Ohio lawmakers were deadlocked once again on how to fix Ohio’s budget Wednesday, as a Senate Republican proposal blending most of Gov. Ted Strickland’s tax cut delay with a slew of other funding sources met with swift Democratic opposition.

House Speaker Armond Budish said Friday he agrees with the governor’s plan to suspend the final year of a planned 4.2 percent income tax cut, a move that would help fill a $850 million budget hole.

The Ohio Lottery says its newest game fell far short of revenue projects in its first full year, another blow to Gov. Ted Strickland’s plan to balance the state budget.

A judge has permanently barred Ohio authorities from spending roughly $250 million in anti-tobacco funds on other programs and balancing the state budget.

The new state budget is raising the cost of dumping garbage in Ohio.

The Columbus Metropolitan Library system’s board of trustees take action to make up a 31 percent reduction in state funding.

Ohio’s next operating budget is now law.

A tuition freeze at public universities and a program to put Ohio college students to work at local businesses have fallen prey to budget cuts.

A group of gambling opponents says it will file a lawsuit to keep the governor and General Assembly from using slot machines to plug the state’s budget gaps.

School districts across Ohio are evaluating how they’ll fare in the state’s transition to a new school funding policy, a major initiative in the two-year budget lawmakers passed this week.

Ohio State University says it has no plans to raise tuition for undergraduate Ohio residents this fall despite a new state budget plan that allows increases.

Gov. Ted Strickland has issued a directive that will allow slot machines at Ohio’s seven horse-racing tracks.

Gov. Ted Strickland and legislative leaders reach budget deal that would allow slots at racetracks.

Lawmakers have agreed not to cut the state’s contribution to Ohio’s largest public employee pension fund as a way to help balance the budget.

Ohio’s Senate president suggests putting a slots issue on the November ballot in a compromise to end the state budget gridlock over the governor’s proposal to legalize the machines at horse tracks.