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Former Ohio Attorneys General oppose the resolution to make it harder to pass constitutional amendments
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A bipartisan group of former Ohio attorneys general is echoing concerns expressed last week by bipartisan former governors over the proposed resolution to make… Read More
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Planned Ohio abortion rights amendment gets support from key medical group
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A group that represents more than 1,500 obstetricians and gynecologists in Ohio has officially endorsed the reproductive rights amendment planned for the statewide ballot… Read More
![Ohio govenor Mike DeWine speaks to reporters](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/DeWine-august-special-election-e1682545975688-900x422.webp)
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine speaks to reporters about the possibility of an August special election
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s elections officials are coming out firmly against the idea of a statewide special election in August to consider a change to make it… Read More
![The Southern Ohio Correctional Facility](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/AP_19016820742909-e1548437551533-900x422.jpg)
One of the longest prison riots in U.S. history forced changes to Ohio’s prison system
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Thirty years ago this month, one of the longest prison riots in U.S. history finally ended after 11 days. And when it was over,… Read More
![Advocates for public schools gather at a press conference at the Ohio Statehouse](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/download-11-e1682094829783-900x422.webp)
The fight over expanding Ohio’s school voucher program heats up
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An expansion of Ohio’s school voucher program to include nearly all K-12 students would cost more than $1 billion dollars in its the first… Read More
![Protestors stand in the lobby of the statehouse with their fists raised.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/download-10-e1682025214715-900x422.webp)
Protests break out as Ohio lawmakers hear two controversial bills affecting transgender youth
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Opponents of two controversial Republican-backed bills affecting transgender youth packed into two of the smallest hearing rooms in the Ohio Statehouse as testimony on… Read More
![Columbus attorney Corey Columbo speaks to the Ohio Ballot Board about the proposal to raise the minimum wage.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/download-1-e1681849093577-900x422.webp)
A plan to raise minimum wage to $15 an hour is one step closer to a vote in Ohio
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Ballot Board has given the green light to a group that wants to put a constitutional amendment before voters next year that… Read More
![A Death Penalty Bed with the straps fastened](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/death_penalty_bed_080219-e1632843529142-900x422.jpg)
A report from the state Attorney General says Ohio should either overhaul the death penalty or abolish it
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republican Attorney General Dave Yost has been a supporter of the death penalty in Ohio. But a new report from his office said it is… Read More
![The "Ohio Find It Here" sign welcomes people on the William S. Ritchie Jr. Bridge, also known as the Ravenswood Bridge, on the border with West Virginia.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/find_it_here_sign_1-e1615835793607-900x422.jpg)
Changes are likely coming in the way Ohio markets itself to tourists and business leaders
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The “find it here” tourism tagline Ohio has used since 2015 may soon be lost by the state. It is likely going to be… Read More
![Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles office in Gahanna, Ohio](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/bmv_agency_gahanna__credit_dan_konik_-scaled-e1681483493690-900x422.jpg)
New requirements add the word “noncitizen” to certain Ohio photo IDs
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A new law is in effect that designates whether a person is an undocumented Ohioan. The word “noncitizen” will now be printed on drivers’… Read More
![Gov. Mike DeWine signs SB263 into law on January 6, 2021.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/mike_dewine_signs_sb263_010621_6-e1614904856802-900x422.jpeg)
Ohio governor says lawmakers should clarify six-week abortion ban now on hold by a court
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s abortion ban, which is now on hold by a court, bans abortion at the point fetal electrical cardiac activity can be detected. That… Read More
![Supporters of Marsy's Law stand around a podium with the organization's logo on the front. They are standing in front of a backdrop with the logo and the words Equal Rights for Crime victims on it.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/download-4-e1680883041223-900x422.webp)
Crime victims in Ohio have more rights after a new law goes into effect
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Crime victims in Ohio now have new constitutionally protected rights thanks to voters and state lawmakers. In 2017, Marsy’s Law passed with 83% voter approval…. Read More
![Rep. Phil Plummer (R-Dayton) speaks](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/npr.brightspotcdn-e1680438535791-900x422.webp)
New committee chair has plan to move proposal making it harder to amend Ohio’s constitution
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) – There’s a lot going on behind the scenes in Columbus on a resolution that will ask voters to decide whether to make it harder… Read More
![A voter signs the proposed Ohio reproductive rights amendment while a volunteer looks on.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/statehouse-e1680353030264-900x422.jpg)
Paid circulators will collect signatures for abortion amendment on Ohio ballot
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Backers of an effort to put an amendment before voters in November that could enshrine abortion rights in the constitution are hiring paid circulators. The group… Read More
![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)
A key Senate leader is not on board with the bipartisan proposal to end Ohio’s death penalty
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Opponents of Ohio’s death penalty have introduced legislation (SB 101) to abolish it. Now, the leader of the state senate is signaling where he stands… Read More
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Republicans are trying to go around Ohio’s House speaker to force a vote on the constitutional amendment plan
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Some Republicans in the Ohio House are going around the leader of that body to try to force a floor vote on the resolution that… Read More
![A voter signs the proposed Ohio reproductive rights amendment while a volunteer looks on in a restaurant](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/download-2-4-e1679929969559-900x422.webp)
Will a new lawsuit stop the abortion rights amendment in Ohio? It depends on who you ask
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Groups backing an abortion rights amendment are gathering signatures to put it on the ballot this fall, as a lawsuit against the state ballot board… Read More
![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)
The strategy that killed a constitutional amendment on Ohio’s ballot years ago likely won’t be used now
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s legislative leaders are split over whether to put a proposal to make it harder to pass a constitutional amendment before voters in an… Read More
![A crowd packs a small hearing room at the Ohio Statehouse to hear testimony on a proposed resolution that would make it harder for citizens to pass constitutional amendments](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/download-4-1-e1679535684345-900x422.webp)
Ohioans pack a hearing for the controversial resolution to raise the threshold for constitutional amendments
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Dozens of Ohioans crammed into one of the smallest hearing rooms inside the Statehouse. Others went to an overflow room, while still others stood… Read More
![The Ohio Supreme Court building from the outside](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/dsc-0006-scaled-e1659992862253-900x422.jpg)
A lawsuit filed with the Ohio Supreme Court over an abortion amendment contends the Ballot Board got it wrong
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A lawsuit has been filed with the Ohio Supreme Court, asking it to determine an error was made by the state Ballot Board last… Read More
![Volunteers at a petition signing event in Geauga County on first weekend petitions were available.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/download-3-2-e1679326319752-900x422.webp)
Backers of a reproductive rights amendment to Ohio’s constitution start gathering signatures
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Groups that want to put a proposal before voters this fall to enshrine abortion into the Ohio constitution took their petition signature gathering efforts… Read More
![Survivors of violent crime light candles to remember those whose lives have been ended or forever changed during a ceremony at the Ohio Statehouse](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/download-3-1-e1678972867803-900x422.webp)
Survivors push for bills to prevent Ohioans hurt by violent crime from losing housing or jobs
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — People whose lives have been affected by violent crime converged on the Ohio Statehouse Wednesday to advocate for legislation they say will improve their… Read More
![Attorney Don McTigue addresses the Ohio Ballot Board about the constitutional amendment proposal that could enshrine abortion rights in the Ohio Constitution](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/download-2-1-e1678740542583-900x422.webp)
An abortion rights amendment clears another hurdle in Ohio. Now the signature gathering begins
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Organizers working to put to voters an amendment that would enshrine abortion rights into the state’s constitution have gotten the green light from the panel… Read More
![Republican former Ohio House speaker Larry Householder leaves the federal courthouse in Cincinnati with his lawyer Steven Bradley](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/download-4-e1678721240605-900x422.webp)
The Householder trial exposed the dangers of dark money. Some are calling for change.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The federal convictions of former House Speaker Larry Householder and former Ohio Republican Party Chair Matt Borges came after seven weeks of testimony that… Read More
![A young girl learns to make coffee in a coffee shop as two other young girls watch behind her](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/download-3-e1678473460488-900x422.webp)
The Ohio Senate passes a bill to allow children to work longer hours during the school year
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Many Ohio businesses say they are having trouble finding employees, especially low-skilled labor. The Ohio Senate has passed a bill its sponsors say will… Read More
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