Ohio, House Bill 296

Ohio House poised to pass bill requiring cities to pay millions more for police pensions
House Bill 296 say cities and villages need to help shore up the state's police pension fund, but municipal officials predict it would lead to budget cuts.
Shell company SFA-Ohio pleads guilty in Ohio House Bill 6 scandal, will pay $2.1M
The Summit County prosecutor on Tuesday announced a shell company set up to funnel FirstEnergy bribe money to Ohio's former top utilities regulator has pleaded guilty for its role in Ohio's House Bill 6 scandal.
Ohio mayors fight bill requiring boost in cities’ contributions to police, fire pension fund
Ohio’s cities will have less money to recruit cops if they’re required to kick in more money to the police pension fund, according to mayors from both parties.
Ohio cities, police and fire unions at odds over 'unfunded mandate' pension bill
The Ohio House is inching closer to approving a bill that, to the chagrin of Dayton and many of Ohio's local governments, would considerably increase municipal contributions to Ohio's Police and Fire Pension Fund.
Local mayors oppose paying more to Ohio police pensions as vote looms
The mayors of Beavercreek and Springfield and the deputy mayor of Centerville came out in opposition this week to a proposal to mandate cities to increase payments to police officer pensions. Ohio House Bill 296 may go before the full Ohio House of Representatives for a vote Wednesday.

Ohio, Mike DeWine

Ohio considers bill to combat intimidating lawsuits aimed at stifling free speech, criticism
COLUMBUS – Legislation pending in the Ohio General Assembly takes aim at the use of the courts by deep-pocketed plaintiffs to ...
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Ohio House mulls immigration housing bill
Housing and immigration are the topics of the latest bill Ohio lawmakers are moving forward. Legislators have been working on ...
Shell company pleads guilty to role in Ohio House Bill 6 scandal, will forfeit more than $2 million
The Sustainability Funding Alliance of Ohio, which was headed by the late Sam Randazzo, admitted to various charges related ...
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Big player added to team pushing bill giving more power to universities in Ohio's NIL law
The bill to make some changes in Ohio's name, image and likeness law gets support from a big fan, but it still may get punted ...
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Cancer-testing bill being debated at Ohio Statehouse
A bill at the Ohio Statehouse would require health benefit plans and Medicaid to cover “medically necessary” tests used to ...
Ohio House committee votes to force landlords to verify immigration status for subsidized units
COLUMBUS, Ohio – An Ohio House committee on Tuesday passed legislation that would compel property managers in apartments and ...
Bill Oram’s Big 10*: If rivalry losses get you fired, then it’s a good thing Dan Lanning finally beat Washington
Ryan Day is in trouble in Columbus, and the Ducks recalibrate for a defensive matchup against Penn State. But whatever ...
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Ohio Republican lawmaker says giving preferred pronouns on application indicates political leaning
“Those who do not respond to the pronoun prompt are much more likely to lean right on a political spectrum and those who do answer the prompt are much more likely to lean left on a political spectrum, ...