Ohio House, Senate budgets eliminate agency tasked with campaign finance oversight

Ohio House, Senate budgets eliminate agency tasked with campaign finance oversight

The Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Graham Stokes for Ohio Capital Journal. Republish photo only with original story.)Ohio’s state Senate has approved a two-year spending plan that eliminates the Ohio Elections Commission. Negotiators from the House and Senate still have a vast array of differences to hammer out, but both chambers advanced proposals that axed the state campaign finance watchdog. Barring a veto by Gov. Mike DeWine, i…

Ohio House, Senate budgets eliminate agency tasked with campaign finance oversight | The Highland County Press

Ohio’s state Senate has approved a two-year spending plan that eliminates the Ohio Elections Commission. Negotiators from the House and Senate still have a vast array of differences to hammer out, but both chambers advanced proposals that axed the state campaign finance watchdog.

Who bankrolled Ohio Issue 2

The Strong Ohio Communities Coalition raised a total of $838,000 for its campaign, including $141,000 detailed in a new report the group filed with the state on Friday. The group spent the money promoting Issue 2, which will allow the state to sell up to $2.5 billion in bonds to fund local infrastructure projects over the next decade after voters overwhelmingly approved it in the May 6 election. The Ohio Construction Information Association – th…