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Catching Our Eye

• Infrastructure. The Statehouse News Bureau’s Karen Kasler reports, “$3.7B budget funding state infrastructure, local projects in Ohio goes to DeWine.”

The $3.7 billion capital improvements budget that provides money for infrastructure and state and local projects is expected to pass in the Ohio House today and head to Gov. Mike DeWine. House Bill 450 puts state money toward building and renovating K-12 schools, universities and state facilities; improvements at state parks and local arts and cultural sites; and to update services.

• Nursing homes. Cleveland.com’s Mary Frances McGowan reports, “Ohio passes bill to pay nursing homes $875 million after state Supreme Court ruling.”

Ohio lawmakers moved to pay nursing homes $875 million on Wednesday after a state Supreme Court ruling found they were underpaid.

The money was included in an omnibus budget correction bill that now goes to Gov. Mike DeWine for his signature. The $875 million is earmarked for skilled nursing facilities.

• SNAP. The Dayton Daily News’ Samantha Wildow reports, “Ohio House passes SNAP-related bill right after finance committee added Medicaid provisions to the legislation.”

The Ohio House passed a bill related to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) cards right after the Ohio House Finance Committee added regulations to certain Medicaid providers to the bill.

Lawmakers on Wednesday added proposed regulations for certain Medicaid providers from House Bill 795, which never made it past the Ohio Medicaid Committee, to Senate Bill 315, which deals with updating SNAP benefit cards.

• Katelyn’s law. Anthony Shoemaker and Quinlan Bentley report in the Cincinnati Enquirer, “Katelyn’s Law, named for Fairfield woman, passes Ohio House.”

The Ohio House passed Katelyn’s Law on June 10, a bill that would eliminate the statute of limitations for crimes connected to a murder, including abuse of a corpse.

Katelyn Markham, 21, disappeared from her Fairfield home in August 2011. Nearly two years later, a couple collecting cans found her skeletal remains near a creek in Indiana. Her death was ruled a homicide, though the cause of death was never determined.

Her fiancé, John Carter, was charged in 2023 in connection with her death — more than a decade after her remains were discovered. Prosecutors struggled to secure a murder conviction because of limited evidence, and Carter pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter. He was sentenced in July 2024 to three years in prison.