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Mike DeWine: “We currently have at 20% tax [on sports gaming].”

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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 08:34

And all they do is take it out. Now what they're doing is perfectly legal. I just want them to pay their fair share. And so my plan, We currently have at 20% tax [on sports gaming]. That money basically goes to education. I would leave that alone. Under my plan that I put in the budget, I would raise that by 20% more. (08:34–08:40)

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“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%.”
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“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.”
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“In this budget, which is my fourth budget, it's going to be the same debates as we've had for decades.”
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“We put additional funds in there for literacy coaches.”
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“Two years ago, we asked the legislature to basically mandate the science of reading in every school in the state.”
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“We have $30 million in there to help schools specifically in regard to targeted money for school bus safety.”
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“In Ohio, we have taken money from taxpayers at the state level for the last 50 years to help build stadiums, help rehab stadiums.”
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“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.”
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“That additional 20% more [tax] will generate somewhere between $150 million to $180 million per year.”
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“We're creating more jobs than we have people to fill them.”
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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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“I think we do a very, very good job [in voting in the state of Ohio].”
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“We have told the federal government... that we wanted to be part [of a study on rail transportation].”
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“We have moved towards a process so that... a future legislature can make a decision about whether or not rail transportation... makes sense…”
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“I was in favor of the [Medicaid] expansion.”
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“We have done some... phenomenal breaking through barriers... in regard to Medicaid.”
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“We are very, very, very competitive today [in terms of income tax].”
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“We have the lowest income tax we've had in the state of Ohio in 50 years.”
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“We have cut our taxes budget after budget after budget.”
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“The bulk of that money [from real estate taxes] goes directly into our local schools.”
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“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.”
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“The income tax, what the income tax brings in is basically what it costs to do our schools.”
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