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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The right of individuals to decline the coronavirus vaccine and...

Republican members of the Ohio Redistricting Commission have said they want to have a 10-year map, which requires the votes of the panels 2 Democrats

So much for the market being king. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, handed a huge advantage to the fossil-fuel industry Monday when he signed into law a bill that gives county commissioners across the state the power to stop wind turbine and solar power projects in unincorporated areas. Coal and natural gas companies face no such restrictions. As state Sen. Sandra Williams, D-Cleveland, pointed out in explaining her opposition to the bill: “The legislature should not be in the business...

Concerned citizens group hosts May 4 meeting on solar projects Sen. Bill Reineke A group of citizens concerned over new solar farm projects in Highland County will be meeting with public officials at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 4 at the Lynchburg Area Joint Fire & Ambulance District at 8123 S.R. 135, Lynchburg. An organizer of the group, Dave Gingrich, told The Highland County Press this week that Clinton County/Highland County Citizens Concerned About Solar Farm...

Hopefully, Ohio’s planting season will soon be as busy as its legislative season. There’s a lot of activity down at the capitol these days, with many bills on the move. Here’s a summary of bills that could impact agriculture and rural communities. Note that the summary doesn’t include the budget bill, which is also currently being debated. Water quality bonds  A joint resolution recently offered in the Senate supports amending Ohio’s Constitution to create permanent funds for clean w...

Commissioners support Manchester’s push for prevailing wage reform Manchester SIDNEY – State Rep. Susan Manchester earned support from the Shelby County commissioners Tuesday morning for her effort for prevailing wage reform in Ohio but received pushback on the override of Gov. Mike DeWine’s Senate Bill 22 veto. The Republican from Waynesfield visited with the commissioners and Angela Hamberg, executive director of the Shelby County Regional Planning Commission, to discuss issues being d...

Husted says the words were aimed at the Chinese government’s failure to come clean on what it knows on the origins of COVID-19, and were not aimed at those of Chinese or Asian descent. He added in lengthy public comments Thursday that no harm was meant, that he has many Asian American friends and that the word Wuhan is “inseparable” from the back story of the pandemic — referring to a city, not an ethnicity. Wrong response. Husted knows that using weaponized expressions like “China vi...

133 views Source:  The Blade Apr. 1—COLUMBUS — The controversial $1 billion bailout of two nuclear power plants that came to epitomize the idea of legislation being for sale in Ohio is no more. Gov. Mike DeWine on Wednesday signed House Bill 128 into law, effectively repealing portions of House Bill 6 enacted in 2019 that would have surcharged electricity customers across the state to subsidize the Lake Erie plants and lock in high future profits for Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp. The law w...

196 views Source:  The Blade Mar. 9—COLUMBUS — A House committee Tuesday set the stage for a full chamber vote to partly repeal provisions of a state law at the heart of a $61 million Ohio Statehouse bribery scandal. The full Ohio House of Representatives is expected to vote Wednesday. This would mark the Houses first action to undo a $1 billion, consumer-financed bailout of the Davis-Besse nuclear power plant near Oak Harbor and the Perry plant east of Cleveland. That law has come to epit...

Riedel, Stein introduce bill to give voters a voice on wind and solar projects Riedel COLUMBUS – State Representatives Craig S. Riedel (R-Defiance) and Dick Stein (R- Norwalk) recently introduced a bill that they say protects the property rights of township residents by allowing a public referendum for wind and solar projects. “As a state legislator in Northwest Ohio, I represent the counties with the most wind development in the state,” said Riedel. �...