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Its version of the budget eliminates all money for bus purchases and increases funds for transportation stipends for families of students who attend nonpublic schools.
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State employees get Friday off in observance of the new federal Juneteenth holiday; the College of Wooster says it will require all students to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 before the fall semester; more COVID restrictions and orders end Friday in Ohio. Gov. Mike DeWine says the state of emergency, which streamlined the purchasing process for things like PPE, will be lifted, along with more state restrictions on nursing homes and assisted living centers. DeWine says just under 47% of Ohioans are vaccinated. He says that number doesn't include those who were vaccinated in other states, or through the VA.
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Former President Donald Trump will hold a rally June 26 in Cleveland; Indicted former Ohio House speaker Larry Householder testified in a hearing for a bipartisan effort to remove him from his seat; startup electric truck maker Lordstown Motors says it’s still on track to begin production this fall despite a bumpy past week; and more stories.
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Akron City Council is considering a law that would require police to automatically post body camera footage within a week of an officer using deadly force; Dennis Kucinich will seek another bid for Cleveland mayor more than 40 years later; several Northeast Ohio municipalities are speaking out against an amendment slipped into the Senate’s state budget proposal that limits public broadband projects and cuts all broadband-related funding; and more stories.
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The Ohio Senate passed the state budget bill Wednesday which sets up a likely conference committee where the House and Senate must agree on a final spending measure to send to the governor.
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Man from Union County, Lorain County seventh grader named Vax-a-million winners; former four-term congressman Jim Renacci of Wadsworth plans to challenge Gov. Mike DeWine in next year's Republican primary; a retired U.S. Army officer is getting a chance to deliver his speech about freed Black slaves who honored fallen Civil War soldiers; and more stories.
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The Ohio Senate Finance Committee has sent the latest budget proposal for a floor vote after adding more than 100 amendments to the bill. Republican Senate leaders say the measure is making more investments to help people.
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The state has selected six managed care organizations to carry out Medicaid services, amounting to a $20 billion contract, but a provision in the Senate's budget proposal would stop that procurement process and require the state to consider other measures.
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Republican leaders of the Ohio Senate have proposed a $75-billion-dollar, two-year budget that includes a 5% across-the-board income tax cut – which is a boost from a 2% cut in the House budget.
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Nearly every health restriction, including mask mandate will be lifted in Ohio in the next three weeks; Gov. Mike DeWine has rolled out incentives including a weekly $1 million lottery prize and drawings for full college scholarships to encourage people to get vaccinated; the Summit County Health Department is getting ready to administer COVID-19 vaccines to kids ages 12-15; and more stories.