Ohio鈥檚 vehicle license plates are getting their first overhaul since the 鈥淥hio Pride鈥� design was put out in 2013. The new plate is reminiscent of the one issued during Democratic former Gov. Ted Strickland鈥檚 time in office.
The new plate has some features that were also on the Beautiful Ohio plate that was put out in 2010. Those include a sunrise, a farm scene, a city skyline, and the Wright Brothers plane, though an edit was made to that last feature after complaints were made about it flying backward.
There鈥檚 a new addition to this plate: a little girl on a tree swing with her dog sitting on the ground beside her. Gov. Mike DeWine sort of admits the dog looks like "Dolly," the springer spaniel the first family owns.
鈥淵ea, the dog has some resemblance to a springer spaniel," DeWine said with a chuckle.
This new plate is called 鈥淪unrise in Ohio.鈥� DeWine says it celebrates the state鈥檚 diversity and the state鈥檚 bold, bright future. It will be available to drivers beginning Dec. 29.
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