> As we wrote earlier this month, the Ohio Senate approved a version of the budget containing an amendment that would have forced existing municipal broadband services to shut down and prevented the formation of new public networks. The proposed law was reportedly "inserted without prior public discussion," and no state senator publicly sponsored the amendment.
> It was approved in a party-line vote as Democrats opposed the restrictions in municipal broadband.
> It was approved in a party-line vote as Democrats opposed the restrictions in municipal broadband.