Senior Reporter/Producer at Ohio Public Media’s Statehouse News Bureau & host of the Ohio Statehouse Scoop podcast. Serving all of Ohio’s NPR and PBS stations.
NEW - A leader of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative tells me FBI agents came to the group's Cleveland office yesterday. Prentiss Haney says members of the group have been questioned and, in some cases, laptops have been seized in a possible voter fraud case.
last-minute data center bill is dead, for now. lawmakers are calling it quits after House members raised serious concerns. earlier coverage: statenews.org/government-pol…
🐣🔔: lawmakers are introducing data center regulations they want to move ASAP in Senate Energy:
- sales tax break still exists, with a lower rate. goes from 100% to between 50%-75% (higher rate IF facilities are on brownfields/they BYOP)
- PUCO to create a data center rate class
I am so grateful for people who value what we do and do nice things for us. One of our kind supporters dropped off this spread this morning to our press room because he knows we are working day and night. It is so kind and thoughtful. We appreciate it more than he knows.
This is one of those days when I would love to stay and enjoy the beautiful purple daisies (from #GroovyPlantsRanch) on my patio but but I am off to the Statehouse to tell you about what’s going on with the #Ohio Legislature. I doubt everything will be coming up daisies there. 🌼
NEW - The sub bill that just dropped in the Ohio House Medicaid committee eliminates the controversial proposed ban on money for family caregivers included in an earlier version.
TV tower goes down near the tenth green, showing how strong and fast that storm was, nobody injured and play was stopped about a half hour before it hit giving everyone time to seek shelter. the Memorial Tournament will restart at 7am tomorrow @nbc4i