Ohio House votes to tighten punishments, help others to seal convictions: Capitol letter

Right -wing: Ohio, Attorney General T. Elliot Gaiser, brought his case to the office of the Ministry of Justice of the US Justice Ministry on Wednesday before the Senate Justice Committee, who carried out a hearing on Gaiser and three other candidates, writes Sabrina Eaton. The lawyer of the General Prosecutor withdraws the office in which the native Cleveland gives the President and all executive sectors of legal advice to the President and all executive sectors and gives his own written opinions and advice in response to inquiries from executive industry. Democrats in the committee have grilled Gaiser for his previous criticism of Trump and questions for which he could possibly be asked for legal advice, including Trump's acceptance of a catar.

Investigated: US Senator Bernie Moreno wants a complete investigation by the federal government of a 24-year-old man from Venezuela, who spent the 16-year-old and spent more than a year as a student at the Perrysburg high school. On Wednesday, Moreno wrote in a letter in which the secretary of the home protection authority Kristi Noem and Kash Patel, Kash Patel, fully examined the “terrible situation” and all the rightful measures to enforce our federal immigration and the criminal law against an alleged Venezolan illegal questioning, adults who may have been completely examined against the state government authorities.

Take pages: The team Neo, the workers' development partner of Northeast Ohio with the state, remains neutral as to whether the Cleveland Browns should stay in the city center or move to Brook Park. Rich Exner writes that just a few hours after the partnership of Greater Cleveland – the region's Chamber of Commerce – had approved the move to Brook Park. “The conclusion is this -whether the browns stay in Cleveland or play in Brook Park with a renovation of the Cleveland Lakefront property in Cleveland Lakefront, it will be an economic development,” said the Neo -CEO team from Neo, Matt Dolan, in a statement published on Tuesday evening. The legislators of the state discuss how (and whether) $ 600 million for the stadium.

Reader reaction: Should Ohio set the taxation of tips? House Bill 209 received his first hearing this week, but most subtext subscribers from Cleveland.com are not on board. Many expressed concerns that this could lead to lower wages, less tips or new tax gaps for the rich. However, national surveys show strong support from two parties. Anna Staver breaks off.

Special plate: Ohio offers a new special license plate that promotes the 988 self -murder and crisis rescue line. Haley Bemiller writes in the Cincinnati Enquirer that every plate sold will generate 25 US dollars for the Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation to pay programs to help those who have to deal with mental health or suicide.

Start canceled: A NASA project on which researchers at Ohio State University have worked is now in the Bundeshackklotz. Sheridan Hendrix writes in Columbus shipping that the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, the next flagship -ostrophysics mission of NASA, is 90% completed, but the administration of President Donald Trump threatens to ax the project to reduce the federal budget. The state of Ohio has dedicated three faculties in management positions for the mission, while two others worked in cooperation with IT. These faculty members also have student researchers who are working on the project.

Everyone is talking, no voice: Vice President JD Vance advocated his half-brother Cory Bowman in Cincinnatis Mayor's area code on May 6th in the race. Vance is registered to be absent, but public records from Hamilton County have shown that he did not do this. When asked why the Vice President had skipped the election, Bowman told the Cincinnati Enquirer: “I have no information or comments.” Bowman will compete against Mayor Aftab Pureval in November.

Complete disclosure

Here are five things that we have learned from May 15, 2025, Ethics, a submitted Republican Rob McColley Rob McColley, a Republican of Henry County, about his finances from 2024:

1. In addition to its legislative content of 2024 of USD $ 102,000.60, McColley earned between 10,000 and 24,999 US dollars for the law firm Clemens, Korhn, Lining & Warncke last year. He also earned between 1,000 and 9,999 US dollars as an independent contractor for the Northwest Ohio lawyers.

2. McColley's trip reimbursements last year comprised $ 1,851.86 from the project of honest choice, a conservative group that was adopted for the legislation that was adopted in the special meeting in special sessions in order to ban non-US citizens to a contribution to nationwide ballot campaigns.

3. He had, among others, in Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Tesla, Wendy and Wingstop in 2024.

4. He was a member of Screaming Eagles Investments, LLC and Bidero LLC, two companies through which he has a trustee or financial responsibility.

5. He visited three dinner of the Ohio Business Roundtable last year, a nationwide business group with members from Ohio's largest companies. The dinner had a total value of $ 235.56.

On the way

On Friday, May 23rd, Vice President JD Vance will take the Naval Academy class in the final and commissioning of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

Directly from the source

“Ohio, the heart of everything – or Ohio, the heart of all corruption.”

-The Rep. Bride Rose Sweeney, a Westlake democrat, spoke on Wednesday at a press conference of Ohio Statehouse about the anti-corruption legislation that she and other Haus Democrats present.

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