Coming Soon to Ohio – Legal Pot

WOSU’s Mike Thompson and the Columbus on the Record panel preview the start of Ohio’s legal recreational marijuana sales, a power struggle is causing turmoil within the Ohio State Teachers Retirement System (STRS), six months to the November election and Ohio U.S. Senator J.D. Vance is seeking to be Donald Trump’s Vice President running mate, Intel factories as well data centers for Amazon, Google and Microsoft in Central Ohio could double the demand for electricity in the region.

This week’s panelists:
Julie Carr Smyth, reporter for The Associated Press
Terry Casey, Republican strategist
Joseph Mas, Ohio Hispanic Coalition

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Chapters:
00:00 – Introduction
00:18 – Legal Marijuana Coming To Ohio
07:30 – Teacher Pension Power Play
14:18 – Campaign 2024
21:22 – Data Centers Fuel Electricity Demand
24:24 – Off The Record Comments