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Senate Democrats Block Husted’s Energy-Cost Shift Bill

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  • U.S. President Donald Trump urged Ohio voters to back data center construction, warning China advantage.
  • Critics said data centers create few local jobs, raise energy prices, and cause noise, light, pollution.
  • Sen. John Husted introduced a bill shifting more energy costs to large power users.
  • Senate Democrats blocked the bill.
  • Democratic candidate Sherrod Brown accused Husted of granting billions in tax breaks to Big Tech.