AFL-CIO endorses levy

A group representing 90,000 area workers is endorsing a Hamilton County property tax to help pay for health care for the poor.

The Cincinnati AFL-CIO Labor Council has endorsed the health and hospitalization levy that will be on the Nov. 7 ballot.

That levy is being offered for renewal at less than what it now collects.

Now, the five-year levy generates $55 million per year but will generate $45.6 million per year if approved by voters.

Now, it costs the owner of a $100,000 house $51.78 annually for the levy. If adopted by voters in the fall election, it will cost $47.24 per year. The levy has been in effect since 1966.