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DeWine hits pause on new data center tax breaks as legislature launches review
DeWine paused new tax exemptions after Signal Ohio revealed the state underestimated costs by over $1 billion, as a bipartisan committee launches its review.
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Ramaswamy's running mate stalls Ohio child marriage ban
Republican senators pulled SB 341, a bipartisan ban on 17-year-old marriages, off the Senate Judiciary Committee's agenda. Senate President Rob McColley — Vivek Ramaswamy's running mate — told the Columbus Dispatch the bill needs more time.
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Ramaswamy vows Medicaid fraud crackdown, but his running mate's budget killed Ohio oversight panel
Ramaswamy's running mate helped eliminate the state's Medicaid oversight panel last year, undermining the candidate's fraud-fighting pledge.
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Is Ohio a stepping stone? NYT lists Ramaswamy as a 2028 presidential prospect
Ramaswamy pledged in 2025 to serve a full four-year term if elected governor and skip 2028, but the Times now lists him as a potential presidential prospect just 15 months later.
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Rodney Creech, accused of sexual misconduct with minor, wins Republican primary
State Rep. Rodney Creech defeated former Rep. J. Todd Smith 58-42 in Tuesday's Ohio House District 40 GOP primary — 9 months after a BCI probe into alleged sexual misconduct with a minor relative.
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Ramaswamy backed COVID 'segregation' as firm got $2.25B
Vivek Ramaswamy backed a national COVID registry that would 'segregate' Americans, while his biotech firm got $2.25B from Moderna over vaccines.
