On this week's Face the State, we discuss the tech boom coming to New Albany, the rise in homelessness in central Ohio and Jim Jordan's bid for House speaker.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A schism between Ohio's House Republicans appears to only be widening after a rival GOP-contingent sued fellow conservative House Speaker Jason Stephens to seize control of over $1 million in campaign funds.
Stephens supporters have noted that, traditionally, the speaker is the leader of their party caucus, though legal experts previously told The Associated Press that Ohio law does not expressly require the speaker and caucus leader to be the same person. In the lawsuit, Merrin and company said Stephens and LaRe, who is also being sued, hired staff and discussed funding House candidate campaigns, among other alliance business without Plummer's involvement.In a joint statement, Stephens and LaRe called the lawsuit “nothing more than the desperate antics of a handful of self-promoting individuals.”
Rumblings of a lawsuit against Stephens have circulated in the Statehouse since January, when, in a surprising turn of events, the rural Southern Ohio RepublicanThe outcome came as a shock to Merrin, believed to be a shoo-in for speaker after an informal vote in late 2022.
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