On June 30, 2025, Governor Mike DeWine signed Amended Substitute House Bill 96 (H.B. 96), establishing Ohio's biennial budget for State fiscal years 2026-2027 (July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2027).

Leon County commissioners reversed themselves on a controversial Comp Plan change that would have allowed more intensive development around environmentally sensitive Lake Jackson, voting to keep the ...