Ohio joins effort backing I-73, a proposed northwest-to-southeast highway: Capitol Letter

Rotunda Rumblings

Highway 73 revisited: Ohio is examining ways to put underdeveloped parts of the state on the road to prosperity by constructing a new interstate highway, Sabrina Eaton writes . It’s joining a decades-long effort to create a new interstate highway that would connect Michigan to South Carolina, stitching together existing roadways and planned construction across six states into a transportation corridor that could reshape regional economic development.

Sunset for EPA money: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to terminate $7 billion in grants for solar projects across the country halts nearly a quarter billion dollars of planned investment in renewable energy across the state of Ohio, Peter Krouse reports . It also means thousands of low-income or di