U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance's meteoric political rise continued Monday as he joined the Republican presidential ticket.
Following through on a course charted last week, the legislature with broad bipartisan support passed a $6.2 billion bricks-and-mortar spending package in the final session before summer recess.
Legislation to license mental health assistants and repeal a controversial transportation budget provision were among a host of items advancing following a four hour-plus Senate session Wednesday.
A Senate committee on Wednesday began its review of legislation to bar courts, when imposing a sentence, from considering whether a defendant who has entered an Alford plea has shown remorse.
Lawmakers are continuing down the path laid out last week to pass the largest capital budget ever on Wednesday.
Over the next two days, state lawmakers have packed their schedules with well over a hundred bill hearings – around 60 of which may result in a vote, including the $6 billion capital budget – setting themselves up for lengthy final sessions Wednesday before they leave for summer break.
Finance chairs in both chambers are each planning one more hearing next week on the $6 billion capital budget in time for a Wednesday floor vote, they confirmed Thursday.
Lawmakers in both chambers had their first chance Tuesday to question the state budget director on the recently released and much-anticipated capital budget for Fiscal Years 2025-2026, which thanks to the addition of one-time project spending from the state's surplus revenue is the largest in Ohio history.