A new memoir charts the decline and resilience of an Ohio town- Urbana

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2. Fox news & DeRolph v. State decision in 1997 - property tax funds for public schools

From google-
The DeRolph challenge
Initial ruling: In 1997, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled in the DeRolph case that the state's school funding system, which heavily relied on local property taxes, was unconstitutional. This created wide disparities between wealthy and poor school districts and violated the constitutional requirement for a "thorough and efficient" system of schools.


Unequal funding persists: Decades after Taft's term and the DeRolph decisions, debates continued over whether Ohio's funding methods were truly equitable. The subsequent "Fair School Funding Plan," adopted in 2021, represents a more recent attempt to address the constitutional issues from the DeRolph era.


School choice: Taft signed legislation creating the Ohio Educational Choice Scholarship Pilot Program, which extended private school vouchers to students in underperforming public schools.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeRolph_v._State#:~:text=State%20is%20a%20landmark%20case,system%20remain%20to%20this%20day.



The GOPs long game is very evilly impressive