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An Ohio Senate committee on Tuesday will hold its first hearing on House Bill 294, which would redirect state-administered grants to Planned Parenthood for non-abortion services.

(Shari Lews, Columbus Dispatch, File)

Defund Planned Parenthood bill gets first Senate hearing: The Ohio Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee will hear sponsor testimony on House Bill 294, which would redirect state-administered grants - about $1.3 million last year - away from Planned Parenthood. The bipartisan bill passed the Ohio House last year.

Ohio legislature in action: The Ohio House of Representatives will convene at 11 a.m.: bills up for a vote include measures to require continuing education for professional engineers and surveyors, replace the term "mental retardation" in Ohio law with the phrase "intellectual disability," rename part of Interstate 670 after the late Columbus Mayor Buck Rinehart, and alter some job rules for county auditors. The Ohio Senate's session has been canceled.

Kasich holds more 'town halls': Republican presidential candidate and Ohio Gov. John Kasich continues campaigning in New Hampshire with "town hall" meetings scheduled in New Boston, Rindge, and Amherst. That will make 27 Kasich town hall meetings in the Granite State so far this month.

Others to watch: Ex-presidential candidate and former Texas Gov. Rick Perry will campaign in Iowa alongside Ted Cruz. Other presidential hopefuls in Iowa: Republicans Donald Trump, Carly Fiorina, Mike Huckabee, Marco Rubio, and Rick Santorum, as well as Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. Kasich is the only presidential candidate campaigning in New Hampshire.