Ohio Senate passes $13.5B transportation budget, includes tighter rail safety rules

Ohio Senate OKs transportation budget with rail safety rules

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio senators reacting to the East Palestine train derailment proposed state oversight of wayside detectors that can spot railway defects, among other safety provisions, in a nearly

Ohio Senate approves transportation budget with rail safety rules

Ohio state senators have added more rail safety proposals in response to the East Palestine train derailment.

Senate, House at odds over Ohio transportation budget

(The Center Square) – The Ohio Senate and House, along with Republicans and Democrats, agreed on rail safety issues in the state’s proposed transportation budget. But there were other differences.

Ohio Senate OKs transportation budget with rail safety rules

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio senators reacting to the East Palestine train derailment proposed state oversight of wayside detectors that can spot railway defects, among other safety provisions, in a nearly $13.5 billion transportation budget that passed Thursday with bipartisan support. The proposal will now go to a joint House and Senate conference committee to work out differences, with just one week to go before lawmakers must send the spending…

Ohio Senate passes transportation budget with rail safety rules

The House and Senate must now work out their differences within the next week before sending the legislation to the governor's desk.

Transportation budget clears Ohio Senate, held in Ohio House

The multi-billion-dollar transportation budget, which addresses rail safety and public transportation, cleared the Ohio Senate floor Thursday with all "yea" votes but was held in the Ohio House, receiving 79 “nay” votes.