Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed into law what will bring huge financial relief for hundreds of thousands of drivers.
People with some debt-related license suspensions could get their licenses back by this spring.
News 5 Investigators teamed up with the Marshall Project-Cleveland to report on this issue for more than a year.
Our reporting led to changes in legislation and culminated today with the governor’s signature on House Bill 29.
Ohio now becomes the 25th state to move away from debt-related penalties, according to the Ohio Poverty Law Center.
In August 2023, Marshall Project-Cleveland’s Mark Puente and I first brought the stories of people dealing with financial hardships.
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