Funding details to be released in Ohio SB 5 fight

COLUMBUS (AP) — Groups campaigning over whether to keep or toss out Ohio’s new collective-bargaining law plan to release new details about their fundraising.

Campaign fiance reports were to be filed with the state today by We Are Ohio, the union-backed coalition that wants the law repealed. The reports will show spending and cash available for the final days before the Nov. 8 election.

Few details were expected today from the side defending the law. Building a Better Ohio’s nonprofit status allows little information about its contributions to become public. The Republican-backed group says it will release a list of its donors — just not how much they’re giving.

Insiders have predicted the ballot fight could cost more than the $33 million spent in last year’s governor’s race.