Columbus Business First has an interesting article on the sales tax increases seen in eastern Ohio: "Cash registers are ringing in Utica shale play country, contributing to double-digit increases in sales tax revenue in the seven counties in eastern Ohio that top the state in the number of Utica shale drilling permits, according to a new analysis by Energy in Depth Ohio, an oil and gas trade group. *** Sales tax revenue in 2012 was up by as much as a third in one county compared with the prior year and more than 10 percent in the other six."
