Jessie Balmert

@jbalmert

Ohio government + politics reporter @enquirer, @dispatchalerts, @beaconjournal + @USAToday | @scrippsjschool + @ohiou educated | 📧: [email protected]

Columbus, OH

Joined January 2011

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Jessie Balmert@jbalmert · 6 h

Cincinnati Muslim leader to remain in jail until next hearing on July 29 cincinnati.com/story/news/202… via @enquirer

jbalmert's tweet card. Ayman Soliman did not get released on bond as hoped. His immigration judge set a new court date.

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Jessie Balmert@jbalmert · 7 h

When is Ohio's tax-free weekend 2025? Tax holiday expands to 2 weeks, includes restaurants cincinnati.com/story/news/202… via @enquirer

jbalmert's tweet card. What was once only a weekend of tax-free deals in Ohio is now a full two weeks. And it's starting soon. Here's what to know.

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Jessie Balmert@jbalmert · 7 h

Speaker Mike Johnson to shut down House early amid Jeffrey Epstein drama usatoday.com/story/news/pol… via @usatoday

jbalmert's tweet card. The House speaker announced that lawmakers would leave a day early for a five-week break from Washington as tensions soar over Epstein files.

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Jessie Balmert@jbalmert · 9 h

Ohio State Fair butter cow unveiled: Here's what to know about this year's theme dispatch.com/story/entertai… via @DispatchAlerts

jbalmert's tweet card. The butter cow is a 122-year-old tradition that started as a butter-sculpting contest in the early 1900s. Here's what to expect in 2025.

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Haley BeMiller@haleybemiller · 12 h

The Ohio Supreme Court will take up a lawsuit over Ohio's ban on gender-affirming care. An appeals court said the law is unconstitutional. dispatch.com/story/news/pol…

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Jessie Balmert@jbalmert · 12 h

Raw emotions, gruesome video displayed in vicious Reynoldsburg dog attack trial dispatch.com/story/news/cou… via @lbischoff

jbalmert's tweet card. Raw emotions, graphic videos and dramatic testimony punctuated the first day of trial in a dog attack case.

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Peter Baker@peterbakernyt · Jul 21

Statement by @weijia on behalf of the @whca on Trump excluding the @WSJ from the White House press pool as punishment for its coverage:

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Jessie Balmert@jbalmert · 12 h

I've covered quite a few GOP endorsement debates. But here's one for the Franklin County Dems, who are clashing over whether to endorse in city council race or stay neutral dispatch.com/story/news/pol… via @LairdWrites

jbalmert's tweet card. Some Dems are calling on the party to forgo endorsement and let voters decide between the two Democrats running for Columbus City Council District 7.

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Jessie Balmert@jbalmert · Jul 21

FirstEnergy's recommendations on how to resolve the PUCO investigations. dis.puc.state.oh.us/ViewImage.aspx…

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Jessie Balmert@jbalmert · Jul 21

Ohio AG to appeal ruling that found EdChoice private school vouchers unconstitutional dispatch.com/story/news/pol… via @DispatchAlerts

jbalmert's tweet card. House Speaker Matt Huffman contended Ohio was obligated to fund religious education and called the schools' lawsuits "a bit of a fool's errand."

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Jessie Balmert@jbalmert · Jul 21

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost says he will appeal on Wednesday the decision that EdChoice vouchers are unconstitutional.

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Jessie Balmert@jbalmert · Jul 21

NEW: Ohio House overrides DeWine veto on property tax levies, tables other votes dispatch.com/story/news/pol… via @DispatchAlerts

jbalmert's tweet card. Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed property tax measures in the Ohio budget, saying too many changes would hurt schools.

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Jessie Balmert@jbalmert · Jul 21

Dispatch photographer Courtney Hergesheimer wins regional Emmy for jail deaths report dispatch.com/story/news/202… via @DispatchAlerts

jbalmert's tweet card. A Columbus Dispatch photographer has won a regional Emmy award for a 2024 video chronicling inmate deaths in county jails across Ohio.

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Karen Kasler@karenkasler · Jul 21

Ohio House will only take up this one veto override. Three were scheduled. They have until next December to override, but Republicans had said overriding the property tax related vetoes were important now to affect tax bills in Jan. Apparently votes weren't there for the other 2.

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Jessie Balmert@jbalmert · Jul 21

Man with gunshot wound pulled from Olentangy River near downtown Columbus dispatch.com/story/news/cri… via @DispatchAlerts

jbalmert's tweet card. Water rescue workers pulled an unidentified male out of the water. An initial investigation revealed the male suffered a single gunshot wound to the head.

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Jessie Balmert@jbalmert · Jul 21

The House is in session to override Gov. Mike DeWine's vetoes on property tax changes. Follow along here + with @haleybemiller: ohiochannel.org/live/ohio-hous…

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Jessie Balmert@jbalmert · Jul 21

Five years after the first arrests in the House Bill 6 scandal, what is still to come? dispatch.com/story/news/sta… via @lbischoff

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Jessie Balmert@jbalmert · Jul 21

AultCare to discontinue some insurance plans, affecting about 6,000 enrollees cantonrep.com/story/news/loc… via @cantonrepdotcom

jbalmert's tweet card. Canton-based AultCare will no longer offer some individual and family health insurance plans and a plan for small employers beginning next year.

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Jessie Balmert@jbalmert · Jul 21

Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther's 2025 travel log includes Canada, Poland and Amsterdam dispatch.com/story/news/pol… via @LairdWrites

jbalmert's tweet card. In the first half of 2025, Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther spent 37 days traveling, mostly to represent the U.S. Conference of Mayors as its president.

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Jessie Balmert@jbalmert · Jul 21

Ohio House may override DeWine budget vetoes. Will it provide property tax relief? dispatch.com/story/news/pol… via @haleybemiller

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