Ohio budget

The House version of the state budget keeps funding for the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services above current levels, but eliminates an increase in funding put in by Gov. Mike DeWine.

The budget discussions top this week’s look at headlines on the Reporters Roundtable.

Senate President Matt Huffman (R-Lima) said he's looking at changes to tax policy and education as his chamber gets the budget from the Ohio House.

There are some big departures from Gov. Mike DeWine's initial budget, and it passed the committee nearly unanimously.

The House Republicans' version of Ohio's two-year spending plan is likely to voted out of committee Wednesday, with a full House vote possible next week.

The proposal in the Ohio budget would require TikTok, YouTube and other social media to get and verify permission from parents for their kids under 16 to use those platforms.

The Ohio House Finance Committee will begin holding hearings this week.

After making progress with education funding, Rep. Emilia Sykes says she and other Democrats didn't want to vote against the budget, but were clear it was not their party's creation.

The provision in the budget that prevents the partnerships might be the end to many voter education and registration efforts, election rights advocations fear.

The provisions that eventually were taken out were among some of the most harmful seen in decades, she says.