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Ohio Bi-Annual Budget Released

The plan released Tuesday seeks to retain the $800 million, two-year income tax cut that went into effect in January and add an additional $34 million in tax incentives designed to create jobs.

Among cost-cutting measures is a plan to sell five prisons to private operators to raise $200 million that was covered in the last state budget with federal stimulus dollars.sed.

Rick Jackson is a senior host and producer at Ideastream Public Media. He hosts the "Sound of Ideas" on WKSU and "NewsDepth" on WVIZ.