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It’ll take about $1 billion for the state to pay back the $600 million in bonds to help fund the Cleveland Browns' new stadium and development, but Republican House leaders say it will be money well spent.

The House version of Gov. Mike DeWine's budget doesn't include implementation of the two final years of the bipartisan plan designed to make public K-12 funding in Ohio more fair.

Ohio House Finance committee members will continue to vet the amendments in hearings this week, with a full floor vote tentatively scheduled next Wednesday.

The $11 billion transportation budget is awaiting Gov. Mike DeWine’s signature, after passing both the House and Senate unanimously.

The three Democrats' letter to Republican leaders comes as an amendment has been drafted to add a $600 million bond package for the Cleveland Browns stadium project into the budget.

Columbus City Schools' Superintendent Angela Chapman says under the proposed state budget, the district is set to lose $45 million over the next two school years.

CCS Superintendent Angela Chapman said Gov. Mike DeWine's new funding formula takes into account higher property tax values, but not the increased cost of education.

Mike DeWine will release his two-year state budget Monday - the final spending plan of his two terms as Ohio's governor.

There are some big departures from Gov. Mike DeWine's initial budget, and it passed the committee nearly unanimously.

As expected, House Republicans added an income tax cut and expanded Ohio's EdChoice taxpayer-paid school voucher program.