Bryan County News Guest column: 2021 legislative session winds down
By State Sen. Ben Watson, MD.
We have just completed our final calendar week of the 2021 legislative session, and the General Assembly will likely adjourn on Wednesday of this week. All committees have wrapped up their work and have passed out all legislation that will have the opportunity to become law this year.
We have achieved much and with two legislative days remaining, Monday and Wednesday, we are expected to have some long days. We will readjourn later this year for a special session to handle redistricting for our congressional districts and our legislative districts.
Ohio scammed into paying out hundreds of millions in fraudulent pandemic unemployment: Capitol Letter
Updated Feb 04, 2021;
Posted Feb 04, 2021
The state estimates at least $330 million was paid out to fraudsters from April to December. (Ohio Department of Job and Family Services)
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Scam-a-lot: State officials have so far been able to confirm $330 million was paid out to 56,000 fraudulent pandemic unemployment benefits claims filed between April and December, Jeremy Pelzer reports. An additional 2,200 fraudulent overpayments for traditional jobless benefits, totaling $2.3 million, were made between October and December.
If at first you don’t succeed: Gov. Mike DeWine said Monday he plans to try to re-introduce his STRONG Ohio gun-reform package as part of the state budget bill, after his fellow Republicans in the state legislature refused to act on it last session. As Andrew Tobias reports, DeWine told reporters the specifics will appear in t