Moreno Targets Data Center Tax Breaks

U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, said he plans to introduce legislation that would impose a 100% federal tax on any state or local tax break given to a data center.

Floated at the Ohio Energy Affordability Summit in Columbus, the plan wouldn’t stop states or cities from offering incentives. It would erase the benefit by clawing the money back federally.

Moreno has pressed the point before, urging the Carlyle Group in March to return a $4.5 million state tax break for an Akron data center expansion that promised 10 jobs.

Ohio has committed $2.5 billion to data center projects, and Gov. Mike DeWine paused new incentives in May after 2025 costs ran $1.4 billion above projections.

Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, mentioned data centers once in his summit remarks and left without taking questions. His office didn’t say whether he backs it; Husted faces Democrat Sherrod Brown in November.

Acton Returns to Trail After Attack

Amy Acton, the Democrats’ nominee for Ohio governor, stopped to help two people having medical emergencies at Cleveland’s Labor Day parade Monday.

A day earlier, Patrick Havas, 38, of Canfield forced his way through a crowd toward Acton at the Canfield Fair, knocking two older adults down, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said. Acton, a physician and Ohio’s former health director, wasn’t hurt and stayed to help one of the injured.

Troopers recovered two handguns and a Taser after arresting Havas, though the Mahoning County Sheriff’s Office said no weapon was drawn or taken from its holster. He was booked on two counts of assault and one count of disorderly conduct.

Republican nominee Vivek Ramaswamy called the incident “completely unacceptable” and said candidates should be able to meet voters without fear of violence. Gov. Mike DeWine said the threat of violence at political events is never acceptable.

Ohio Kindergarten Scores Hit Record

A record share of Ohio children arrived at kindergarten ready to learn last fall, with 7,600 more testing ready than the year before.

Nearly 105,000 kindergartners took the state’s readiness assessment, and about 17,000 more than the previous year scored on track in language and literacy, according to the Ohio Department of Children and Youth.

State officials credit the science of reading, the phonics-based instruction Ohio now requires, reaching childcare centers and not just classrooms. Nearly 79% of teachers in Ohio’s public districts and community schools have finished the state’s science of reading training.

The state also eased restrictions on childcare programs using a teaching curriculum. And free books appear to help: the Ohio Governor’s Imagination Library, run with Dolly Parton’s program, mails a book a month to children from birth to age 5.

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➤ Statewide: The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce cut the list of career credentials that count toward a high school diploma from 164 to 70, dropping retail and emergency-management certificates thousands of students earn each year. (See Details)

➤ Statewide: A ban on buying sugary drinks with SNAP benefits, set to start Oct. 1, is on hold. The USDA asked Ohio to wait while it publishes a Federal Register notice and takes public comment. No new start date has been set. (More)

➤ West Chester: Lakota Local Schools stopped stationing staff at crosswalks at three elementary schools, saying aides aren’t certified to direct traffic on public roads. Parents, notified about 48 hours before classes began, are trying to organize volunteers to cover the crossings. (More)

➤ Howland: A free-toy promotion at a 7 Brew drive-thru backed up Niles-Cortland Road in both directions on Labor Day, with cars queued several buildings from the store. The chain offered a squishy “Brew Doh” with the purchase of two drinks. (See Video)

➤ Middletown: City council pledged another $5.4 million in credit toward bond payments for the Event Center at Renaissance Pointe, on top of $25 million already committed by the city and Warren County. Construction on the $126 million arena is expected to start November. (See Details)

➤ Columbus: JB Ohio Auto Sale Owner John Bojorquez, 35, pleaded guilty in federal court to trafficking counterfeit goods after importing at least 44 fake Honda airbags from China in boxes labeled “desktop night lights.” He faces up to 10 years. (See Details)

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➤ Bengals players voted seven captains for 2026: Joe Burrow, Ja’Marr Chase, and Ted Karras on offense; DJ Turner II, Dexter Lawrence II, and Bryan Cook on defense; Evan McPherson on special teams. Lawrence and Cook are first-year Bengals. Cincinnati hosts Tampa Bay on Sunday. (More)

➤ The Cleveland Guardians lost 6-4 at Baltimore on Monday after Joey Cantillo walked five and hit two batters in 2 1/3 innings. Nathaniel Lowe’s pinch-hit three-run homer in the ninth wasn’t enough, and the Orioles moved within three games of the Guardians for the final AL wild card. (More)

➤ Elly De La Cruz hit his 24th home run and Eugenio Suárez his 22nd, but the Cincinnati Reds lost 6-3 at the Dodgers on Monday and fell to 69-75. Dodgers starter Emmet Sheehan struck out 10 in his first major league appearance since Aug. 2. (More)

➤ Hamilton honored the West Side Little League Monday with a Corvette parade from the league’s Eaton Avenue complex to Marcum Park. The 12-year-olds finished fourth in the world. (See Details)

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➤ Ohio Attorney General Andrew Wilson sued J. Peterman, a Blue Ash catalog retailer that inspired the “Seinfeld” character, alleging it took payments without delivering orders and denied refunds. The August filing says the retail business is no longer operating; its websites and phone lines are down. (See Details)

➤ University Hospitals is spending $6 million to reconfigure UH Parma Medical Center’s emergency department, add a helipad, and expand capacity by 25%. The ER treated more than 38,000 patients in 2024. Phase 1 is underway. (More)

➤ Fun City Adventure Park, a trampoline and ropes-course chain, has opened inside part of a former Kroger on Princeton Glendale Road in West Chester, a building empty since the grocer moved about a mile away in 2019. (More)

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A Drone Expert Is Making Flying Cars Real

In 2016, after years working on military drones, Doron Merdinger began sketching a flying car. He saw how quickly the tech had advanced and believed people would soon fly from driveways. So he built Doroni.

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When FOX Business saw the showroom model get unveiled in March, they called it “the ‘flying car’ set to revolutionize personal air travel.” 

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➤ Jimmie “Bengal Jim” Foster has thrown Cincinnati’s longest-running tailgate since 1993, when it was a charcoal grill and a cooler. His Before the Roar party now draws 2,500 to 5,000 people to Lot E and Smale Park and is nearing $1 million raised for charity since 2019. (Read Story)

➤ A Springfield woman is donating her 50-year-old night-blooming cereus to Franklin Park Conservatory in Columbus, which plans to use it in children’s programs. Nikki Heath grew it from her grandmother’s cutting; it took 40 years to flower and bloomed 15 times last year, each flower lasting one night. (Read Story)

➤ A remembrance ceremony is set for 10 a.m. Friday at the Gibsonburg 9/11 memorial, 25 years after the attacks. New York City firefighter Matt Long, who responded on Sept. 11, 2001, will be the guest speaker at the memorial, built around a 36-foot piece of the World Trade Center’s north tower antenna. (More)

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Which Ohio mammal should appear on the 2027 Wildlife Legacy Stamp?

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2. Bobcat: 24%
3. River otter: 19%
4. Black bear: 10%
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