Friday, June 6, 2025

Ohio State Wire

Marine veteran files complaint against Ohio union

Thu, 05 Jun 2025
Marine veteran files complaint against Ohio union

(The Center Square) – A northern Ohio veterans home employee who says he was forced to join a union has filed an unfair labor practice case against the Ohio Civil Service Employees Association.

Ryan Smith, a Marine veteran himself,... Read more


Committee hears Senate’s budget for first time since public release

Thu, 05 Jun 2025
Committee hears Senate’s budget for first time since public release

(The Center Square) – The Senate’s proposed Ohio budget was back in front of the Finance Committee on Wednesday for the first time since Republican leadership called its two-year plan bold.

The plan, which includes the final phase-in of... Read more


Economist: New Browns stadium funding plan 'willful ignorance'

Wed, 04 Jun 2025
Economist: New Browns stadium funding plan 'willful ignorance'

(The Center Square) – Ohio’s Senate Republicans are proposing to take $600 million from the Ohio Unclaimed Funds Program and pay the funds back using a tax capture at the site of a new Cleveland Browns stadium in Brook Park.

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Audit: Public broadcast commission could end

Wed, 04 Jun 2025
Audit: Public broadcast commission could end

(The Center Square) – A little-known state agency that manages public television and radio stations around Ohio and gets $11 million annually from taxpayers may not be necessary.

State Auditor Keith Faber said less than half of Ohio’s public... Read more


Voter fraud alleged in Ohio, seven other states and Washington

Tue, 03 Jun 2025
Voter fraud alleged in Ohio, seven other states and Washington

(The Center Square) – Secretary of State Frank LaRose is sending evidence of voter fraud to Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and attorneys general in seven other states for prosecution.

LaRose announced Tuesday he found potential fraud in noncitizen... Read more


Brief: Costly overturn of Wisconsin's Act 10 was judicial overreach

Mon, 02 Jun 2025
Brief: Costly overturn of Wisconsin's Act 10 was judicial overreach

(The Center Square) – The overturning of Wisconsin’s Act 10 was judicial overreach and took power over Wisconsin’s budget away from the Legislature, a new amicus brief argues.

The Buckeye Institute argued that a Wisconsin circuit court’s... Read more


Ohio promotes sales tax holiday; value questioned by group

Mon, 02 Jun 2025
Ohio promotes sales tax holiday; value questioned by group

(The Center Square) – While Ohio students just finished one school year, state officials are already looking to another by announcing the annual sales tax holiday.

However, a Washington, D.C.-based tax policy group says those holidays reduce state and... Read more


Bill to prohibit foreign land buys meets opposition

Mon, 02 Jun 2025
Bill to prohibit foreign land buys meets opposition

(The Center Square) – A plan to extend Ohio’s ban on foreign counties, businesses, groups and individuals from owning land within 25 miles of critical infrastructure is being called racist by Democrats.

The group also says the proposal in... Read more


Ohio moving ahead with cryptocurrency acceptance

Fri, 30 May 2025
Ohio moving ahead with cryptocurrency acceptance

(The Center Square) – While President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance continue to push cryptocurrency as the answer to inflation, Ohio has taken a step toward normalizing it.

The Ohio Board of Deposit is open for proposals... Read more


Local property tax authority likely headed for House vote

Thu, 29 May 2025
Local property tax authority likely headed for House vote

(The Center Square) – An ongoing effort to reign in property taxes in Ohio continues to move forward.

A bill that moves some power away from the state to local county auditors could receive a floor vote as soon... Read more


Antiquota bill moving forward in Ohio House

Wed, 28 May 2025
Antiquota bill moving forward in Ohio House

(The Center Square) – Eliminating police quotas in Ohio is gaining momentum in the state House of Representatives.

A bipartisan plan to stop speed traps and other law enforcement quotas continues to move through the chamber without opposition, with... Read more


Report: Tariffs driving up cost of new home construction

Tue, 27 May 2025
Report: Tariffs driving up cost of new home construction

(The Center Square) – The cost of building a new home in Ohio is expected to rise by $30,000 as the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs continues to drive up prices for homebuilders, a national property management group said in a recent analysis.

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Lawmakers put focus on hiring more police officers

Fri, 23 May 2025
Lawmakers put focus on hiring more police officers

(The Center Square) – As cities large and small throughout Ohio continue to struggle to retain and recruit new police officers, filling vacancies could become a little easier.

The Ohio House recently passed legislation that would eliminate unnecessary exams... Read more


Anti-corruption legislation hits Ohio General Assembly

Thu, 22 May 2025
Anti-corruption legislation hits Ohio General Assembly

(The Center Square) – With the final piece of House Bill 6 now gone, Democrat lawmakers in Ohio now want to close campaign spending loopholes that led to the largest bribery scandal in state history.

The Ohio Anti-Corruption Act... Read more


Ohio bill pushes prescription help for deductibles, out-of-pocket expenses

Wed, 21 May 2025
Ohio bill pushes prescription help for deductibles, out-of-pocket expenses

(The Center Square) – Coupons or other help Ohio patients receive to pay for prescriptions could soon count toward copays and out-of-pocket expenses.

New bipartisan legislation in the state Senate would stop health insurance companies from using copay accumulator... Read more


Lawmakers want details on $500,000 student study

Tue, 20 May 2025
Lawmakers want details on $500,000 student study

(The Center Square) – As Ohio lawmakers continue to debate how much money will be spent on schools over the next two years, some want to know what happened to $500,000 dedicated to studying how the state serves disadvantaged students.

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Democrats demand DOE justify ‘arbitrary’ caps on federal research grants

Tue, 20 May 2025
Democrats demand DOE justify ‘arbitrary’ caps on federal research grants

(The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Energy on Monday, demanding answers about new “arbitrary” caps on federal research grants.

Last month, the agency announced a Read more


Ohio unemployment rate growing faster than most of the nation

Mon, 19 May 2025
Ohio unemployment rate growing faster than most of the nation

(The Center Square) – Ohio’s unemployment increase over the past year is one of the highest in the nation.

Based on the new figures released by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, the state’s unemployment rate has... Read more


Browns plan to pursue $2.4B Brook Park stadium even without Cuyahoga County

Fri, 16 May 2025
Browns plan to pursue $2.4B Brook Park stadium even without Cuyahoga County

(The Center Square) – The Cleveland Browns plan to build a $2.4 billion domed stadium in Brook Park with state and city public funding but will do it regardless of if they receive assistance from Cuyahoga County, Haslam Sports Group Chief Operating Officer Dave Jenkins wrote in a letter to the county.

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Ohio new energy policy signed into law

Thu, 15 May 2025
Ohio new energy policy signed into law

(The Center Square) – Ohio’s energy plan for the 21st century is now law.

Gov. Mike DeWine signed the legislation Thursday, and energy producers are calling it a road map for other states that brings together nearly every special... Read more