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Catching Our Eye News Roundup, Aug. 5, 2026

The Ohio burgee. (Getty images file photo.)Every morning in the Ohio Capital Journalโ€™s free newsletter,ย The Eye-Opener, we round up the news and commentary from across Ohio and around the country and world that is catching our attention. We call this feature Catching Our Eye, republished here. Pleaseย subscribe to our free daily newsletterย to get all the…

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Ohio General Assembly members propose sweeping bill to regulate data center development

An Amazon Web Services data center is shown situated near single-family homes. (Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images)Last week, a group of legislators in the Ohio House of Representatives introduced a far-reaching bill to regulate data center development across the state of Ohio. In the face of concerns about the environmental, aesthetic, and public finance ramifications…

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Passing legislation the lame-duck way is just so much easier than regular Ohio lawmaking with hearings

Wednesday, June 10, was to have been the Ohio General Assemblyโ€™s last session before its summer recess. But an anticipated data-center deal on House Bill 646 — that the Ohio Senate had already informally passed to address data centersโ€™ excessive tax breaks — fell apart at the last minute when a number of House Republicans…

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