The Ohio budget process is finally over. The legislature sent their big, ugly budget to Gov. Mike DeWine on June 26, giving him just four days to read through a 5,500-page bill setting forth the operating budget for every state agency for the next two years – and veto the parts he didn’t like.

DeWine has not been shy about using his veto pen on previous budgets – he vetoed 44 items in the 2023 budget bill, 14 items in 2021, and 25 items in the 2019 bill.

This year DeWine vetoed a record 67 items – including a number of special favors for the oil and gas industry. Some items we asked DeWine to veto, some we did not, but all are listed below.

We want to sincerely thank you for your advocacy regarding the environmental items, and so many other awful items in this budget bill. Overall this is not a good bill – tax cuts for the rich remain, along with $600 million for billionaires to build a new stadium in a Cleveland suburb, while cutting funds for libraries and health care.