A shakeup is coming to the Ohio General Assembly in January.
The state will have a new Democratic governor (Dr. Amy Acton), several ousted Republican incumbents and there's no longer a GOP supermajority.
But first, there's a lame-duck session. How will lawmakers respond to voters' concerns in the few weeks that remain?
How will lawmakers pass meaningful data center legislation even as communities take matters into their own hands?
How will affordability issues be addressed?
Will Republican lawmakers try to thwart Amy Acton's powers?
U.S. Senator-elect Sherrod Brown could return to D.C. as soon as December.
We're talking about it all on this week's edition of the Reporter Roundtable.
Guests:
- Jeremy Pelzer, chief politics reporter, Cleveland.com
- Haley BeMiller, state government and politics reporter, Columbus Dispatch
- Andrew Tobias, state government and politics reporter, Signal Ohio