/news/tags/rick-carfagna Rick Carfagna en-US Copyright Thu, 03 Jun 2021 14:52:33 GMT /news/government-politics/2021-06-03/ohio-senate-budget-has-no-money-for-broadband-expansion There are $1.3 billion in tax cuts in the Senate version of the budget, which Republican Senate leaders say are paid for with spending cuts. Among them is the elimination of $190 million for grants for broadband expansion that’s in the House’s budget. Thu, 03 Jun 2021 14:52:33 GMT /news/government-politics/2021-06-03/ohio-senate-budget-has-no-money-for-broadband-expansion Karen Kasler /news/government-politics/2021-01-01/what-happened-to-the-broadband-bill-in-the-ohio-legislature Ohio lawmakers failed to pass one bill that had broad bipartisan support during the Lame Duck session. Fri, 01 Jan 2021 10:05:57 GMT /news/government-politics/2021-01-01/what-happened-to-the-broadband-bill-in-the-ohio-legislature Jo Ingles /news/government-politics/2020-06-15/ohios-broadband-bill-passes-house-but-still-needs-approval-from-the-senate Nearly one million Ohio households lack reliable broadband service and of that, there are 300,000 that don’t have any service at all. The Ohio House has... Mon, 15 Jun 2020 18:49:06 GMT /news/government-politics/2020-06-15/ohios-broadband-bill-passes-house-but-still-needs-approval-from-the-senate Jo Ingles, Jo Ingles /news/government-politics/2019-04-25/bill-increasing-monitoring-of-violent-criminals-gets-another-chance-in-the-ohio-legislature A bill that would deal with the way violent criminals are monitored once they are released from prison has been reintroduced in the Ohio Legislature. It’s… Thu, 25 Apr 2019 21:21:09 GMT /news/government-politics/2019-04-25/bill-increasing-monitoring-of-violent-criminals-gets-another-chance-in-the-ohio-legislature Jo Ingles