Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
Local Government
Ohio lawmakers passed HB 519 on Sept. 30, suspending the state's 38.5-cent gas tax and 47-cent diesel tax for 90 days, with $725 million from the general fund replacing lost road revenue. Gov. DeWine is expected to sign it Thursday, Oct. 1.
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Flock Safety license plate reader cameras remain active in Evendale, Sharonville, Springdale and Woodlawn as Monroe City Council voted Sept. 22 to shut down its system, joining a growing list of tri-state communities cutting ties with the surveillance technology.
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Ohio lawmakers are set to reconvene Sept. 30 to vote on a 90-day suspension of the state's 38.5-cent gas tax and 47-cent diesel tax, a move that could lower fuel costs for Sharonville, Springdale, Evendale and Woodlawn commuters but would strip $640 million to $700 million from road-maintenance funding.
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Springdale City Council voted 7-0 on Sept. 2 to support a state brownfield grant application for demolishing the former Tri-County Mall and to extend a related TIF agreement, while also opening a redistricting discussion and hearing a county children's services levy briefing.
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Sharonville, Evendale, Woodlawn and Springdale residents must register or update their voter registration by Monday, Oct. 5, ahead of the Nov. 3 general election.
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Sharonville City Council took up a resolution consenting to a Hamilton County Enterprise Zone agreement that would bring Baker Construction Enterprises' headquarters and 216 employees to the city, alongside an emergency ordinance to seek state infrastructure funds for the Creekview Culvert Repair Project.
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Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy returned to Evendale Elementary, the school he attended as a child, for a personal interview with WCPO alongside his wife Apoorva, discussing family roots and the issues driving his campaign for Ohio governor.
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Republican Zac Haines and Democrat Cara Jacob will compete for the open Ohio Senate District 7 seat covering Sharonville after term-limited Sen. Steve Wilson's departure, with early voting starting Oct. 6.
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Gov. Mike DeWine signed legislation designating a portion of East Kemper Road between Tri-County Parkway and Lebanon Road as the Patrolman Earl W. Casterline Memorial Highway, honoring a 25-year-old patrolman killed in the line of duty in October 1953.
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Gov. Mike DeWine formally asked President Trump on Sept. 2 to declare a Presidential Major Disaster for 23 Ohio counties, including Hamilton County, which could unlock FEMA individual assistance grants for corridor residents still recovering from August storm damage.
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Hamilton County EMHSA is asking residents to complete an anonymous preparedness survey by Monday, Sept. 21, that will shape the county's 2028 Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan after a summer of damaging storms and flooding.
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Springdale City Council takes up a resolution Wednesday night backing a state brownfield remediation grant application to help demolish the former Tri-County Mall at 11700 Princeton Pike, along with a TIF extension and redistricting discussion.
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