COLUMBUS — An Ohio legislative panel approved new rules Monday for the construction of oil and gas drilling wells, amid an underground shale exploration boom in the state.
COLUMBUS — Ohio state officials and the oil and gas industry are painting radically different pictures as they lobby lawmakers to support or oppose Gov. John Kasich’s proposal to raise the state severance tax and reduce personal income taxes.
COLUMBUS — Ohio Gov. John Kasich plans to unveil a new energy policy this week that could deliver a personal income-tax cut by taxing certain resources extracted through a new form of oil and gas drilling, according to published reports.
CLEVELAND — A government watchdog group has found that oil and gas companies have spent nearly $3 million in the last decade on lobbying and campaign contributions in Ohio — a state that is believed to be on the verge of a natural gas boom in the coming years.