State lawmakers could open the door for Cuyahoga County and other large counties to get more sports gaming facilities under language included in the latest version of the state’s two-year budget bill.
The JACK Casino, JACK Thistledown racino, Cleveland Browns, Cleveland Cavaliers and Cleveland Guardians each have higher priority for Cuyahoga’s five Type-B licenses, as state law gives casinos, racinos and sports teams priority for such permits.HB23, as written, would continue to allow only a total of 40 sports gaming licenses statewide.
Other parts of HB33, as written, would expand Medicaid to, among other things, cover pregnant women and children under age 19 with incomes up to 300% of the federal poverty level, pay for doulas for the next five years, and increase the payment rates for new nursing facilities, eye care services, and dental services.
Another new item in the budget would put $1 million toward reimbursing first-responders and emergency personnel deployed around the time ofThe House Finance Committee on Tuesday also added a number of appropriations for Northeast Ohio organization during the next two years, including:$6.
$600,000 to the Cleveland Institute of Music for the Academy at CIM, an after-school and weekend youth training program$500,000 to the Cleveland Museum of Natural History to increase access to its STEM education programs
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