Donald Trump got enough delegates to get the GOP presidential nomination last week but there are still prominent Republicans who are saying they aren't sure they will attend or flat out refusing to go.

Want to know what�s happening in Ohio government and politics from Columbus to Washington, D.C.? The Columbus Dispatch has you covered.

Who is going to the GOP convention? Donald Trump got enough delegates to get the GOP presidential nomination last week but there are still prominent Republicans who are saying they aren�t sure they will attend or flat out refusing to go.

�The coolness toward Mr. Trump amounts to a remarkable rebuke. A broad range of party leaders are openly rejecting the man who will be their nominee. And the July 18-21 convention, usually a moment of public catharsis for political parties after contentious primaries, is shaping up to be another reminder of the disarray and disunity that is still rocking the Republican Party after a bitter 17-way fight for the nomination,� writes New York Times reporter Jeremy W. Peters.

In the not sure camp: �The two highest-ranking Republicans in the convention�s host state of Ohio � Gov. John Kasich and Senator Rob Portman, who is fighting to hold onto his seat � say they do not know if they will set foot in the convention hall,� Peters writes. Kasich � has no idea �what role if any he will have,� a spokesman said. He will be in Cleveland that week but has no plans, as of now, to partake in any official convention activities.�

As for Portman: Facing a tight race against Democratic challenger and former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, Portman said �his time would be better spent holding a miniconvention of his own in Cleveland, which he plans to do with events for veterans, the homeless and his volunteers."

�I�ve spoken at every convention since 1996,� he said. �Nobody listens, nobody covers it."

Reminder: Kasich, who dropped out of the presidential race last month, has said he cannot endorse Trump until the candidate changes his negative tone while Portman has said he supports Trump, even saying Trump is good for Portman�s campaign.

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The GOP acceptance speech: �Republican National Committee officials have inquired about using FirstEnergy Stadium during their convention next month – a hint that presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump could deliver his acceptance speech there,� Cleveland.com�s Henry J. Gomez writes. �The lakefront stadium seats about 67,000 for Browns football games. Quicken Loans Arena, the main convention site, holds a fraction of that during Cavaliers basketball games.�

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On the countdown: 159 days until the general election.

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Footing the bill: �Ohio taxpayers will pay Planned Parenthood's $45,447 legal bill to settle a lawsuit stemming from Attorney General Mike DeWine's explosive accusations that three of its clinics were improperly disposing of fetal remains in landfills,� Dispatch reporter Catherine Candisky writes. �Planned Parenthood and state officials agreed last week to dismiss the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Columbus after the settlement was reached. District Court Judge Edmund A. Sargus Jr. will retain jurisdiction over the matter for two years to ensure the agreement is enforced.�

Also in Planned Parenhood�s favor: A judge extended the halt of law defunding the group until August. Lawmakers voted to strip $1.5 million in state money from the group but a judge blocked it until a hearing later this summer.

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Who is in and who is out at the governor�s office: �Emmalee Kalmbach is joining the governor's office after serving as communications director for Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor�s office,� Dispatch Public Affairs Editor Darrel Rowland writes. �A New Hampshire native, Kalmbach took leave from her government job to handle communications for Kasich's presidential campaign in the first-in-the-nation primary state, where he finished second. She later traveled to several other states as part of Kasich�s White House run, which ended May 4.�

Kalmbach is taking over for Rob Nichols, who is not returning to the governor�s office.

See who else is staying and going.

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Because 2018 will be here before you know it: �Richard Cordray isn�t running for governor of Ohio � at least not yet � but at least one outside group is spending money shooting down the possibility,� Dispatch Washington reporter Jessica Wehrman writes about the former Ohio Attorney General and current director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. �The group, � Protect America�s Consumers� is winding up a month-long ad buy today in Ohio, Indiana, Montana, North Dakota, West Virginia and the Washington, D.C. The group also launched a website attacking Cordray and has promoted that site through advertised Tweets.�

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Speaking of Cordray and the CFPB: �Federal regulators are proposing a significant clampdown on payday lenders and other providers of high-interest loans, saying borrowers need to be protected from practices that wind up turning into �debt traps� for many,� Associated Press reporter Ken Sweet writes. �Cordray compared the situation to getting into a taxi for a crosstown ride and finding oneself stuck on a �ruinously expensive� trip across the country. He said the proposal would aim to �prevent lenders from succeeding by setting up borrowers to fail.��

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ICYMI, heated sidewalk edition: Dispatch reporter Bill Bush found the State Teachers Retirement System is spending $185,000 to install a heated, snow-melting sidewalk in front of its Downtown headquarters.

�Some dubbed the building the �Taj Ma-Herb� after former Executive Director Herb Dyer led the $94.2 million expansion of the building that was completed just in time for the dot-com stock bubble to burst in 2000,� Bush writes. �The agency has not been known for its thriftiness. To put this into perspective, the 21-story building right across the street � which has about 50 percent more office space � sold in 2004 for $13.5 million.�

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COTA gets federal money: �A federal grant has arrived in Columbus to pay for most of a planned bus-rapid transit line that could cut travel times along Cleveland Avenue,� Dispatch reporter Rick Rouan writes. �The Central Ohio Transit Authority has received its $37.4 million grant from the Federal Transit Administration to begin work on the CMAX line that will run primarily along Cleveland between Downtown and the Ohio Health Medical Center near Polaris.�

What Sen. Sherrod Brown said: �Low-income people, to them getting places always takes more time. It will make people�s lives better and make their time so much more theirs."

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On this day: According to the Dispatch library, on this day in 2010, �The Ohio Supreme Court rules that a trained officer's visual judgment is enough to cite a driver for speeding. In a 5-1 ruling, the court said police don't need radar or laser evidence to confirm what they judge with their own eyes.�

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