HB 497 will increase the monetary threshold for contracts and purchases made by Ohio counties that need to be publicly disclosed.

However, a handful of counties in the Buckeye State have seen their population boom in recent years. Ohio is the seventh most populous U.S. state, with a 2023 population of 11,785,935, according ...

However, not all areas are experiencing growth, with Hocking and Perry counties experiencing slight population declines. While the population of most Ohio counties is shrinking, central Ohio has ...