Ohio Lawmakers Put the Future of E-Check in the Hands of the Trump Administration

Ohio lawmakers put the future of E-Check in the hands of the Trump Administration

The Ohio budget may be over 5,000 pages, but its a 61-word run-on sentence that is capturing the attention of Northeast Ohio motorists. The budget opens the door for the Trump Administration to end Ohios E-Check program, should the Environmental Protection Agency sign off on it.The sentence reads if the United States environmental protection agency determines that the motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program implemented in accordance wit…

Trump requests 93% cut to Appalachian Regional Commission. Ohio would take a huge hit.

Sunrise over the Appalachian Mountains. (Stock photo from Getty Images.)The Appalachian region in Ohio and elsewhere is bracing for a big hit as President Donald Trump proposed a 93% cut to funding for the Appalachian Regional Commission. The proposal is included in a discretionary budget, a year-to-year funding proposal that is different than the mandatory funding included in the recently passed Trump-Republican megabill. In the discretionary b…

Trump requests 93% cut to Appalachian Regional Commission | The Highland County Press

Ohio’s 32 Appalachian counties wrap from the southwestern edge of the state, all the way around the eastern border, from Clermont County up to Ashtabula County. Of those, Scioto, Athens, and Noble County are considered by the commission to be economically “distressed,” with 15 other counties considered “at risk,” including Highland, Adams, Pike, Vinton, Jackson, Lawrence, Gallia, Morgan, Monroe, Guernsey, Coshocton, Jefferson, Mahoning, Trumbull…