Paper questions tax breaks for House speaker

DAYTON (AP) — Records show that Ohio House Speaker Jon Husted and his wife have been receiving tax breaks on two homes simultaneously, a potential violation of law that also raises new questions about whether the state Senate candidate’s primary residence is in the district he seeks to represent, a newspaper reported Saturday.

Records show that Husted, a Republican, and his wife, Tina, received a tax break on Husted’s home in Kettering and Tina’s home in the Columbus suburb of Upper Arlington, according to the Dayton Daily News. Under state law, homeowners receive a 2.5 percent property tax break on their primary residences.

State law prohibits couples from getting the tax break on more than one home.

From 2005, when the Husteds were married, and 2007, the couple received a $577.04 break on Tina’s house and $205.08 on the speaker’s house, records showed.