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Local leaders, construction industry defend data centers before Ohio lawmakers
Sen. Brian Chavez says legislation could clear an Ohio Senate committee within days, even as witnesses split on NDAs, sales tax breaks, and transparency rules.
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States face more budget pressures amid rising costs, slow growth
Nearly half of states are cutting spending to balance budgets, while Pew found the median state's reserves could cover just 47.8 days of operations in 2025.
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Ramaswamy pushed COVID measures even Ohio's DeWine administration saw as overreach
Sources close to DeWine's own administration told NBC4 his proposals for mandatory testing and isolation of select groups struck them as government overreach.
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Gov. Mike DeWine’s data center advice for Ohio cities and towns: Go make a deal
The governor said the state can’t close its borders to data centers, but that local governments should ‘be aggressive’ in cutting deals with developers.
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Fact check: Ramaswamy super PAC's new ad makes false claims about Amy Acton's record
A Ramaswamy-backed super PAC ad falsely blames Acton for COVID shutdowns DeWine said were his, and makes three other unsupported claims.
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Republicans in Congress clear final hurdle for $70B boost in immigration enforcement
Democrats opposed the bill as a blank check to ICE without oversight, citing two citizen killings by immigration agents in January.
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Trump launches new strikes on Iran after US Army helicopter downed
Despite claiming the war is over, the U.S. maintains a blockade that has disabled seven Iranian vessels and injured 411 American service members since February.
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DoD tweaks organized religion list after complaints of Latter-day Saints snub
Sen. Mike Lee pressured the Pentagon to reverse course after the list removed the Latter-day Saints classification as Christian, citing theological disputes.
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Multiple childcare bills on access, fraud advanced in Ohio House committee
The bills respond to Trump administration scrutiny of childcare fraud, though providers and prosecutors criticized the fraud measures during committee debate.
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Ohio has committed at least $2.3 billion in sales tax breaks for data centers
Google, Meta and Amazon each get sales tax exemptions worth $600 million apiece over 40 years, according to new data obtained by Signal Statewide. The long-term total could be “significantly higher,” officials say.
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Ohio will again send all voters absentee ballot applications as mail voting continues to plunge
A state spending panel voted Monday to approve spending $2.5 million on the universal absentee ballot application mailing, which Ohio has done in every even-year, general election since 2012.
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Ohio sheriff to deploy helicopters for illegal marijuana grows with fresh $70,000 grant
The Ohio Controlling Board released money for the Ohio Attorney General’s office to contract with the Butler County Sheriff Office’s aviation unit to look for illegal marijuana grows.
