(The Center Square) – In the wake of Democrat Amy Acton’s gubernatorial victory, political experts and Democratic lawmakers have speculated Republican lawmakers in Ohio might take measures to limit the executive powers of the governor’s office.
Republicans, who hold supermajorities in the state House and Senate for the rest of the year, said those worries are unfounded.
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