House Speaker Jason Stephens says he won't seek another two years as House Speaker.
Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens speaks to members of the media following a session of the Ohio House of Representatives in the Ohio Statehouse House Chamber on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Columbus, Ohio. House Speaker Jason Stephens announced Monday that he’s dropping his bid for the speaker’s gavel next session, ending a months-long battle with outgoing Senate President Matt Huffman over the job.
While he’s out of the running for next year, Stephens is still the current House Speaker, and bills run through him. Will there be retribution or is the intra-Republican cold war now over? Former FirstEnergy lobbyist Ty Pine is set to testify in a regulatory investigation into the company’s bribery scheme and is likely to become the third company lobbyist to plead the Fifth, given a risk of self-incrimination
Both chambers scheduled packed committee agendas this week. The Senate will convene for votes Wednesday. The House won’t meet until DecemberDarrel Rowland, a veteran politics and government reporter with WSYX-TV , announced Monday that he intends to retire as a full-time journalist at the end of the month.
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