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Committee members in the Ohio House of Representatives this week heard from lawmakers sponsoring a bill that would require citizenship status be added to the list of other demographic data certain agencies collect from the residents they encounter. House Bill 42 would require law enforcement agencies, the departments of Rehabilitation and Correction, Education and Workforce, [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — China retaliated against President Donald Trump’s tariffs with an additional 15 percent tax on key American farm products, including chicken, pork, soybeans and beef. The Chinese tariffs, announced last week, were a response to Trump’s decision to double the levy on Chinese imports to 20 percent on March 4. China’s Commerce Ministry [...]
ATLANTA (AP) — The Trump administration has cut millions of dollars in federal funding from two cybersecurity initiatives, including one dedicated to helping state and local election officials. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, known as CISA, has ended about $10 million in annual funding to the nonprofit Center for Internet Security, a CISA [...]
A Lancaster state lawmaker has introduced a bill proposing legislative oversight of executive action relating to unplanned obligations on voluntary federal unemployment compensation programs, such as the pandemic-related expansion of unemployment benefits for more than a year, which began in early 2020. “Simply put, if the federal government comes to Ohio offering major changes to [...]
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has joined 15 other state attorneys general in urging Congress to expand access to E15 gasoline. In a letter to Congress, the attorneys general support passage of the Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2025, legislation that would permanently give all states equal, year-round access to E15 gas [...]
BEIJING (AP) — China has announced retaliatory tariffs on some Canadian farm and food imports, after Canada imposed duties in October on Chinese-made electric vehicles and steel and aluminum products. The new duties become effective March 20, according to a statement by the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council. Additional 100 percent tariffs will [...]
The Ohio Department of Development this week announced the launch of CyberSECURE, a program designed to help small businesses strengthen their cybersecurity and prepare for upcoming changes in federal contracting requirements, according to department officials. “We’ve seen firsthand the devastating impact cyberattacks can have on hardworking businesses, putting their operations and bottom line at risk,” [...]
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Facing projections of spiking energy demand, some states are seeking ways to build new power plants faster as policymakers say they’re increasingly concerned about protecting their residents and economies from rising electric bills, power outages and other consequences of falling behind Big Tech in a race for electricity. Some states are [...]
GENEVA (AP) — The World Trade Organization chief urged America’s global trading partners to listen to American concerns about tariffs and engage in dialogue with Washington rather than embrace tit-for-tat measures on tariffs. WTO Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said it’s important for trade partners not to panic but to embrace dialogue in reaction to President [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning a reorganization that includes cutting more than 80,000 jobs from the agency that provides health care for retired military members, according to an internal memo obtained by The Associated Press. The VA’s chief of staff, Christopher Syrek, informed top-level agency officials of the objective to [...]