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The school levy failure would have meant 30 faculty and staff cuts for the next academic year. Meanwhile, Marysville's two charter amendments will affect how the city grows and develops.

There are several local levies on the May 6 primary ballot. How might rising property taxes affect support for those measures?

The Ohio House advanced its first property tax proposal this session. Some lawmakers say it was the first of many bills on an issue constituents are calling about.

Marysville Exempted Village Schools Board of Education voted Thursday to cut 24.5 teaching and 5.5 classified positions if the district's emergency operating levy fails.

The levy would fund a plan called LinkUs by COTA and its supporters. The LinkUs plan would create five bus rapid transit routes through the city with dedicated bus lanes, elevated boarding platforms and other amenities that COTA says will streamline and speed up transit.

The levy estimator tool shows property owners their current values, the ballot measures they will vote on and how much their taxes could increase or decrease depending on if a measure passes or fails.

More than half a dozen central Ohio schools are asking voters to pass levies or bond issues in November.

The district is asking to issue bonds worth up to $140 million and for a levy that would generate another $20.8 million.

Inflation, voter apathy and partisanship may have all played a role in the defeat of levies on the March 2024 primary ballot, according to some involved with local levy campaigns.

Voters in Licking County once again rejected a bond levy for Lakewood School District. It would have raised more than $31 million to replace the…