Governor Mike DeWine signed that order on Sunday as he began his second term. He cited concerns that personal information and business data collected by those platforms may be shared with the Chinese government. The order prohibits state agencies, boards, and commissions from using social media platforms whose owners are in China.

Press Release from the Office of Governor Mike DeWine: (COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced today that he is appointing Hamilt…

It consists of a chief executive or their appointed representative, chief fiscal officer, chief legal officer, and a community representative appointed by the chief executive. The City of Lima's records commission meets twice a year to handle any requests for the disposal of department records and to provide the rules for both the retention and disposal of records.

In the August election, local Republicans and Democrats can vote on races for the state representative, state senate, and central committee races. The second primary was needed after the Ohio Supreme Court rejected five sets of maps drawn by the Ohio Redistricting Commission. A federal court ruled that the August second primary would proceed with the 3rd set of maps that the commission drew.

Senator Matt Huffman explains, “We’re obviously trying to complete the work of the commission to the extent that we can with the somewhat constrictive parameters that we have from the various courts. A lot is going on. We have a guy that knows much or more about redistricting than I do is Senator Rob McColley and that’s why I wanted to make sure we made this change and it’s a good one.” 

Democrats on the Ohio Redistricting Commission are pushing hard to get a set of 10-year legislative maps passed that reflect the state's partisan breakdown. After 90 minutes of sharp back-and-forth, Republicans who control the panel voted unanimously to reject it. The drama unfolded Thursday as a court-imposed midnight deadline nears. Now late today, Ohio Senate President Matt Huffman issued a statement pinning the blame on Democrats on the redistricting commission

The seven-member commission began the process to redraw the 99 Ohio House districts and the 33 Ohio Senate districts. The statewide voting breakdown for Ohio is around 54% Republican and 46% Democratic and the Ohio Supreme Court says the new maps should reflect the same percentage of seats in the Ohio House. If the new maps have bipartisan support in the commission, the districts will remain that way for 10 years, if it doesn’t the maps the commission will be up for change again in four years.

Last week, the Ohio Supreme Court rejected the state Senate and House maps, saying the recently drawn maps were unconstitutional under the state's anti-gerrymandering rules. The supreme court orders say the seven-member commission has until the end of day on January 24th to redraw the maps. The Ohio Supreme Court also rejected the latest congressional map on Friday and has given state lawmakers 30 days to rework that map, and if they can't, the redistricting commission has another 30 days to create a map for the 15 congressional districts.

The Allen County Commissioners officially approved the county budget for 2022 on Tuesday afternoon. All three commissioners voted in approval of the $31.8 million budget.