Gov. Mike DeWine said Wednesday that when he is asked what mistakes he has made during his 7 years in office, his “lead” answer is signing legislation in 2021 to legalize sports gambling in Ohio.
Gov. Mike DeWine revealed Wednesday that he considers his signing of legislation in 2021 to legalize sports gambling in Ohio as his biggest mistake in 7 years in office.Gov. Mike DeWine said Wednesday that when he is asked what mistakes he has made during his 7 years in office, his “lead” answer is signing legislation in 2021 to legalize sports gambling in Ohio.
“Any control that we can get over this, anything we can do, we should be doing,” DeWine said Wednesday during a meeting with editorial board for cleveland.com | The Plain Dealer., there’s no indication that state lawmakers will be willing to repeal or significantly rain in sports gambling in Ohio, which has proved enormously popular since the law took effect in 2023. Rather, DeWine has focused in recent months on pushing pro sports leagues to restrict certain types of bets that have been at the center of recent MLB and NFL betting scandals.DeWine also acknowledged that Ohio businesses selling popular hemp-based THC beverages may take a hit when new state prohibitions in Senate Bill 56 take effect, but that they knew the risks involved in selling products which were always on precarious legal footing,. DeWine signed SB 56 December while vetoing a provision that would have allowed hemp beverages containing up to 5 milligrams of THC to remain on sale through the end of 2026. Instead, the beverages will become illegal when the law takes effect in mid-March. DeWine said he’s willing to have conversations with legislators about legalization of hemp beverages but acknowledged that he’d enter those discussions with his own biases.Gov. Mike DeWine acknowledged Wednesday that Ohio is facing an energy crunch as demand for electricity soars from data-center construction,. However, speaking with editorial board for cleveland.com |The Plain Dealer, the Greene County Republican didn’t offer any specific proposals his administration will pursue to promote more energy development during his final 11 months in office.State approves tax credits for 6 business projects, including 2 in Cuyahoga County : Less than three months after the longest government shutdown in modern history, Congress is on the verge of partially shuttering the government yet again,. If the U.S. Senate doesn’t pass a half dozen funding bills by midnight on Friday, January 30, the agencies they fund will suspend work until money is allotted. The looming shutdown stems from a standoff over funding the Department of Homeland Security after federal immigration agents killed Minneapolis nurse Alex Pretti on Jan. 24 who was filming their actions with his cell phone. So far, Republicans who control the Senate have declined to separate the bill that funds DHS from the other five bills, creating an impasse with little time before funding expires.. During the visit, Isaacman met with employees over coffee, toured the facility’s Electric Propulsion and Power Lab, and discussed nuclear power and propulsion research with its experts. He also met with specialists conducting advanced aircraft engine research and testing.to his role in the House Bill 6 corruption scandal, is reinventing himself in a rather unexpected way: by opening a cowboy-themed bar in downtown West Palm Beach, Florida with DJ/producer Diplo. As Adam Ferrise reports, the local chamber of commerce lists Cespedes as the representative of the West Palm Cowboy Club, a country-themed bar set to open next year along the city’s main entertainment strip. Cespedes, who told a Florida reporter that he’s just a consultant with the project, admitted to helping to distribute some of FirstEnergy’s $60 million in bribe money to dark-money groups to pass and preserve HB 6, a 2019 energy law.who is now threatening legal action over her claim that she was pressured to resign , has filed to run for the Ohio Democratic Party’s State Central Committee against her old boss: former House Minority Leader Allison Russo of suburban Columbus, who’s also running for Ohio attorney general this year. Cherry told Capitol Letter that her contentious relationship with Russo was a factor in her decision to run, though she also highlighted her years of work helping Ohio Democrats with voter protection and other issues. Capitol Letter has reached out to Russo for comment.John Boccieri, a former congressman and state lawmaker from Mahoning County, is seeking a return to the Ohio Statehouse this year, joining an already-crowded Democratic primary for Ohio House District 58., the Dem-leaning district will be open as incumbent Democratic state Rep. Lauren McNally is running for Mahoning County commissioner. Other Democrats who have pulled petitions for the seat so far include ex-Youngstown City Council member Basia Adamczak, business owner Brandon J. Kovach of Youngstown, Youngstown Board of Education member Tiffany D. Patterson, and Jordan Pegues, a project specialist for electrical distributor Wesco International. Republican hopefuls so far include anti-property tax activist Denise DiFabio and Chris Zelonish, a 2024 independent congressional candidate.1. Dean, who wasn’t yet in the House in 2024, made more than $100,000 that year from his family’s plumbing business . He also got somewhere between $1,000 and $9,999 from serving on Xenia City Council. 2. He is part-owner of The Elect Group, which does plumbing and HVAC work, according to Bloomberg. Another part-owner is Levi’s father, Bill Dean, who held his son’s House seat before Levi won it in 2024. 3. Levi Dean’s investments included an annuity and mutual fund with New York Life, a Vanguard mutual fund, and a pension with the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System. 4. He was reimbursed $1,728.04 in travel expenses from Young Americans for Liberty, a conservative organization based in Austin, Texas. The group also provided him more than $100 worth of food and/or drinks.United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will be part of the security detail for the country’s dignitaries at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics beginning next week in Italy, though the Department of Homeland Security said the agency would not be involved in immigration operations there, The Athletic reports. The U.S. governmental delegation attending the Feb. 6 opening ceremony is expected to be led by Vice President JD Vance, with second lady Usha Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio also attending.about Democratic Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth questioning Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday when he appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Capitol Letter is a daily briefing providing succinct, timely information for those who care deeply about the decisions made by state government.Jeremy Pelzer has worked in the Columbus bureau of cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer since 2013. Prior to that, Pelzer worked for Gongwer News Service in Ohio and covered government and politics in Illinois,...
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