater potential to hurt Democrats than Republicans, according to a Dayton Daily News analysis of voter patterns from the 2008 presidential election.The Daily News examined precinct-level voting results in ...
Bill to clean up foreclosure process targets loan firms
DAYTON — Standing in front of an abandoned house just off North Main Street on Tuesday afternoon, Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, decried abuses of lenders that have thrown hundreds of thousands of homeowners into foreclosure in recent years, and called for passage of his bill to clean up the foreclosure ...
GOP gains more power from population shifts
Shifts in population patterns during the past 10 years, dominated by flight from inner cities, have resulted in big population gains in Republican-held districts of the Ohio House and Senate, and big population losses in districts held by Democrats.A JournalNews and Middletown Journal examination of U.S. Census data show the ...
GOP districts saw influx as population shifted
Shifts in population patterns over the past 10 years, dominated by flight from inner cities, have resulted in big population gains in Republican-held districts of the Ohio House and Senate, and big population losses in districts held by Democrats. A Dayton Daily News examination of U.S. Census data show the ...
One-third of vacant homes idle, unused
More than a third of vacant homes in the Dayton region are languishing off the market, undermining property values and stalling efforts to revive neighborhoods in virtually every community.A Dayton Daily News examination of new U.S. Census data shows the number of properties being held off the market more than ...
One-third of vacant homes idle, unused
More than a third of vacant homes in the Dayton region are languishing off the market, undermining property values and stalling efforts to revive neighborhoods in virtually every community.A Dayton Daily News examination of new U.S. Census data shows the number of properties being held off the market more than ...
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