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Sherrod Brown talks about leaving Capitol Hill and his plans for the future
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — For the first time in 22 years, early January didn’t mean going back to Capitol Hill for Sherrod Brown. He lost one of the most… Read More

Ohio’s new House Speaker says the current formula for funding public K-12 schools might be “unsustainable”
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The new speaker of the Ohio House said the current bipartisan method of funding the state’s public K-12 schools that has been used in the… Read More

Former Senate Minority Leader Ben Espy is remembered as a barrier-breaker in Ohio politics
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Former local and state Democratic leader Ben Espy will be laid to rest Monday, a week before an event he was known for creating in… Read More

Media and the public will have to pay up to get video of police bodycams under a new Ohio law
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Police agencies will be able to charge members of the public and the media $75 an hour for footage from bodycams, dashcam video or surveillance… Read More

Retired Statehouse journalist Jim Otte looks back on covering President Jimmy Carter in Ohio
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Flags are at half-staff until Jan. 28 in honor of former President Jimmy Carter, who died on Sunday. Carter, who was in the White… Read More

2024 Year in Review: Ohioans decided on its sixth redistricting ballot issue in 50 years
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Activists frustrated at the multi-year saga of the maps created by the Ohio Redistricting Commission took their plan for an independent map-drawing panel to voters… Read More

Three people died in crashes on Ohio’s roads during the New Year’s holiday
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio State Highway Patrol is reporting two fatal crashes resulting in three deaths during the New Year’s holiday. The OSHP released its provisional… Read More

Nearly 150,000 Ohioans set to benefit from newly passed fix on social security limitations
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — President Biden has said he will sign a bill that gets rid of provisions that have been decreasing the retirement funds of retired public… Read More

Ohio Republicans passed two controversial measures combined into the “Parents’ Bill of Rights” as the lame duck session closes
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse New Bureau) — What’s been called the “Parents’ Bill of Rights” passed the Ohio legislature on the last day of the lame duck session. The bill that… Read More

Ohio’s 56th Electoral College made the 2024 election results official
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The 538 members of the Electoral College met around the country Monday, to fulfill their constitutionally-required duty of casting ballots for president and vice… Read More

An Ohio Senate committee adds a religious education bill to the “Parents’ Bill of Rights”
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The so-called “Parents’ Bill of Rights” could move forward with a big and unexpected change. House Bill 8, which opponents say is Ohio’s equivalent… Read More

A campaign for an anti-discrimination amendment for Ohio is in the works
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An effort is underway to introduce a proposed anti-discrimination constitutional amendment before voters that seeks to provide equal protection for Ohioans regardless of gender, age,… Read More

Perinatal mental health awareness bill has bipartisan support but hasn’t passed yet
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The period between when a woman becomes pregnant and their child’s first birthday is known as the perinatal period. Some Ohio lawmakers on both… Read More

Don’t expect property tax reform to pass before Ohio lawmakers end the lame duck session
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — More than a dozen bills are pending in the Ohio Legislature right now. And lawmakers say property tax relief is one of the issues their… Read More

The Ohio Ballot Board keeps a proposed voting rights amendment a single ballot issue
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Supporters of a voting rights amendment that could, among other things, allow same-day voter registration and voting and relax guidelines for voter photo ID requirements,… Read More

A bill seeks to go after Ohio cities providing assistance for low-income women seeking abortions
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — State funds can’t go to organizations that provide abortions – including Planned Parenthood and other health care providers. But a new Republican-backed bill would penalize… Read More

Here’s how U.S. Senator-elect Bernie Moreno says he’ll work to accomplish the agenda of “centrist Republican” Trump
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s US Sen.-elect Bernie Moreno, fresh off his defeat of longtime Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), told business leaders that he’s ready to get to work…. Read More

Ohio votes against Issue 1, rejecting a plan to put citizens’ panel in charge of redistricting
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Voters have rejected the redistricting proposal to change how legislative and congressional district maps are drawn which would have replaced the seven elected officials on… Read More

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose says 2024 could shatter voter turnout records
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — What happens when you add a historic presidential race, a neck-in-neck race that could determine the future balance of the U.S. Senate, three Ohio… Read More

Democratic US Sen. Sherrod Brown fights to keep his job in tough campaign
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) is seeking his fourth term in one of the most expensive campaigns in the country, as Republicans fight to flip… Read More

What’s next now that Ohio’s six-week abortion ban has been ruled unconstitutional?
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s six-week abortion ban is unconstitutional, after voters approved an amendment guaranteeing abortion access and reproductive rights last year. In that ruling, Hamilton County… Read More

Some Ohioans say voters will be tricked by ballot language for redistricting issue
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — There’s only one statewide issue on next month’s ballot. And there appears to be some anecdotal evidence that the ballot summary language for Issue… Read More

A court rules Ohio’s six-week abortion ban is unconstitutional
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s ban on nearly all abortion cannot be enforced, at the order of a Hamilton County judge. Judge Christian Jenkins ruled Ohio’s ban on… Read More

Voter rights groups want to ensure naturalized citizens in Ohio aren’t turned away from the polls
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Some representing voters fear naturalized citizens who have a right to vote are being denied that opportunity because of the state’s year-old law requiring… Read More

Your early vote will be counted in Ohio if you die before Election Day
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Democratic former President Jimmy Carter, who’s 100 years old and has been under hospice care, cast a ballot Tuesday during Georgia’s early voting period. His… Read More
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