Signal Statewide

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Signal Statewide@SignalStatewide · Jul 16

The attention from an influential police union adds fuel to speculation that Sherrod Brown, a Democrat, might run for governor or the U.S. Senate in the 2026 midterm elections. signalnews.info/4kEbcP1

SignalStatewide's tweet card. The attention from an influential police union adds to speculation that Brown, a Democrat, might run for governor or U.S. Senate in 2026.

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Signal Statewide@SignalStatewide · Jul 3

Ohio’s state budget is in the history books. That means it’s time for the next big political item on state leaders’ to-do list: redrawing Ohio’s congressional map. Here is a look at how & why Ohio’s congressional map must be redrawn – and what to expect. signalnews.info/4nsDfnr.

SignalStatewide's tweet card. A look at how and why Ohio's congressional map must be redrawn - and what to expect from those in charge. Learn more here.

Signal Statewide@SignalStatewide · Jul 2

Ohio’s new budget revokes a rule that gives neighbors of industrial polluters a legal pathway to sue them for emissions of smoke, ash, grime, and other airborne outflows that endanger public health and safety. signalnews.info/44qn5SK.

SignalStatewide's tweet card. Ohio’s new budget kills a decades-old rule that gives neighbors of industrial scale air polluters powers to sue over threats to public safety.

Signal Statewide@SignalStatewide · Jul 2

More Ohioans will be required to go through driver’s education before they can obtain a license, under a new provision contained in the state budget bill Gov. Mike DeWine signed on Tuesday. signalnews.info/3GnQbKu.

SignalStatewide's tweet card. The hike from 18 years is meant to reduce traffic crashes. But the governor's push for school-based programs was blocked.

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Signal Statewide@SignalStatewide · Jul 1

Gov. Mike DeWine sided with public schools, libraries and local governments as he vetoed several high-profile items from the state budget early Tuesday morning. signalnews.info/4nrTmRV #OhioBudget

Signal Statewide@SignalStatewide · Jun 30

Ohio lawmakers ended some longstanding tax breaks to help pay for a new income tax cut for the wealthy. Here’s how the new tax changes create winners and losers: signalnews.info/4krjZnG #OhioStateBudget

SignalStatewide's tweet card. To find $1.1 billion to pay for an income cut, lawmakers targeted tax breaks for different industries and interests. Some survived.

Signal Statewide@SignalStatewide · Jun 30

Organizers behind a campaign to repeal Ohio Senate Bill 1 have failed to collect enough signatures to challenge the education overhaul legislation. Here’s what you need to know as the law takes effect. signalnews.info/4kf6wyQ #SB1 #DEI #HigherEd

SignalStatewide's tweet card. Organizers behind a campaign to repeal Senate Bill 1 failed to collect enough signatures to challenge the education overhaul legislation.

Signal Statewide@SignalStatewide · Jun 26

The campaign group working to repeal SB1 contacted the Ohio Secretary of State’s Office on Thursday and said it had failed to collect enough signatures. The law now is set to take effect on Friday. signalnews.info/3I1qJes

SignalStatewide's tweet card. Senate Bill 1 now is set to take effect on Friday after a repeal campaign missed a deadline to submit hundreds of thousands of signatures.

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Andrew Tobias@AndrewJTobias · Jun 26

The campaign group working to repeal SB1 contacted the Ohio Secretary of State’s Office on Thursday and said it had failed to collect enough signatures. The law now seems set to take effect on Friday. signalohio.org/campaign-to-re…

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Signal Statewide@SignalStatewide · Jun 26

The budget also gives colleges a chance to earn additional money if they hit several new benchmarks, including offering three-year bachelor’s degrees and giving more opportunities for high school students to take college courses. signalnews.info/4k5fY81

SignalStatewide's tweet card. The roughly 3% year-over-year increase, slightly higher than the current rate of inflation, won't be split evenly among all universities.

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Jake Zuckerman@jake_zuckerman · Jun 25

Ohio lawmakers finalize budget with income tax cut for $100,000+ earners, $600 million for a new Browns stadium, Medicaid rollback Vote is scheduled this afternoon on a 5,000+ page budget that was finalized around 1:30 a.m. last night. signalohio.org/ohio-budget-bi…

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Signal Statewide@SignalStatewide · Jun 25

All the final language of the bill was not made public until about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday when lawmakers capped a marathon, rapid fire announcement of compromises between the competing versions of the budget passed by the House and Senate. signalnews.info/4kXMWs8

SignalStatewide's tweet card. Ohio lawmakers worked until nearly 1:30 a.m. making changes to the budget bill they are expected to vote on today.

Signal Statewide@SignalStatewide · Jun 25

“I’ve had more on the job training than just about any other person in history having the job for all of about five months,” Vice President JD Vance said during a stop in Ohio. signalnews.info/4lfAdAM

SignalStatewide's tweet card. JD Vance headlined an Ohio Republican Party fundraiser in his second public appearance in his home state since becoming vice president

Signal Statewide@SignalStatewide · Jun 24

Signal Ohio spoke to lawmakers, lobbyists, advocates and others involved in the process. Few can speak with certainty about what will be in the budget, and fewer still are willing to discuss what they do know publicly. signalnews.info/3Ia7MGc

SignalStatewide's tweet card. Few know what’s in the negotiated final version of Ohio's state budget that’s set to pass as soon as Wednesday.

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Andrew Tobias@AndrewJTobias · Jun 23

Finally, here's a new article checking in on the state's broadband expansion program, which the state has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on over the past several years, and that could get a huge influx of federal cash. signalohio.org/ohio-boadband-…

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Signal Statewide@SignalStatewide · Jun 20

While legislative researchers haven’t yet released an official price tag for the still-new proposal, local government groups estimate it would cut taxes by more than $3 billion. signalnews.info/45rZdAk

SignalStatewide's tweet card. Ohio's House speaker isn’t ruling out adding the proposal to the state budget. And that’s freaked out local government officials.

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Jake Zuckerman@jake_zuckerman · Jun 17

Pot may be legal in Ohio for use and home/industrial cultivation, but the state is still renewing its contract to look for illegal marijuana grows signalohio.org/ohio-illegal-m…

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Signal Statewide@SignalStatewide · Jun 12

Lawmakers are close to finalizing a state budget that includes changes to Medicaid that could cause a significant number of Ohioans, including children and babies under three, to lose health care coverage. signalnews.info/3ZtWiTV

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Signal Statewide@SignalStatewide · Jun 11

The new health insurance rules come within a budget that contains at least five separate provisions that either limit transgender people’s access to social services, block them from legal recognition, or sequester books “related” to them. signalnews.info/3ZsxwDF

SignalStatewide's tweet card. The state budget would prohibit reimbursements for mental health services to practices that provide gender affirming care.

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Jake Zuckerman@jake_zuckerman · Jun 10

Ohio budget would ban Medicaid from covering gender affirming mental health care While Republicans have passed different new restrictions on trans' rights/access, this escalates in that it targets accepted health care practice for consenting adults signalohio.org/ohio-budget-wo…

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