Ohio should act quickly to broadcast House hearings

By Maggie Thurber | for Ohio Watchdog

Rep. Dan Ramos is right. All Ohio House legislative hearings should be broadcast and made available to the public.

Ramos, D-Lorain, is sponsoring H.B. 262, which would require the Ohio government telecommunications service to broadcast all 23 standing committee meetings as they occur.

Too bad his bill doesn’t include the Senate.

So far, he has 11 co-sponsors, including two Republicans, but there should be more – from both sides of the aisle.

“Ensuring transparency in and accessibility to government is one of the primary responsibilities we have as elected officials to the taxpayers across this state,” Ramos said in announcing the bill.

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