Early voting for the March 6 primary is underway in all 88 counties running through March 2. And an election-related law that's headed for the fall ballot was a big topic of discussion at the annual Associated Press Political Preview - or more specifically, it was what had been said about that ballot issue to take back House Bill 194 that had elected officials from both parties talking.
What is arguably one of the biggest events of the year in state government is less than a week away. And this year, the Governor's State of the State speech will be held not here at the Statehouse but 150 miles away in Steubenville, on the Ohio River and the West Virginia border. Jason Wilson, a former Democratic state Senator from Columbiana County and now the head of the Governor's Office of Appalachia, talks about what he expects to hear in the speech and what it means to be hosting it in Appalachian Ohio.
A transportation agency panel has voted unanimously to push back some major road work projects for years - and in some cases, decades - because there isn't enough money to finish them. But this vote isn't the final word on the issue, because the agency has opened a 45-day written comment period. ODOT director Jerry Wray defends the decision to delay some projects, while House Minority Leader Armond Budish (D-Beachwood) says he wants more information about how ODOT spends its money and that he's concerned that it's a setup to lease the Ohio Turnpike.
