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Fewer people will get food, Medicaid, unemployment under Ohio bill requiring more fraud checks, advocates say Laura Hancock, cleveland.com COLUMBUS, Ohio – An Ohio Senate bill that seeks to catch fraud among people applying for and receiving social services will result in increased work for county case workers, as well as fewer low-income people obtaining food aid, Medicaid and unemployment benefits, advocates for the poor said Thursday. Popular Searches Senate Bill 17 requires case workers to cross-check applicants and enrollees against state data such as new hire records, ...

Ohio schools get some relief from cuts: Capitol Letter Updated Jan 25, 2021; Facebook Share Rotunda Rumblings Director’s cut: Gov. Mike DeWine is restoring some of the state education money that he previously said would be cut, Andrew Tobias reports. Last year, DeWine cut about $776 million from the state’s general operating budget for 2020, including $300 million in cuts to K-12 school funding and $110 million in cuts to higher education funding. But under the new order, DeWine is restoring $160 million in funding to schools this year, and $100 million to higher education. The DeWine ...

Ohio National Guard members in DC for inauguration: Capitol Letter Updated Jan 19, 2021; Posted Jan 19, 2021 National Guard members provide security at the Ohio Statehouse Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)AP Facebook Share Rotunda Rumblings D.C. deployment: Security concerns surrounding this week’s inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden prompted Gov. Mike DeWine to up the number of Ohio National Guard troops being sent to Washington, D.C. DeWine announced Friday he was sending 1,000 Guard members, five times the number he initially announced, at the reque...

“I look forward to working with members of the legislature in the future to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and to protect the rights of citizens who follow the law,” DeWine said. He said he was disappointed lawmakers didn’t add the measures he sought for more than a year that would toughen background checks and boost penalties for felons committing new crimes with guns. The governor has pushed these proposals since the Aug. 4, 2019, Dayton massacre that killed nine and wounded more than two dozen. Nan Whaley, the Democratic mayor of Dayton and a sometime ally of the governor, ...

Special to The Daily Jeffersonian NEW CONCORD — Muskingum University has announced it will receive $200,000 in Capital Bill Funding in a partnership with Zane State College to support the Health & Wellness Complex at the campus in New Concord. The funding is included with recent passed of Senate Bill 310 by a unanimous vote. More than $4.3 million in funds will be allocated for numerous projects, such as the Health and Wellness Complex, throughout the 20th Ohio Senate District.  “I am excited that we are getting these funds out to some outstanding projects in the district,” said Ohio S...