Ohio has a new Congressional district map, which includes big changes to reflect the loss of two seats on Capitol Hill, and also an attempt to keep Democrats from trying to take it to the ballot. A thousand business leaders, lobbyists, environmentalists and state and local government officials came out to Gov. John Kasich's two-day energy and economic summit this week - but there was some talk about a proposal that would erase the three-year old law requiring utilities to get some of their power from renewable energy sources by 2025. As the energy summit was getting underway, the state's advocate for Ohio's utility customers was announcing she is quitting.

More ads have hit the airwaves in the battle over Issue 2, which if it passes would put into place Senate Bill 5, the controversial collective bargaining reform law. Last week two key Senators - Republican Keith Faber of Celina, who's also the Senate president pro-tem, and Democrat Joe Schiavoni of Youngstown - talked about Senate Bill 5. This week they predict the future if Issue 2 passes or fails.

More than a dozen investment banks, law firms and other companies across the country bid for a chance to become the consultant that guides the state with the possible lease of the Ohio Turnpike. That lease could bring in as much as $2.5 billion for the state at a time when it needs the money. But critics have blasted the privatization idea, including former state senator Gary Suhadolnik, the former executive director of the Ohio Turnpike Commission.

And finally, another example of how legislation is written. Rep. Marlene Anielski (R-Walton Hills) says she's running a contest for people who think there ought to be a law for something or against something, and she'll propose a bill based on the winning idea.