Denise G. Callahan

Property tax relief for Butler County residents who qualify for the Homestead exemption won’t see the “piggyback,” but commissioners say it was for a good reason.

Gov. Mike DeWine has approved $350 million worth of tax relief for seniors, possibly the last property tax reform measure he'll ever sign.

The deadline has passed, and most local counties opted not to use local funds to ease property taxes for residents with expanded “piggyback” Homestead and 2.5% owner-occupancy credits.

Middletown has embarked on a massive housing stock overhaul project and will need the Butler County land bank's help to do it. GREG LYNCH / STAFF

The Butler County commissioners are mulling a $138.6 million structurally balanced general fund tax budget for next year that looks large but is skewed by a rare extra pay period and other anomalies.

Larry D. Burks, the current assistant city manager of Bellevue, Neb., has accepted the position of township administrator for West Chester Twp. He and the township are still in the process of negotiating a contract.

Several Butler County road projects will be delayed and some street repaving may be cancelled after the county received bids too high for its budget.

The Ohio Supreme Court has decided not to dismiss a lawsuit by St. Clair Twp. against Hamilton over annexations and taxes.

The Butler County sheriff has submitted a $68 million early spending plan for next year that estimates a 28% revenue hike for housing illegal immigrants and other inmates from outside the county.

The Butler County Regional Transit Authority board has asked the Butler County commissioners for a $3.6 million “bridge” loan so they don’t have to make deep cuts to services including