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Abortion, Guns, Energy Among Lame-Duck Topics In Ohio
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Abortion, guns and other hot-button topics are expected to dominate Statehouse debate during the final weeks of the two-year legislative session.
A number of proposals are queued up for possible action before legislators wrap up business in mid-December.
Among them is a ban on abortions after the 20-week mark, expanded concealed-carry access and a financial remedy for the state’s struggling unemployment compensation system.
Lawmakers also face a year-end deadline to resolve an impasse with Republican Gov. John Kasich over Ohio’s suspended clean-energy targets.
Other proposals under consideration would impose limits on minimum-wage increases at the local level, stiffen pet store regulations and send a new commission to set pay levels for elected public officials to voters.
Floor sessions resume Tuesday, with business likely to conclude by Dec. 8.