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Mike DeWine: “I think we do a very, very good job [in voting in the state…”

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Columbus Metropolitan Club Forum: Governor Mike DeWine Discusses Ohio's State Budget and Policy Priorities

Published March 26, 2025 | Video Starts at 21:23

Look, I have said that I think we do a good job in voting in the state of Ohio. I don't mean the outcome. What I'm talking about is the process. I think we do a very, very good job [in voting in the state of Ohio]. And so I think the burden of proof is on anyone who wants to, wants to change it. We've changed it a few times. We've done some different things. (21:23–21:31)

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“Over 98% of sports gaming is online. Of that online gaming, 99.5% of the money goes to out of state gaming companies.”
Columbus Metropolitan Club Forum: Governor Mike DeWine Discusses Ohio's State Budget and Policy Priorities | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 08:02-08:21
“The first year we did this, it jumped up to, I think, 76%. This year. This year we're just seeing the numbers now. We're at 87%.”
Columbus Metropolitan Club Forum: Governor Mike DeWine Discusses Ohio's State Budget and Policy Priorities | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 15:02-15:15
“We now have, I think, 412,000 kids every month get a free book in the mail from children from birth until the age of five.”
Columbus Metropolitan Club Forum: Governor Mike DeWine Discusses Ohio's State Budget and Policy Priorities | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 40:17-40:28
“In this budget, which is my fourth budget, it's going to be the same debates as we've had for decades.”
Columbus Metropolitan Club Forum: Governor Mike DeWine Discusses Ohio's State Budget and Policy Priorities | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 02:50-02:59
“We put additional funds in there for literacy coaches.”
Columbus Metropolitan Club Forum: Governor Mike DeWine Discusses Ohio's State Budget and Policy Priorities | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 03:28-03:32
“Two years ago, we asked the legislature to basically mandate the science of reading in every school in the state.”
Columbus Metropolitan Club Forum: Governor Mike DeWine Discusses Ohio's State Budget and Policy Priorities | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 03:32-03:40
“We have $30 million in there to help schools specifically in regard to targeted money for school bus safety.”
Columbus Metropolitan Club Forum: Governor Mike DeWine Discusses Ohio's State Budget and Policy Priorities | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 03:55-04:05
“Another thing that we have in the budget is a significant amount of money carved out that goes to mental health.”
Columbus Metropolitan Club Forum: Governor Mike DeWine Discusses Ohio's State Budget and Policy Priorities | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 04:04-04:14
“In Ohio, we have taken money from taxpayers at the state level for the last 50 years to help build stadiums, help rehab stadiums.”
Columbus Metropolitan Club Forum: Governor Mike DeWine Discusses Ohio's State Budget and Policy Priorities | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 05:57-06:12
“In the state of Ohio. We have some states that are at 51%. New York, for example, is at 51. I think New Hampshire is at 51.”
Columbus Metropolitan Club Forum: Governor Mike DeWine Discusses Ohio's State Budget and Policy Priorities | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 08:22-10:33
“We currently have at 20% tax [on sports gaming].”
Columbus Metropolitan Club Forum: Governor Mike DeWine Discusses Ohio's State Budget and Policy Priorities | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 08:34-08:40
“That additional 20% more [tax] will generate somewhere between $150 million to $180 million per year.”
Columbus Metropolitan Club Forum: Governor Mike DeWine Discusses Ohio's State Budget and Policy Priorities | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 08:49-08:59
“We're creating more jobs than we have people to fill them.”
Columbus Metropolitan Club Forum: Governor Mike DeWine Discusses Ohio's State Budget and Policy Priorities | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 13:50-13:53
“Prior to our putting this in the budget, we were getting somewhere. I think between 60, around 60, 65% of these kids who were the top 5%…”
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“We changed that and gave an incentive of $5,000. And it's $5,000. And you can pick your school in the state of Ohio, any school in the state…”
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“If you're in the top 5% of your graduating class, you can go to any state university in the state of Ohio and they must admit you and they…”
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“We are blessed in the state of Ohio with 14 public four year universities. But we're also blessed with over 50 of our independent colleges…”
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“We are a net importer of college students by a lot, which means we're bringing in a lot more than we are sending out to, to other states.”
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“We have told the federal government... that we wanted to be part [of a study on rail transportation].”
Columbus Metropolitan Club Forum: Governor Mike DeWine Discusses Ohio's State Budget and Policy Priorities | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 22:08-22:41
“We have moved towards a process so that... a future legislature can make a decision about whether or not rail transportation... makes sense…”
Columbus Metropolitan Club Forum: Governor Mike DeWine Discusses Ohio's State Budget and Policy Priorities | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 22:24-22:41
“I was in favor of the [Medicaid] expansion.”
Columbus Metropolitan Club Forum: Governor Mike DeWine Discusses Ohio's State Budget and Policy Priorities | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 23:36-23:40
“We have done some... phenomenal breaking through barriers... in regard to Medicaid.”
Columbus Metropolitan Club Forum: Governor Mike DeWine Discusses Ohio's State Budget and Policy Priorities | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 23:58-24:14
“We are very, very, very competitive today [in terms of income tax].”
Columbus Metropolitan Club Forum: Governor Mike DeWine Discusses Ohio's State Budget and Policy Priorities | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 26:33-26:36
“We have the lowest income tax we've had in the state of Ohio in 50 years.”
Columbus Metropolitan Club Forum: Governor Mike DeWine Discusses Ohio's State Budget and Policy Priorities | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 26:36-26:42
“We have cut our taxes budget after budget after budget.”
Columbus Metropolitan Club Forum: Governor Mike DeWine Discusses Ohio's State Budget and Policy Priorities | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 26:42-26:47
“The legislature is going to look at the real estate taxes because they are obviously hearing the same thing that everyone else is hearing.”
Columbus Metropolitan Club Forum: Governor Mike DeWine Discusses Ohio's State Budget and Policy Priorities | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 28:08-28:18
“The bulk of that money [from real estate taxes] goes directly into our local schools.”
Columbus Metropolitan Club Forum: Governor Mike DeWine Discusses Ohio's State Budget and Policy Priorities | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 28:23-28:27
“We start with funding at the local level. But what the state money does...is to bring some equity...to help the poorest school districts.”
Columbus Metropolitan Club Forum: Governor Mike DeWine Discusses Ohio's State Budget and Policy Priorities | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 28:44-29:06
“The income tax, what the income tax brings in is basically what it costs to do our schools.”
Columbus Metropolitan Club Forum: Governor Mike DeWine Discusses Ohio's State Budget and Policy Priorities | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 29:09-29:18
“I was in the Senate for 12 years. Eleven of those years, I was on the Senate Intelligence Committee.”
Columbus Metropolitan Club Forum: Governor Mike DeWine Discusses Ohio's State Budget and Policy Priorities | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 31:51-31:57
“Ohio is with Canada and with Mexico, certainly more with Canada. But these are two leading trade partners.”
Columbus Metropolitan Club Forum: Governor Mike DeWine Discusses Ohio's State Budget and Policy Priorities | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 33:52-34:00
“Whatever is done with tariffs one way or the other is going to have some impact, significant impact on the state of Ohio.”
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“I think since Fran started this and expanded it throughout Ohio, we've sent out about 20 million books.”
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“70% of the households that have a child under 5, 70% of those households are getting a book or books in the mail in Ohio every single month.”
Columbus Metropolitan Club Forum: Governor Mike DeWine Discusses Ohio's State Budget and Policy Priorities | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 40:40-40:51
“The legislature provides half the money [for the literacy program].”
Columbus Metropolitan Club Forum: Governor Mike DeWine Discusses Ohio's State Budget and Policy Priorities | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 41:10-41:17
“We've been very aggressive in regard to new programs and trying specifically to reach underserved populations who are legally entitled to…”
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“We've tried to pull them together, those agencies, and come up with a better way to deliver services.”
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“We have been encouraging and putting money into schools to have school based clinics.”
Columbus Metropolitan Club Forum: Governor Mike DeWine Discusses Ohio's State Budget and Policy Priorities | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 43:56-44:06
“The budget that I presented will continue to expand [school-based clinics].”
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“The state of Ohio has had a law for a long, long time that says that an eye screening has to be done early in elementary school.”
Columbus Metropolitan Club Forum: Governor Mike DeWine Discusses Ohio's State Budget and Policy Priorities | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 44:49-45:00
“We have a very significant and I think bold plan contained in our budget to go out and start reaching these kids.”
Columbus Metropolitan Club Forum: Governor Mike DeWine Discusses Ohio's State Budget and Policy Priorities | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 45:22-45:33
“We also have in the budget a pilot program...and that is dental.”
Columbus Metropolitan Club Forum: Governor Mike DeWine Discusses Ohio's State Budget and Policy Priorities | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 45:50-46:00
“We do have some provisions in this budget that help [with housing issues].”
Columbus Metropolitan Club Forum: Governor Mike DeWine Discusses Ohio's State Budget and Policy Priorities | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 47:34-47:39
“We see some real, real problems [with housing] in rural areas as well.”
Columbus Metropolitan Club Forum: Governor Mike DeWine Discusses Ohio's State Budget and Policy Priorities | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 47:39-47:45
“We get interest rates down. You know, people are going to be able to make that down payment.”
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“We added an additional over 5,000 families, over 7,000 kids who are getting subsidized child care.”
Columbus Metropolitan Club Forum: Governor Mike DeWine Discusses Ohio's State Budget and Policy Priorities | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 49:58-50:09
“We've taken it up from I think 130% of poverty to 200% of poverty.”
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“We provide in our budget for a tax credit of $1,000 for every child that you have who is under the age of seven.”
Columbus Metropolitan Club Forum: Governor Mike DeWine Discusses Ohio's State Budget and Policy Priorities | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 50:39-50:50
“We get it by raising the tax on tobacco by $1.50.”
Columbus Metropolitan Club Forum: Governor Mike DeWine Discusses Ohio's State Budget and Policy Priorities | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 51:25-51:32
“We had asked the federal government to put a work requirement in.”
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