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.
Over the next biennium, the state of Ohio will spend $52.37 billion, including millions of dollars in pork.
Ohioans, through the state budget, will continue to provide corporate welfare 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 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 [...]

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 Jon Honeck and his liberal think tank Policy Matters Ohio for advocating the diversion of more than $118 million a year from the governor’s homestead exemption [...]

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 Melissa Clark from the Ohio Education Association (OEA). During testimony to the Senate Finance and Financial Institutions Committee, Ms. Clark asked the committee to severely [...]

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 Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS).
During testimony before the Ohio Senate Finance and Financial Institutions Committee, ODJFS Director Helen Jones-Kelly advocated for [...]

Each Friday, Eye on the Statehouse will announce its “Porker of the Week.” It’s our way of calling attention to a particularly big or wasteful spender.
This week we had several options. Two egregious examples of government officials’ irresponsibility received notable attention. Early in the week, Ohio’s major newspapers began uncovering a scandal [...]

Each Friday, Eye on the Statehouse will announce its “Porker of the Week.” It’s our way of calling attention to a particularly big or wasteful spender.
For the second straight week, our Porker of the Week is the Ohio House of Representatives. This week’s transgression was the inclusion of an additional $50 million for [...]

Each Friday, Eye on the Statehouse will announce 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 Ohio House of Representatives, whose members dumped an astounding 800 budget amendments onto the House Finance and Appropriation Committee (most arriving this week). The [...]

Each Friday, Eye on the Statehouse will announce 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 Cincinnati police department for believing that money grows on trees.
In a recent Cincinnati Enquirer article, the police department bragged about its newest purchase: a [...]

Each Friday, Eye on the Statehouse will announce its “Porker of the Week.” It’s our way of calling attention to a particularly big or wasteful spender.
This week Rep. Kathleen Chandler (D-Kent) and the University of Toledo have earned this dubious distinction.
On Wednesday, the House Finance and Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education heard testimony from [...]