New Ohio law provides $465M to help Ohioans pay housing, utility bills
Updated May 11, 2021;
Posted May 11, 2021
Gov. Mike DeWine on Tuesday signed House Bill 167, which provides $465 million to help Ohioans pay their rent, mortgages, and utility bills. (Screenshot via Zoom)
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COLUMBUS, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Tuesday signed legislation directing $465 million in federal coronavirus aid to help lower-income Ohioans hurt by the coronavirus pandemic to pay rent and utilities.
House Bill 167, which passed the legislature without opposition, also offers $100 million in coronavirus aid to the Ohio Department of Public Safety.
Ohioans who, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, are facing eviction or having trouble making utility payments should contact their local community action agency about getting financial help from the new law, said DeWine, a Greene County Republican. Community action agencies will cut checks directly to landlords or utility companies, and they can
LGBTQ+ couples can adopt, but GOP rejects updating Ohio law to note that
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Although it is legal in Ohio for LGBTQ+ couples to adopt, some GOP legislators want the state law to only acknowledge the adoption rights of heterosexual couples.
A dispute over a single line in the 2,057-page state budget bill â passed by the Ohio House of Representatives on Wednesday â has some civil rights advocates frustrated as they continue urging the enactment of an anti-discrimination law in this state.
Ohio budget plan set up for House approval following committee vote
Updated Apr 20, 2021;
Posted Apr 20, 2021
The Ohio House has put the finishing touches on its state budget plan, setting it up for a Wednesday vote. (Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland.com)
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – A House committee has boosted education funding as part of its finishing touches to a state budget plan, setting up the bill for approval by the full House as soon as Wednesday.
On Tuesday, the House Finance Committee tweaked the school-funding overhaul contained in the two-year, $74.4 billion budget bill, adding another $115 million for K-12 schools. Including the new money, the bill now calls for increasing K-12 funding by $360.7 million over two years. When the plan is fully implemented in 2027, it would boost school funding by $2 billion annually.