The Associated Press is reporting the state budget could be completed by tomorrow.
Here is the story:

The Associated Press
6/26/2007, 5:34 p.m. EDT
State lawmakers make final budget push
By JOHN McCARTHY
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — State lawmakers put the finishing touches Tuesday on a budget bill that freezes college tuition, increases dollars for children’s health care and gives seniors [...]

Last week, Eye on the Statehouse drew attention to the Ohio Investment in Training Program (OITP), a corporate welfare program at the Ohio Department of Development (ODOD). Under the program, even Fortune 500 companies qualify for taxpayer funded reimbursement of up to 50 percent of their workforce development costs.
OITP is getting $24.8 million over [...]

Have you ever been on an airplane and heard the pilot say he is going to “make up some time” (i.e. fly faster) in getting you to your destination? One might think, “why not just fly faster the whole way and cut my flight time in half?” A similar thought comes to mind reading today’s [...]

Last week, Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner announced plans to test the security of electronic voting machines. However, state and county elections officials have already spent four years and hundreds of thousands of tax dollars on perhaps the most comprehensive voting machine security testing in the nation. It seems Brunner intends to [...]

Each Friday, Eye on the Statehouse announces its “Porker of the Week.” It’s our way of calling attention to a particularly big or wasteful spender.
This week’s Porker is the Strickland Administration. Over the past two weeks, Governor Ted Strickland has disclosed that social security numbers of every single state worker and many Ohioans [...]

On Friday, Eye on the Statehouse announces a “Fiscal Pistol.” It’s our way of recognizing an individual who, during the course of the week, demonstrated prudence in spending the people’s money.
This week’s Pistol is House Finance Committee Chairman Matt Dolan (R-Novelty) for urging spending cuts in order to close the budget’s $167 million [...]

Slipped into the Senate’s version of the state budget was $25,000 a year (SC-2464) for the Ohio Humanities Council, an entity that, until now, has not received state funding. The council will be funded under the Board of Regents. According to its own material, the council “encourages all Ohioans to explore the human story, to [...]

Over the next two years, Ohio will spend $24.8 million on the Department of Development’s “Investment in Training” program (OITP). Under the program, “OITP provides up to a 50 percent reimbursement to fund instructional costs, materials and training-related activities” for companies in Ohio.
OITP has an emphasis on manufacturing jobs, though this is not a [...]

Each Friday, Eye on the Statehouse announces its “Porker of the Week.” It’s our way of calling attention to a particularly big or wasteful spender.
This week’s Porkers are members of the Ohio Senate for their $40 million handout to Ohio’s powerful nursing home industry. As a result of their successful lobbying efforts, senators [...]

From the Columbus Dispatch:
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Thursday, June 14, 2007 3:41 AM
Senators united in approval of new state budget
Committee likely will have to reconcile bill with House’s version
By Jim Siegel
A two-year budget that offers college students a tuition freeze and all seniors a property-tax cut passed 33-0 in the Ohio Senate yesterday — the body’s [...]