Julie Carr Smyth

1 month ago | apnews.com | Julie Carr Smyth

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio voters agreed to reauthorize a program on Tuesday that will provide $2.5 billion for roads, bridges and other needed local infrastructure projects over the next decade. State Issue 2 called for the renewal of the Ohio Capital Improvement Program, which was first authorized in 1987. Administered by the Ohio Public Works Commission, it relies on existing state revenues as opposed to raising taxes.

1 month ago | apnews.com | Julie Carr Smyth

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal appeals court upheld the racketeering convictions of former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and an ex-lobbyist on Tuesday in a $60 million bribery scandal described as the largest corruption scheme in state history. The unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel of the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Cincinnati represented a win for the Department of Justice, which had secured the convictions in March 2023 after a yearslong investigation.

1 month ago | apnews.com | Julie Carr Smyth

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1 month ago | apnews.com | Julie Carr Smyth

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — After years of attempts, Ohio lawmakers voted Wednesday to end the subsidy for two unprofitable Cold War-era coal plants that had cost Ohio ratepayers nearly $400,000 a day, after they were tucked into the tainted energy bill at the center of the largest corruption scandal in state history. House Bill 15 would put an immediate end to the “legacy generation rider” for the two Ohio Valley Electric Corp. plants contained in House Bill 6, which dates back to 2019.

1 month ago | apnews.com | Julie Carr Smyth

COLUMBUS, Ohio, EE.UU. (AP) — Ohio puede hacer cumplir su prohibición sobre la atención de afirmación de género para menores mientras se lleva a cabo una apelación, dictaminó el martes un dividido Tribunal Supremo de Ohio. La ley también prohíbe a las mujeres y niñas transgénero participar en deportes femeninos. La decisión de 4-3 revierte un fallo de un tribunal inferior de marzo que había bloqueado la entrada en vigor de la ley de 2023.