Infastructure

Ohio's Democratic U.S. Senator said talks are going well, so the next step in President Biden's economic agenda will come up for a vote in short order.

Portman calls on Democratic leaders to bring the smaller of two infrastructure bills up for a vote now.

The U.S. senator says Ohio could get $12 billion from the plan.

The Senate has approved a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, but hurdles remain and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday announced his resignation amid a raft of scandal. We round up the national political scene with veteran political journalist Ken Rudin.

Amid cranes and heavy trucks, new buildings are sprouting up along the west side of Ohio State’s campus. It’s part of new innovation district meant to spur jobs in the STEM field.

After lots of back and forth, Ohio’s Republican U.S. Senator said he thinks the bipartisan infrastructure deal he’s been working on with President Biden’s administration will happen.

Despite the failed vote, a broad group of senators said they "are close to a final agreement."

Ohio Senator Rob Portman, who helped negotiate a nearly trillion-dollar bipartisan infrastructure bill, said a proposal to strengthen IRS enforcement to raise money to help pay for the bill's spending is officially off the table.

Members from the U.S. Conference of Mayors met in Columbus Tuesday to discuss the future of the organization, including the support of the federal bipartisan infrastructure plan.

Lancaster Mayor David Scheffler joined others from the Ohio Mayors Alliance pushing congress to pass a federal infrastructure plan revealed last week.