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Yahoo
6 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
DeWine provides protection for Ohio lawmakers following shooting in Minnesota
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WJW) – Governor Mike DeWine is making sure Ohio lawmakers are well protected following shootings in Minnesota being described as targeted, political attacks, according to Ohio State Senator Casey Weinstein. Weinstein posted a message of thanks to DeWine on his Facebook page Saturday. He also included his reaction to the events that transpired in Minnesota, where a state lawmaker and her husband were shot and killed, while another state lawmaker and his wife were shot by the same suspect and were hospitalized. Officers deploy tear gas, rubber bullets to clear protesters in downtown L.A. He later spoke to Fox 8 and shared that minority leader Nickie Antonio reached out to DeWine, and the governor quickly responded. DeWine will beef up security at the statehouse and has Ohio Highway Patrol on guard at the homes of lawmakers, Weinstein said. '[It] means a lot to me. [It] means a lot to my family. It really is calming and comforting, so I appreciate it very much,' Weinstein told Fox 8. He also shared that he can't help but draw comparisons in his position to that of Melissa Hortman, the victim of the fatal shooting in Minnesota. Weinstein explained that a state-level lawmaker usually flies under the radar compared to politicians with bigger platforms, but this kind of targeted attack made him question a lot. He especially struggles with the thought that perhaps holding a political office could put his family, including his kids, in harm's way. 1 arrested during 'No Kings' protests in Downtown Cleveland Weinstein said that all politicians need to de-escalate and let the situation in Minnesota be a reminder that what people say and do has consequences. 'I hope that, as tragic as an incident that it is, I hope that it awakens people to the fact that our words have consequences and those consequences can cost people their lives. It can result in fear and targeting, and that's not helping anybody. It's not helping democrats. It's not helping republicans. That's not helping anyone solve any problem,' he said. 'It's okay to disagree. It's okay to have policy differences. It's not okay to have violent threats, violent rhetoric, bullying, targeting, because it can escalate into things like this.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
13-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Both sides of raging argument over public money for Browns dome: I-Team
CLEVELAND (WJW) – The FOX 8 I-Team did some digging into the firestorm around $600 million in public money going to the owners of the Cleveland Browns to help build a dome. It has become almost a guarantee that state lawmakers will approve the money to help the Browns build a dome and development around it in Brook Park. Some state and local leaders are piling on, trying to stop any money for the Browns. They're arguing the state needs more money for things like education. 'We say to the owners, 'look, you want to build it? Build it yourself,'' Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne told us in the last week. I-Team: New video, police response from Lee-Harvard shooting that left 7 injured 'I have a big problem with rewarding a billionaire family with a $600 million performance grant,' state Senator Casey Weinstein said. 'What we talked about is giving billionaires money from Ohioans that they, quite frankly, don't need,' state Senator Nickie Antonio added. But on Wednesday, Ohio Senate Finance Chairman Jerry Cirino fired back. 'Let's be careful about disparaging billionaires or highly successful people. They are an important part of our economy. They pay most of the taxes,' he said. 'Easy way for naysayers to say, 'Why should we give money to billionaires?'' Browns owner Jimmy Haslam told the I-Team in April. Haslam reminded everyone that his company is investing more than $1 billion in the dome complex. 'That'll be the fourth or fifth largest project ever done in Ohio. Period. And the largest in Northeast Ohio,' he added. I-Team: Video shows Gregory Moore, accused of killing Aliza Sherman, booked into jail Lawmakers now have come down to the final weeks for deciding on one of three plans to help fund a dome for the Browns. The public money would be paid back. Meanwhile, the state Senate president took on another common complaint about lawmakers simply giving in to political influence. 'What's your response to that?' we asked state Senate Rob McColley. 'We haven't been influenced by the Haslams. We do this for economic development projects of this size all the time,' he answered. 'This is a good investment for Ohio. It's one that's going to bring in more money to the general fund for other priorities in the state.' The Browns keep moving closer to getting state money and the voices for and against keep growing louder. State lawmakers will be taking a final vote on the budget by the end of the month. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CBS News
26-05-2025
- CBS News
13-year-old boy in Ohio dies after falling off trailer during Memorial Day parade
A 13-year-old boy in Green, Ohio, was fatally injured after falling off a trailer during the city's Memorial Day parade on Monday. In a post on Facebook, the City of Green Division of Fire said the boy was riding on a trailer being pulled by the driver of a pickup truck when he fell from the front of the trailer and was critically injured. Emergency personnel responded and transported the boy to Akron Children's Hospital, where he died. The 13-year-old boy, whose name was not immediately released, was a North Canton City Schools student, authorities said. The Summit County Sheriff's Office is investigating. Green's Memorial Day parade kicked off on Monday around 10 a.m. CBS affiliate WOIO reported that the city's Memorial Day ceremony following the parade went on as scheduled. In a post on Facebook, Ohio state Rep. Casey Weinstein released a statement, saying: "My heart goes out to the family of this child - and the entire Green community." No other information was released on Monday. Green, Ohio, is in southeastern Summit County and about 12 miles south of Akron.
Yahoo
30-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Lawmakers pass energy bill ending Ohio ratepayer charges that subsidize two unprofitable coal plants
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — After years of attempts, Ohio lawmakers voted Wednesday to end the subsidy for two unprofitable Cold War-era coal plants that had cost Ohio ratepayers nearly $400,000 a day, after they were tucked into the tainted energy bill at the center of the largest corruption scandal in state history. House Bill 15 would put an immediate end to the 'legacy generation rider' for the two Ohio Valley Electric Corp. plants contained in House Bill 6, which dates back to 2019. The provision was part of a larger overhaul intended to modernize Ohio energy policy. The Ohio Senate passed its version of the legislation in a rare unanimous vote Wednesday, before sending it back to the Ohio House. The lower chamber approved Senate changes to the House version 94-2. The bill goes next to Gov. Mike DeWine, whose office said he is reviewing the amended measure. State Rep. Casey Weinstein, a Hudson Democrat, praised the measure's passage, calling the end of the 'bailout' of the two coal two plants — one in southern Ohio, one in Madison, Indiana, southwest of Cincinnati — a huge win for consumers. 'It was an outrageous misuse of public funds — sending hundreds of thousands of dollars a day to an aging coal plant in Indiana," he said in a statement. "Putting an end to that is a victory for ratepayers across the state.' The bill also requires utilities to routinely come in for rate cases and justify how they spend ratepayer-collected money; creates a permissive school energy efficiency loan program to reduce energy costs for public schools; and codifies that consumers must receive refunds for improper charges. Ohio Manufacturing Association President Ryan Augsburger said repealing the uneconomical subsidies and other charges and creating energy 'heat maps' that visually depict energy usage patterns will allow manufacturers to operate more efficiently. 'Ohio has an abundance of natural resources, a strong workforce, world-class educational institutions and now the foundation for a nationally leading energy industry,' he said in a statement. "Now is the time for Ohio's energy system to pull ahead and attract new generation, bringing with it new economic investments.' The OVEC subsidy was a late addition to the measure passed Wednesday, which initially focused on a $1 billion bailout for two nuclear power plants owned by a then-subsidiary of Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp. It was to have been collected through Ohioans' electric bills through 2030. The Legislature repealed the nuclear plant subsidy contained in the bill in 2021, months after then-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and four others were indicted for their roles in a $60 million bribery scheme secretly funded by FirstEnergy to win passage of the bailout bill. But the coal plant subsidy has been tougher to eliminate. The two plants were built in the 1950s to provide power to a uranium enrichment facility in Pike County, but the contract with the U.S. Department of Energy ended in 2003 and OVEC began selling power to the regional power grid. The rise of cheaper and abundant natural gas helped make the plants unprofitable. The state's utility watchdog at one point said the coal plant subsidy was worse than the one for the nuclear plants, because it helped sustain plants whose electricity wasn't needed and that pollute the air.
Winnipeg Free Press
30-04-2025
- Business
- Winnipeg Free Press
Lawmakers pass energy bill ending Ohio ratepayer charges that subsidize two unprofitable coal plants
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — After years of attempts, Ohio lawmakers voted Wednesday to end the subsidy for two unprofitable Cold War-era coal plants that had cost Ohio ratepayers nearly $400,000 a day, after they were tucked into the tainted energy bill at the center of the largest corruption scandal in state history. House Bill 15 would put an immediate end to the 'legacy generation rider' for the two Ohio Valley Electric Corp. plants contained in House Bill 6, which dates back to 2019. The provision was part of a larger overhaul intended to modernize Ohio energy policy. The Ohio Senate passed its version of the legislation in a rare unanimous vote Wednesday, before sending it back to the Ohio House. The lower chamber approved Senate changes to the House version 94-2. The bill goes next to Gov. Mike DeWine, whose office said he is reviewing the amended measure. State Rep. Casey Weinstein, a Hudson Democrat, praised the measure's passage, calling the end of the 'bailout' of the two coal two plants — one in southern Ohio, one in Madison, Indiana, southwest of Cincinnati — a huge win for consumers. 'It was an outrageous misuse of public funds — sending hundreds of thousands of dollars a day to an aging coal plant in Indiana,' he said in a statement. 'Putting an end to that is a victory for ratepayers across the state.' The bill also requires utilities to routinely come in for rate cases and justify how they spend ratepayer-collected money; creates a permissive school energy efficiency loan program to reduce energy costs for public schools; and codifies that consumers must receive refunds for improper charges. Ohio Manufacturing Association President Ryan Augsburger said repealing the uneconomical subsidies and other charges and creating energy 'heat maps' that visually depict energy usage patterns will allow manufacturers to operate more efficiently. 'Ohio has an abundance of natural resources, a strong workforce, world-class educational institutions and now the foundation for a nationally leading energy industry,' he said in a statement. 'Now is the time for Ohio's energy system to pull ahead and attract new generation, bringing with it new economic investments.' The OVEC subsidy was a late addition to the measure passed Wednesday, which initially focused on a $1 billion bailout for two nuclear power plants owned by a then-subsidiary of Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp. It was to have been collected through Ohioans' electric bills through 2030. The Legislature repealed the nuclear plant subsidy contained in the bill in 2021, months after then-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and four others were indicted for their roles in a $60 million bribery scheme secretly funded by FirstEnergy to win passage of the bailout bill. But the coal plant subsidy has been tougher to eliminate. The two plants were built in the 1950s to provide power to a uranium enrichment facility in Pike County, but the contract with the U.S. Department of Energy ended in 2003 and OVEC began selling power to the regional power grid. The rise of cheaper and abundant natural gas helped make the plants unprofitable. The state's utility watchdog at one point said the coal plant subsidy was worse than the one for the nuclear plants, because it helped sustain plants whose electricity wasn't needed and that pollute the air.
