📉 Ohio's unemployment rate ranks fifth-worst in the nation. The state tied with Rhode Island at 4.9% in May, trailing only Nevada, Michigan, California, and Kentucky according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. This poor performance comes despite years of tax breaks for wealthy individuals and businesses that were promised to create jobs. The LLC tax break, costing Ohio $1 billion annually, has mainly benefited the top 7% of earners while showing little evidence of job creation. Meanwhile, JobsOhio has spent over $1 billion in incentives for corporations, yet the state's employment growth lags nearly nine percentage points behind the national average.
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🚓 Highland County sees busy law enforcement day with arrests and disputes. Sheriff's deputies responded to a menacing incident on Edwards Road, resulting in charges against a 60-year-old Sardinia man. Several other arrests occurred, including charges for driving under suspension, weapon possession while intoxicated, and resisting arrest. A domestic dispute call on Hickory Trail was resolved when parties agreed to separate after what was determined to be only a verbal altercation. The county jail currently houses 57 inmates, while emergency services responded to 187 total calls during the reporting period.
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🔒 Clarksville woman gets 54 months for meth trafficking scheme. Kristine Kinnison, 56, was sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to three counts of aggravated methamphetamine trafficking from a Highland County Task Force investigation. Despite her attorney's request to delay sentencing until she completed treatment, Judge Rocky Coss cited her "ongoing criminal history" when ordering the prison term. In addition to incarceration, Kinnison must pay $15,000 in fines and $1,130 in restitution to the Highland County Task Force. She had initially faced ten drug-related charges before accepting a plea deal.
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