Gov. DeWine set to give his final State of the State address today

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, takes questions from reporters on Oct. 30, 2025. AVERY KREEMER / STAFF

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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, takes questions from reporters on Oct. 30, 2025. AVERY KREEMER / STAFF
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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine will deliver his final State of the State address of his tenure at noon today, which he says will focus on Ohio’s future.

“We’ll talk about our future. I’m going to talk about the education of our young people. We’re going to be talking about how we continue to do everything we can to remove barriers for people,” DeWine told statehouse reporters last week.

The governor’s state of the state address often serves as a platform for the administration to unveil new programs, or at least concepts of new programs. Last year, DeWine‘s new initiatives ranged from increased “sin” taxes on tobacco and sports betting, to a program to give out free eyeglasses to young students, to moving drivers education courses back into public schools, and more.

But DeWine had two political advantages in 2025 that he doesn’t have now: time (DeWine, a lame duck, only has about ten months until he’s replaced by his successor) and timing (the legislature was in the midst of budget considerations, which only occurs in odd-numbered years).

It remains to be seen what sort of initiatives DeWine will try to spend his remaining political capital on.

“More to come, if I told you everything you guys wouldn’t even show up for the speech,” he said last week.

DeWine’s address will be streamed on the Ohio Channel website: https://ohiochannel.org/

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