Politic related news.
A central Ohio state lawmaker seeks to protect the property rights of short-term rental operators throughout Ohio with legislation that would prohibit jurisdictions from imposing regulations on such an enterprise. Sen. Andrew Brenner, a Delaware Republican, told members of the Local Government Committee in the Senate that significant regulations have been imposed by municipalities and [...]
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — President Donald Trump last week signed an executive order designed to boost the domestic copper industry by investigating the national security implications of imports and weighing tariffs as a response. From talk of acquiring Greenland and its vast mineral wealth to prodding Ukraine for minerals in exchange for help fending off [...]
A Powell state lawmaker believes the residents of large-population townships such as Orange Township in Delaware County are entitled to improved proportional representation on township trustee boards if the electorate so chooses. Rep. Brian Lorenz said residents in townships with a population of 500 are substantially better represented proportionally by their trustees than individuals from [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Agriculture Department predicts record egg prices could rise more than 40 percent this year, as the Trump administration offered the first new details last week about its plan to battle bird flu and ease costs. With an emphasis on farms tightening their measures to prevent bird flu’s spread, Agriculture Secretary [...]
TOPEKA, Kansas (AP) — Measures in several state legislatures this year have called for new approaches to weaken the power of judges. William Raftery, an analyst at the National Center for State Courts, said the battle between branches of state government for power dates to the earliest years of the United States and that lawmakers [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he plans to offer a “gold card” visa with a path to citizenship for $5 million, replacing a 35-year-old visa for investors. “They’ll be wealthy and they’ll be successful, and they’ll be spending a lot of money and paying a lot of taxes and employing a lot of [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States this week imposed sanctions on dozens of people and oil tankers across China, the United Arab Emirates, India and other jurisdictions for allegedly helping to finance Iran and its support for militant groups that launch attacks against the United States and its allies. The U.S. Treasury and State departments [...]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said it’s critical that the nation be out in front when it comes to artificial intelligence, and that means having reliable and affordable sources of electricity to meet the growing demands of the technology sector. Wright made the comments earlier this week before touring Sandia National [...]
COLUMBUS (AP) — Vivek Ramaswamy, the Cincinnati-born biotech entrepreneur who departed the Department of Government Efficiency initiative on President Donald Trump’s first day, launched his bid for Ohio governor this week with promises to institute work requirements for Medicaid and merit pay for all public school teachers and administrators. Ramaswamy, 39, kicked off his campaign [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — New FBI Director Kash Patel has told senior officials that he plans to relocate up to 1,000 employees from Washington to field offices around the country and move an additional 500 to a large bureau facility in Huntsville, Ala., according to a person with knowledge of the discussions. The plans were communicated [...]