CLEVELAND, Ohio -- For decades, some institutions have been untouchable when it comes to property taxes: hospitals, churches, museums, and conservation groups. Now Ohio lawmakers want to test that boundary — starting with land conservancies.

On Tuesday’s episode of the Today in Ohio podcast, hosts explored a new bill that targets The Nature Conservancy’s vast land holdings and could pave the way for taxing other nonprofits once considered off-limits.

House Bill 540, introduced by Republican Representatives Justin Pizzulli of Scioto County and Dave Thomas of Ashtabula County, proposes a targeted approach that could eventually lead to a much broader revolution in nonprofit taxation.

“What these lawmakers tell us straight up is that this test case is really focusing squarely on one nonpro

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