COLUMBUS, Ohio -Gov. Mike DeWine signed the state’s two-year, $60 billion budget, which includes a new $10 million child care cost-sharing initiative. DeWine signed the budget bill at 11:15 p.m.
The Department of Health and Human Services' budget request for the 2026 fiscal year consolidates the department's 28 divisions to 15 to make way for a new "institution of public health." The new ...