TASK FORCE COMPLETES ITS TASK--Ohio Budget Director, R. Gregory Browning, Chairman of the Ohio School Funding Task Force, reads the policy recommendations of the Task Force, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, July 1, 1997. The Task Force has called for Amendment to the Ohio Constitution, and an increase in taxes. To the right is Senate Minority Leader Ben Espy.

JUST A SMALL TAX HIKE--Ohio Gov. George Voinovich gestures during a news conference concerning the recommendations of the Ohio School Funding Task Force, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, July 1, 1997. The Task Force is calling for a 1% sales tax increase in addition to increased taxes on cigarettes and business property.