Rotunda Rumblings

Rural health : Billions in new federal rural health dollars are headed to Ohio, but lawmakers disagree on who should get them. House Speaker Matt Huffman says the money should go only to small, independent hospitals, while Democrats argue major systems like the Cleveland Clinic should qualify if they serve rural patients. Anna Staver reports that the federal government will release funding guidelines Monday.

Backing off: Gov. Mike DeWine vowed last year that if Ohio voters rejected the Issue 1 redistricting measure, he would do “everything” he could to push through a redistricting reform plan based on the state of Iowa’s system -- if not via the state legislature, then by going to Ohio voters directly. But as Jeremy Pelzer reports , even though Issue 1 failed,

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