The Spectrum: Biden’s health; Ohio’s Senate race; Jon Husted

This week’s The Spectrum was recorded before the assassination attempt on former President Trump on Saturday.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – This week on The Spectrum:

• President Biden’s health is now an issue in Ohio’s closely watched U.S. Senate race.

“I’ve talked to people across Ohio,” Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) said. “They have legitimate questions about whether the president should continue his campaign.”

New bill proposes increased penalties for committing felonies in disguise

“It makes Watergate look like nothing,” Republican Senate candidate Bernie Moreno said.

Why Moreno is accusing Brown of a cover-up.

• A bill that would overhaul higher education has been stalled for months at the Ohio Statehouse.

“We had a chance to be out front here on higher education reform,” Ohio Sen. Jerry Cirino (R-Kirtland) said.

Bipartisan Ohio bill seeks to fight food insecurity on college campuses

“The potential impact is devastating,” University of Cincinnati professor Steve Mockabee said.>

Why the bill’s sponsor said he’s determined to get it across the finish line.

• One-on-one with Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted about the ongoing investigation into the House Bill 6 bribery scheme.

“These things have a way of creating a life of their own, and I really am sad to see that it’s still lingering on,” he said.

Ammo vending machines installed in grocery stores in these southern states

What Husted thinks should happen next with the now-tainted legislation.

• Republican strategist Mark Weaver and former Democratic state senator Lou Gentile join the roundtable to discuss Biden’s ability to serve for another four years, and how that question will affect Ohio’s U.S. Senate race.

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