Gov. Mike DeWine鈥檚 administration is preparing to roll out his first proposed budget, which will likely include several big agenda items.
DeWine says he doesn't plan to drop any big surprises into his budget plan, noting that he's already set into motion several major initiatives, such as supporting early childhood programs and addressing the drug epidemic.
鈥淲e鈥檙e doing a few things at once, it鈥檚 coming along, we鈥檙e at the process now where we鈥檙e asking every agency and every department to give us their kind of their wish list, what do they want,鈥� says DeWine.
The budget process typically dominates the legislative calendar at the Statehouse until it鈥檚 signed, which must happen by June 30.
Because he鈥檚 a newly sworn-in governor, DeWine has until March 15 to deliver his budget proposal to the Ohio General Assembly.
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