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Groups are working to process petitions signed over the weekend in a final push to collect 414,000 valid signatures by July 5, the deadline to put an abortion amendment on the November ballot.

The two-year state budget is supposed to be passed by both the House and Senate and signed into law by the governor by midnight Friday night, but there are significant differences between the two chamber's spending plans.

The deadline for adopting a new two-year state budget is June 30, but lawmakers can't agree whether they can resolve their differences in time.

The announcement from Amazon Web Services that it will spend $7.8 billion to expand its existing data center operations in Ohio comes a year and a half after Intel revealed a $20 billion computer chip manufacturing project.

Ohio is getting money from the bipartisan infrastructure law passed in 2021, which set up a program to provide federal funds for electric vehicle charging stations in each state.

The Republican-backed resolution to ask voters to change the Ohio constitution in August and require 60% voter approval on future constitutional amendments could come to the House floor next week, but the vote may be close.

A supermajority of Ohio's bipartisan elections officials voted to formally oppose the plan to allow an August special election to vote on the resolution to require 60% voter approval for future constitutional amendments, including one likely in November on reproductive rights.

Senate President Matt Huffman (R-Lima) said he's looking at changes to tax policy and education as his chamber gets the budget from the Ohio House.

The Ohio chapter of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has endorsed the proposed reproductive rights amendment.

In January, Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill to do away with most August special elections, but he now supports bringing back one this summer for a key vote.