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Education is often referred to as the great equalizer, but for decades in Ohio, our system of public education has been undermined by a deeply inequitable school funding system.
In 1997, th...
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Thu, Jan 16, 2025
Before going home for the summer, the Republican-run Ohio House of Representatives, by the narrowest possible margin, agreed to let electric utilities offer Ohio consumers optional energy efficiency plans. Ohio's Senate, also GOP-run, should pass the proposal and send it to Gov. Mike DeWine's desk. The prime sponsors of the bipartisan measure, Substitute House Bill 79, are Reps. William J. Seitz, a suburban Cincinnati Republican, and Bride Rose Sweeney, a Westlake Democrat.
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Fri, Jul 12, 2024
COLUMBUS - As heat bears down on Ohio, the House on Wednesday will consider a bill to encourage the state's electric utilities to get back into enacting programs to reduce customers' demand for power.
The bipartisan bill comes several years after the state largely did away with efficiency and renewable mandates on utilities as part of House Bill 6, the nuclear plant bailout law that became the center of a $61 million bribery scandal.
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Tue, Jun 25, 2024
As Ohio temperatures begin to rise, working families across the state are once again faced with the rising cost of energy. The average Ohio family spends more than $100 on electricity every month and the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio estimates that the average price of electricity will increase approximately 58% to 88% in the next several years.
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Sun, Jun 2, 2024
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Most Ohioans know about the largest political corruption scandal in Ohio's history. That's because power conglomerate FirstEnergy and the crooked former Speaker of the House Larry Householder were at the center of a criminal ring behind a $1.3 billion bailout for two nuclear power plants, $60 million in bribes, multiple arrests including the recent state indictment of three alleged conspirators, and immeasurable damage to the people's trust in our state's government.
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Sun, Feb 25, 2024
The Ohio House Insurance committee heard Wednesday from supporters of a bill that would prohibit insurance requirements for gun owners.
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Thu, Jun 8, 2023
The Ohio House compromised with education advocates: finally fairly funding the state’s public education system after 26 years, but also expanding the private school tuition voucher scholarsh...
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Thu, Apr 27, 2023