Ohio Muni Broadband Ban Removed From Budget, Say Localities
An Ohio legislative conference committee scrapped a municipal broadband ban from the proposed state budget Monday, Ice Miller attorney Jessica Voltolini told us. The House and Senate planned to vote on the conference report later that evening, said the local…
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government attorney. Localities were gearing up to sue Ohio unless lawmakers discarded the proposed ban (see 2106180013). Fairlawn, Ohio, Public Service Director Ernie Staten praised local rallying around the issue. “Municipalities only enter the broadband space when forced to by the inaction of the private sector,” he said.