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![Ohio Senate President Matt Huffman (R-Lima) talks to reporters after Ohio Senate session on March 23, 2023](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/download-1-4-e1679679273334-900x422.webp)
Ohio’s Senate president doesn’t think the budget deadline will be missed
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Despite the wide gulf between the state budget bills passed by the House and Senate, the leader of the upper chamber disagrees with his counterpart… Read More
![The Ohio House considers bills during its session](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Ohio-House-STATEHOUSE-e1687447011205-900x422.webp)
Ohio’s House passes bans related to gender affirming health care and transgender women in sports
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio lawmakers passed a trio of controversial bills Wednesday that affect the way LGBTQ kids in Ohio are educated, limits the types of medical treatment… Read More
![Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill) speaks to reporters after session on March 1, 2023.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/download-6-e1679603443778-900x422.webp)
Ohio lawmakers might not meet the June 30 deadline for a new two-year state budget
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio House Speaker is warning that negotiations on the state’s biennnial budget could go into July, causing legislators to miss their deadline to pass… Read More
![A woman holds a sign that reads Affirming Care Benefits Trans Youth at a protest](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/download-8-e1687360257406-900x422.webp)
Ohio’s House takes up controversial bills affecting LGBTQ children later today
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Two bills that affect LGBTQ children will be heard on the House floor Wednesday. One would prevent children under 18 years old from accessing hormones or… Read More
![A guy works on a laptop at his desk. He has headphones, a keyboard, a mouse and his phone in front of him.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/shutterstock_2146943003-e1676912319174-900x422.jpg)
State workers might not be able to work from home as much if a Senate budget provision passes
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Some state employees have been working from home since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. But a provision tucked in the Ohio Senate budget would… Read More
![Voters cast their ballot early at the Franklin County Board of Elections last November.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/more_voters_last_wknd_early_voting_franklin_county_nov_2018_-_credit_kasler_cropped-e1567606859648-900x422.jpg)
Ohio’s Supreme Court rules August 8 election on constitutional change can go on as planned
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled the August 8 election to decide changes to the state’s constitution can go forward. Issue 1 would change the… Read More
![The Ohio Senate votes on a budget](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/download-7-e1686889346573-900x422.webp)
The Senate’s budget passes with no Democratic support. Now Ohio lawmakers will have to compromise
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Republican-dominated Ohio Senate passed a $94 million, two-year state budget along party lines, with all seven Democrats voting against it. The Senate budget… Read More
![The Ballot Board meets at the Ohio Statehouse on May 18, 2023.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/download-5-e1684508865770-900x422.webp)
The Ohio Ballot Board rewrites Issue 1 language on constitutional change for August election
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Just a day after the Ohio Supreme Court told the Ballot Board it must rewrite language for a proposed constitutional amendment set to be on the August… Read More
![Ohio Senate Democrats discuss their priority legislation for the 135 General Assembly in a session with reporters in January 2023.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/download-5-e1686669475941-900x422.webp)
Ohio’s Senate Democrats don’t like many elements of the supermajority Republicans’ budget plan
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — When Republican leaders of the Ohio Senate introduced the draft version of that chamber’s proposed two-year state budget last week, longtime Sen. Vernon Sykes (D-Akron)… Read More
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Health leaders worry about anti-vaccine measure included in Senate’s draft budget bill
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) – Some public health officials are alarmed after learning about a measure inserted in the senate version of the state budget bill that would require… Read More
![Absentee voters can drop off their election ballots in this box on Court Street in uptown Athens.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Ballot-box-2-scaled-e1600885689146-900x422.jpg)
Ohio Senate leader says elections officials will have enough money to conduct August 8 election
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Senate has allocated $15 million for the Aug. 8 special election to consider a proposed constitutional change making it harder to pass… Read More
![Ohio governor Mike DeWine speaks at podium with lieutenant governor Jon Husted to the right looking on. Ohio Business Roundtable Executive Director Pat Tiberi is to the right of Husted looking on.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Dewine-jobs-and-taxes-e1685989936916-900x422.webp)
Ohio business leader says companies need a skilled workforce more than tax cuts
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Government and business leaders said keeping high school graduates in Ohio and training them for the jobs of the future is key to the… Read More
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Ohio’s U.S. senators disagree on legislation to raise the federal debt ceiling
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WASHINGTON (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s two U.S. senators disagree on federal legislation to raise the $31.4 trillion debt ceiling. The U.S. House voted 314 to 117 for the measure… Read More
![A row of desks in a classroom with a backpack hanging up on the back wall](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/school-desk-e1471549255189-900x422.jpg)
Ohio’s Senate leader hints its two-year budget plan includes changes to education funding
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio senators have been holding hearings on the two-year state operating budget and are making changes to the version the House passed. The leader… Read More
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Key GOP endorsement could be on the way in Ohio’s 2024 US Senate race
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — It’s nine months before Ohio Republicans go to the polls to pick a candidate to run against Democrat Sherrod Brown next fall for the… Read More
![Road construction is seen on Stimpson Avenue in Athens, Ohio, on Monday, July 26, 2021. [Joseph Scheller | WOUB]](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/072621_StimpsonAvenueConstruction_0008-e1685133684310-900x422.jpg)
Ohio drivers urged to plan ahead to avoid frustration with road construction
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The summer travel season will be fully underway in Ohio this weekend — and so will more than 1,000 road construction projects that could… Read More
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Sparks fly in a hearing on the bill to make Ohio a “Second Amendment sanctuary state”
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — State lawmakers are considering a bill its Republican sponsors say will protect Ohio gun owners from federal laws and policies that they think go… Read More
![Supporters of abortion rights gather signatures at a race in downtown Columbus.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/download-7-e1684775139490-900x422.webp)
How an August vote on Ohio’s Issue 1 affects the campaign for an abortion access amendment this fall
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Volunteers and paid workers are working throughout Ohio trying to collect signatures for a November vote on a proposed constitutional amendment to enshrine abortion… Read More
![A group of parochial school students hold signs to encourage expansion of the state's voucher program at a rally outside the Ohio Statehouse](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/download-6-e1684514640393-900x422.webp)
Universal school vouchers supporters seek Ohio lawmakers’ attention after a Statehouse rally
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As the Senate is preparing to release its version of the two-year state budget, supporters of universal vouchers for Ohio’s K-12 students gathered to… Read More
![The Ballot Board meets at the Ohio Statehouse on May 18, 2023.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/download-5-e1684508865770-900x422.webp)
Ohio Republicans OK 60% amendment approval ballot text. Democrats say it’s ‘sneaky’
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Ballot Board has approved the ballot text voters could see when they vote on a Republican-backed proposal to make it harder to… Read More
![An up close view of a pay stub](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/download-2-1-e1684337378596-900x422.webp)
The proposed Pay Stub Protection Act requires Ohio employers to provide workers with pay stubs
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An Ohio House committee is considering a bill to require employers provide their workers with written copies of their pay stubs. The bill is meant to help… Read More
![A homemade sign reads HJR1 Silences Ohio Voices Vote No as protestors oppose the resolution in the state capitol](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/download-2-e1684162783164-900x422.webp)
Opponents file a lawsuit to stop constitutional amendment ballot issue in Ohio
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A lawsuit has been filed with the Ohio Supreme Court to prevent a possible constitutional amendment question from going to the statewide ballot in August…. Read More
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COVID emergency is over, but Ohioans can still get free COVID tests and vaccines for now
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The federal government is ending its COVID-19 public health emergency, and that means that many of the policies and perks put in place during… Read More
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Recreational marijuana backers start a campaign to bring a proposal to Ohio’s fall ballot
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A proposed law to legalize marijuana and regulate it like alcohol in Ohio could be on the ballot this fall. State legislators declined an… Read More
![Poll workers wait for voters in Franklin County, Ohio behind a door that has a voting today sign taped to it](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/img-5094-scaled-e1659541443501-900x422.jpg)
Should Ohio have closed primaries? Some key Republicans are pushing for that change
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Right now, Ohio voters do not have to declare a party when they register. And they can vote in Republican or Democratic primaries by… Read More
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