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GOP leader rebuffs fully funding school meals statewide in Ohio budget Although advocates are lobbying Ohio lawmakers to fund free meals for K-12 students in the biennial state budget, one legislative leader has already dismissed the idea.

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Ohio House rolls out its own cannabis bill, with fewer changes than Senate version An Ohio House GOP lawmaker has introduced changes to cannabis law, just a week after the Senate along party lines sent over an overhaul of the state’s adult-use program.

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…until a firm proposal moves through Congress, it is prudent to reserve comment until more details are known.” (3/3)

via spokesperson Dan Tierney: “when Intel announced the New Albany project, they committed to it whether the CHIPS Act was passed or not. (Intel) remains committed to onshoring its manufacturing, which aligns with President Trump’s semiconductor strategy and onshoring strategy.

President Donald Trump, to Congress, on the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act: “your CHIPS Act is a horrible, horrible thing.”

asked Gov. Mike DeWine’s office about last night, since less than three years ago, Intel delayed its Ohio groundbreaking awaiting CHIPS passage 🧵 (1/3)

Voter registration and passenger rail provisions added to Ohio transportation budget The latest version of House Bill 54, the biennial transportation budget, has Ohio rejoining the Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Commission at $25,000 a year.

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with Ohio budget hearings underway, and bills already on the move this 136th General Assembly, we’re adding a texting line at Statehouse News Bureau! register here: joinsubtext.com/statehousene...

Big changes to Ohio recreational cannabis laws on deck for next year, including home growing A long-stalled overhaul of recreational marijuana could see new life next year as outgoing Ohio Senate President Matt Huffman (R-Lima) prepares for his likely speakership.

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Federal CHIPS funds reinvigorate Intel project in Ohio, but timing, scale still murky Even as the federal government hands out its long-awaited CHIPS and Science Act money to projects in Ohio and other states, Intel’s chief executive officer is out the door after only four years in cha...

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in-person testimony crossed into two hours but just ended, with plenty of written testimony, too. opponent Wes Bryant, with 420craftbeverages, characterized the bill as a “witch hunt” on retailers.

Sen. Shane Wilkin, committee chair, tells me next hearing likely next week

so far, most are asking for guardrails rather than an all-out ban. “robust regulation is clearly preferable to misguided prohibition,” says Jonathan Miller, lawyer and lobbyist for the U.S. Hemp Roundtable. Ohio’s one of only a few states with no regulation of these hemp products

Will Ohio ban delta-8 THC? Marijuana, health care industries largely want that For some Ohio lawmakers, passing a bill on delta-8 THC and other similar products is high on the list of priorities this lame duck legislative session.

good afternoon! i’m monitoring the lengthy opponent (and IP) testimony on the Ohio Senate proposal to ban delta-8 THC and other hemp-derived products. 🧵

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Ohio's US senator-elect says he's ready to hit ground running with cabinet votes U.S. Sen.-elect Bernie Moreno will take office Jan. 3, two weeks before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.

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