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DeWine's 300 percent sports betting tax hike falls flat in the Ohio House | Letter
As a proud Cincinnatian and responsible sports bettor, I’m glad the Ohio House rejected Gov. Mike DeWine’s massive sports ...
Five potential legal changes included in the Ohio budget passed by the House
The Ohio House passed an over 5,000-page biennial budget bill this month that includes not only $61 billion in state spending ...
The Statehouse News Bureau2d
Republican-approved Ohio House budget erases commission that handles campaign finance cases
The House budget eliminates a 30-year-old commission intended to enforce campaign finance laws. Gov. Mike DeWine had proposed ...
Opinion
What Gov. DeWine wants, he doesn't get under Ohio House Republican budget plan | Opinion
Thomas Suddes is a former legislative reporter with The Plain Dealer in Cleveland and writes from Ohio University. tsuddes@gmail.com. Officially, it’s called Amended Substitute House Bill 96. The way ...
A House GOP ‘enemies list’ sadly evident in their budget targets: Thomas Suddes
A bystander also has to wonder if some features of House Republicans’ cut ‘n’ paste of Gov. Mike DeWine's proposed budget ...
Trump is backing Ramaswamy for Ohio governor. Who has endorsed in race to replace DeWine?
President Trump endorsed Vivek Ramaswamy early in the race for Ohio governor. Other Republicans have lined up behind him in ...
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signs bill enabling Ashtabula Lakeside High School seniors to graduate after roof collapse
House Bill 43 keeps the district eligible for state funding and ensures that Lakeside's 242 seniors will graduate on time.
Cuts to program championed by DeWine would drastically impact farmers, water | Opinion
We could lose up to a million farm acres in the program and face a massive reduction in water quality gains that Ohio so ...
The Post3d
Ohio House passes budget bill raising concerns over school, library funding
Ohio’s budget bill, passed by the House on April 9, is drawing backlash from school and library leaders who fear proposed ...
House budget provision would quash the people’s voice in Ohio education policy. That’s wrong: editorial
The Ohio Senate now has a chance to reconsider the House’s rash move against the State Board of Education and to restore the ...
Ohio's Country Journal2d
House budget cuts threaten progress of farmer-led H2Ohio efforts
The program’s impact goes beyond crop fields. H2Ohio has helped restore over 16,200 acres of wetlands, provided habitat for ...
Xenia schools protest state budget proposal in letter to DeWine, legislators
The Xenia school board has sent a letter of protest to Ohio state government officials, asking Gov. Mike DeWine to veto a measure currently in the state budget bill that they say would "decimate" the ...