What's next for the NEXUS pipeline school funding?
- Author
- Ohio Education Association
- Published
- Thu 08 Dec 2022
- Episode Link
- https://share.transistor.fm/s/94c593cd
What's next for the NEXUS pipeline school funding? - Season 3, Episode 13
Let's be real: The topic of public utilities' property tax valuations probably doesn't sound like the most exciting thing in the world. But the ongoing questions around the property tax valuation for the NEXUS pipeline is having a huge impact on school districts in more than a dozen Ohio counties along the pipeline's path. Ideastream reporter Anna Hunstman went searching for answers for a news story earlier this fall, and she joins us to help us understand what her reporting uncovered.SUBSCRIBE | Click here to subscribe to Education Matters on Apple Podcasts or click here to subscribe on Google podcasts so you don't miss a thing. And don't forget you can listen to all of the previous episodes anytime on your favorite podcast platform, or by clicking here.
LISTEN AND READ | Click here for Anna Huntsman's full September 22, 2022, Ideastream report, "NEXUS windfall was less than expected for Northeast Ohio schools. A local auditor is fighting back"
READ | Click here to see The Sandusky Register's reporting on why Edison Schools postponed a bond issue for a building proposal because of the NEXUS pipeline valuation appeal
Featured Education Matters guest:
- Anna Huntsman, Ideastream reporter
- Anna Huntsman covers Akron, Canton and surrounding areas for Ideastream Public Media, Northeast Ohio's NPR and PBS member station. She previously reported on health news during the COVID-19 pandemic. Before joining Ideastream, Anna was a Carnegie-Knight News21 Fellow at Arizona State’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, where she traveled the country reporting on natural disaster recovery. Anna graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Journalism from Kent State University.
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This episode was recorded November 15, 2022.
