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Mike DeWine: “We're creating more jobs than we have people to fill them.”

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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 13:50

Woody Hayes said, you win with people, we win with people. If you look at the future of the state of Ohio, what's happening now? We're creating more jobs than we have people to fill them. We have companies coming in from California, from all over the country. They're located here in the state of Ohio. They're creating a lot, a lot of jobs. (13:50–13:53)

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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.”
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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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“Another thing that we have in the budget is a significant amount of money carved out that goes to mental health.”
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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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“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
“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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“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.”
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.”
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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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“I was in the Senate for 12 years. Eleven of those years, I was on the Senate Intelligence Committee.”
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“Ohio is with Canada and with Mexico, certainly more with Canada. But these are two leading trade partners.”
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“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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“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.”
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“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.”
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“We get it by raising the tax on tobacco by $1.50.”
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