Statehouse and Around Ohio
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Ohioans spent $211 million subsidizing two coal plants over last two years
BY: JAKE ZUCKERMAN – Ohio Capital Journal Electric customers across Ohio collectively spent an estimated $211 million via add-on bill charges over the last two years to cover for losses from two coal-fired power plants that continue to bleed millions annually, according to new data from state regulators. The money to the Ohio Valley Electric Corp. (OVEC) — an…
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Buckeye Institute, DeWine, defend ending pandemic unemployment assistance
BY: SUSAN TEBBEN – Ohio Capital Journal Getty Images A think-tank in favor of Gov. Mike DeWine’s decision to end supplemental unemployment assistance despite a continued pandemic impacting the economy is yet again pushing the Ohio Supreme Court to support the decision. The governor himself is also weighing in. The federal supplemental assistance from The CARES Act expired…
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Hitting cops, roaming the Senate, smoking pot: DOJ says Ohioans were everywhere Jan. 6
BY: JAKE ZUCKERMAN – Ohio Capital Journal In the big picture of the insurrection, the criminal charges against Alexander Sheppard are unremarkable. Federal prosecutors say Sheppard arrived in Washington D.C. from Powell, Ohio after posting on Facebook that the election was “RIGGED.” He faces five charges, including disorderly conduct in a Capitol building. He wasn’t accused of violence or…
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Ohio’s Minimum-Wage Increase Largest in 15 Years
The federal minimum wage has been $7.25 since 2009. (Artur/Adobe Stock) by Mary Schuermann Kuhlman – Public News Service Monday, January 3, 2022 An annual pay raise has kicked-in for Ohio’s minimum-wage workers, who will now earn $9.30 per hour, about $2 more than the federal minimum wage. The $0.50 hourly increase is the largest since 2006, when a ballot…
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School enrollment numbers grim, state superintendent lays out future plans
[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] Stock image from Pixabay BY: SUSAN TEBBEN – Ohio Capital Journal The Ohio Department of Education is still watching the impact from the COVID-19 pandemic affect the children of the state. Interim Superintendent of Public Instruction Stephanie Siddens had to deliver some grim realities last month to a Senate Primary and Secondary Education…
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Report calls on medical boards to go after COVID “disinformation doctors;” Ohio’s has not
Dr. Sherri Tenpenny testifies before the Ohio House Health Committee on June 8, 2021. During her presentation, she said vaccines are magnetizing to their recipients and “interface” with 5G cell towers. (Photo source: The Ohio Channel) BY: JAKE ZUCKERMAN – Ohio Capital Journal In June, Sherri Tenpenny, a state-licensed doctor of osteopathic medicine and notorious COVID-19…
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Congressional redistricting hits the Ohio Supreme Court
BY: SUSAN TEBBEN – Ohio Capital Journal The case of congressional redistricting was heard by the Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday, where arguments about reforms put in place by voters and the data used by the General Assembly to draw maps framed consideration of districts going forward. Ben Stafford, an attorney representing the National Redistricting Action…
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Ohio Hospital Association and Ohio Children’s Hospital Association ask schools to implement a masking requirement after holiday break
Education, Latest Stories, Loveland & Local, News, Region and Beyond, Spotlight, Statehouse and Around OhioGetty Image “As we have learned during the past two years, things shift quickly with COVID-19.” – Ohio Hospital Association and Ohio Children’s Hospital Association Today, the Ohio Hospital Association also distributed a letter from the Ohio Hospital Association and Ohio Children’s Hospital Association to Ohio school superintendents, administrators, and school board members encouraging them…
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DeWine signs abortion restriction likely to close SW Ohio clinics
Anti-abortion demonstrators march. (Photo by Robert Zullo/ States Newsroom). BY: SUSAN TEBBEN – Ohio Capital Journal Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed a new abortion law on Wednesday that looks likely to close Southwest Ohio abortion clinics. DeWine signed Senate Bill 157 without further comment, along with several other bills that passed through the legislature in their last work week before the…
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Recreational marijuana backers submit signatures
BY: NICK EVANS – Ohio Capital Journal A group pushing for recreational marijuana in Ohio is one step closer to the ballot after the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol submitted 200,000-plus signatures to state officials. Now county boards of elections begin the work of verifying signatures. The coalition’s plan would allow Ohioans over 21 possess, use, and…
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