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Ohio House OKs $210M to expand broadband internet to underserved areas Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland.com
COLUMBUS, Ohio Legislation to provide $210 million in state grants to expand high-speed internet access around the state sailed through the Ohio House of Representatives on Thursday.
House Bill 2, which now heads to the Ohio Senate, aims to help parts of the state where it’s currently cost-prohibitive for telecommunications companies to extend high-speed (or, in many cases, any) internet service. The bill would mostly help rural areas, proponents said, though they added that the grants would help Ohioans in every legislative district in the state.
Former Ohio GOP Chairwoman Jane Timken is joining the race to replace retiring Sen. Rob Portman
Timken was widely expected to make a run for Portman’s seat. Prior to launching her campaign, she resigned from her role at the Ohio Republican Party and hired a handful of Portman’s former campaign aides, most notably Corry Bliss, who managed the senator s successful 2016 reelection bid.
Timken announced her candidacy in a video that leaned heavily on former President Trump
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“We can’t let America become a socialist country,” she says in the roughly two-minute video. “I’m running for the United States Senate to stand up for you. Just like when I stood next to President Trump and supported his America-first agenda.”