House Bill 6
Coverage of House Bill 6 in the Nexus archive.
- How Kentucky Achieved Bipartisan Childcare Reform
Kentucky passed House Bill 6 with bipartisan support, making significant childcare investments including improved subsidy reimbursement rates, free childcare for providers, special needs training, and regulatory easing. The effort involved the Kentucky Collaborative on Child Care, a partnership between Convergence Center for Policy Resolution, the Kentucky Chamber Foundation, and the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Center for Policy and Research.
- Ohio utilities report subpar grid reliability as they seek a lower bar
Four of Ohio’s six regulated electric utilities failed to meet reliability standards in 2025, continuing a 10-year trend of missed targets. Utilities are seeking to lower reliability benchmarks amid rising energy bills, while critics argue they should improve service instead. The state’s grid challenges are compounded by blocked clean energy measures and growing demand from data centers.
- Supreme Court won’t hear appeal in Ohio utility bribery case
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up the cases of two individuals who served prison time in Ohio’s largest utility corruption scandal. The scandal, linked to Ohio’s House Bill 6, involved FirstEnergy seeking over $1 billion in subsidies for its former nuclear plants.