Rotunda Rumblings
Pitch for betting ban: Governor Mike DeWine urged the Ohio Casino Control Commission to outlaw prop bets that are personalized to a player. This follows Major League Baseball’s announcement that it is looking into allegations of sports betting by Cleveland Guardians pitchers Luis Ortiz and Emmanuel Clase. According to Laura Hancock, the Casino Control Commission outlawed collegiate athletes’ prop bets in February.
School cash: The Trump administration said that it will release approximately $7 billion in school funds that it had previously suspended for Ohio and other states. The sum in Ohio is less than $114 million compared to the previous year. The funds support student-helping programs like technological upgrades, English language instruction, and teacher professional development.To help people find out how much money their local district or charter school is anticipated to receive, Hancock developed a searchable tool.
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A dealer took her car, then Ohio woman turned the tables
Repo reversal: A Lima lady registered the dealer’s trade name with the Ohio Secretary of State in retaliation against the auto dealership that had repossessed her Kia. Tiah McCreary purchased it after learning that Taylor Kia of Lima had let its registration to lapse. A cease-and-desist letter was then sent. According to Anna Staver, an appeals court has decided that the issue should be heard in trial court, despite the dealership’s efforts to have the matter sent to arbitration.
California Governor Gavin Newsom attacked Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday for allegedly gerrymandering California’s congressional districts, citing what he claimed was Republican hypocrisy in the face of President Donald Trump’s attempts to redraw Texas maps in his party’s favor, according to Raw Story. Newsom said, “Try again, dumb dumb,” in a social media post on X that was aimed at Vance. It included a map of the US with the most gerrymandered states marked in green—nearly all of which were under Republican control. Vance had referred to California’s district layout earlier Wednesday as “outrageous,” claiming that only nine of the state’s fifty-two congressional districts are represented by Republicans, accounting for 17% of their congressional delegation, even though Republicans consistently receive 40% of the vote in that state.
Violent threats: According to a House Republican official who spoke to NBC News, federal investigators this week detained and charged an Ohio man with threatening to kill Representative Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, over possible Medicaid cuts.According to a criminal complaint filed in federal court Tuesday, the suspect, identified by the FBI as Jeffrey Dorsey, 60, of Dayton, left a roughly 90-second voicemail filled with profanity on the main line of a lawmaker’s office in Washington, D.C., last month. Although the member of Congress was not identified in court records, a Republican staffer in the House attested to the fact that it was Jordan. Dorsey is being held till his detention hearing on Friday. Interstate communications with a threat of injury is the charge against him.
Buckeye Brain Tease
Who was Ohio’s most recent governor to wear a beard while in office?
Send an email to [email protected] with your response. The newsletter for the following week will highlight the first accurate respondent.
We appreciate everyone who responded to our final trivia question: In 2024, which Ohio city, village, or township had the highest property taxes?
The Montgomery County township of Harrison
Reader of the Capitol Letter BT Strategies Group lobbyist Danny Hurley was the first to email with the right answer.
On the Move
Attorney General Dave Yost has appointed Mathura Sridharan as Ohio’s 12th solicitor general. When departing solicitor general T. Elliot Gaiser takes the oath of office as head of the U.S. Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel next month, Sridharan, who has served as deputy solicitor general since 2021, will assume the position.
The Columbus Dispatch reports that Who’s Who In Black Columbus will present U.S. Representative Joyce Beatty, a Democrat from Columbus, with a Lifetime Achievement Award.
Birthdays
Friday, August 1st: Kenny Yuko, former Ohio Senate Minority Leader; Brea Frey, Ohio House payroll assistant/attendance officer
Saturday, August 2: Craig Forbes, chief operations officer of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services; Vice President J.D. Vance
State Representative Steve Demetriou’s legislative assistant, Brandon Agnew; State Senator Bob Hackett; and State Representative Lauren McNally’s legislative assistant, Michaela Burriss, on Sunday, August 3.
Straight from the Source
In addition to taking my responsibilities as mayor extremely seriously, I also take my roles as a father and husband very seriously.
Following news of a highly publicized street fight in downtown Cincinnati last weekend, Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval spoke with the Cincinnati Enquirer about taking a long-planned family vacation to Vancouver. Pureval, who has come under fire for being absent during the fight’s aftermath, announced that he would shorten his vacation and head back to Cincinnati on Thursday night.
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