Issues

This is a summarized transcript of Commissioner Beverage’s comments during discussion on the initial implementation of the State of Ohio’s Property Tax piggybacks. Mr. President, I want to read this first to establish where I started looking at this issue. As we talk about property tax reform, I’ve heard it said before: you cannot have property tax reform without school …

*This is a combined version of Commissioner Beverage’s series on Data Centers from October 2025 Part 1. All Hat, No Cattle On October 20, President Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that the United States “could buy some beef from Argentina” as a way to lower high U.S. retail beef prices for consumers and support Argentina’s struggling economy. Since …

*This is a combined version of Commissioner Beverage’s series on Data Centers from October 2025 What Are Data Centers? Data centers are physical facilities that house servers, data storage, networking equipment, and other IT infrastructure used to process, store, and distribute data. They’re the backbone of everything we do online or connected to a network. From streaming Netflix or checking …