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DeWine is frustrated at contaminated soil in East Palestine, as states with storage sites reject it
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The cleanup at the toxic train derailment site in East Palestine last month has stalled because Ohio is having trouble finding sites to accept… Read More
An FBI informant speaks out after the convictions of former House speaker and ex-Ohio GOP chair
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — It took just over a day for jurors to find Republican former Ohio House speaker Larry Householder and ex-Ohio Republican Party chair Matt Borges… Read More
A former US Attorney who brought charges in Ohio’s nuclear bailout scandal says the case may not be over
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — After a little over a day of deliberation, a jury found Republican former Ohio House speaker Larry Householder and ex-Ohio Republican Party chair Matt… Read More
A legislative report estimates the universal school voucher bill will cost Ohio more than $1 billion
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — It’s estimated a bill to provide a school voucher to any student who wants them will cost the state of Ohio more than a… Read More
Ohio’s Democratic and Republican US Senators team up on East Palestine response
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Norfolk Southern must test for dioxins, which are toxic pollutants created when plastic is burned, around the site of its train derailment along the… Read More
The defense rests in the federal racketeering trial of former Ohio House speaker and ex-Ohio GOP chair
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CINCINNATI (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republican former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder spent a second day on the stand before his defense rested their case in his federal racketeering trial…. Read More
An Ohio House bill that would cut taxes and cost local governments and schools gets its first hearing
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Lawmakers got their first look at a bill that could create a flat state income tax and make major property tax changes – while… Read More
Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder is expected to take the stand as his defense prepares to rest
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CINCINNATI (Statehouse News Bureau) — Defense attorneys in the federal racketeering trial of Republican former Ohio House speaker Larry Householder and ex-Ohio GOP chair Matt Borges started their case on… Read More
Informant closes the prosecution’s case in Householder, Borges federal trial. The defense takes over
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The prosecution has rested in the racketeering trial of Republican former Ohio House speaker Larry Householder and ex-GOP chair Matt Borges. The testimony for… Read More
Ohio Republican state lawmaker Kris Jordan dies at age 46
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Flags are at half staff for Ohio lawmaker Kris Jordan (R-Ostrander), who was reported to have died of natural causes over the weekend. Jordan’s death… Read More
The Ohio Senate sets a hearing on the toxic train derailment to hear from state officials
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Republican leader of the Ohio Senate says a hearing will be held on Wednesday on the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, to… Read More
Railroads push back on potential regulations changes in Ohio’s transportation budget
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The head of the lobbying group representing railroads that operate in Ohio said some changes to train regulations in the $3.7 billion transportation budget… Read More
The strategist who admitted guilt in Ohio’s nuclear bailout case takes the stand against former speaker
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CINCINNATI (Statehouse News Bureau) — A strategist who pleaded guilty in the corruption case involving Ohio’s nuclear power plant bailout law took the stand in federal court in Cincinnati Wednesday…. Read More
Lawmakers consider tax credit to help Ohio’s “severe” affordable housing shortage
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — There’s a shortage of around a quarter of a million affordable housing units around the state, which puts pressure on both low-income people and… Read More
Changes to Ohio’s proposed transportation budget include strengthening some rules for trains
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Hearings continue in the Ohio House Finance Committee on the state’s $3.7 billion transportation budget – which got a lot of changes on Monday… Read More
Schools and local governments could lose over a billion dollars from tax changes backed by Ohio’s House Speaker
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The bill that’s listed as the top priority of Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill) and the Republican representatives who support him involves… Read More
Ohio’s Republican House Speaker sets his legislative priorities. His GOP opponent agrees but pushes back
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — After weeks of no bills formally introduced with bill numbers, the Ohio House Speaker and his leadership team has introduced their legislative priorities, ranging… Read More
A former lobbyist is on the stand again in the federal trial of the former Ohio House Speaker and the ex-Ohio GOP chair
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CINCINNATI (Statehouse News Bureau) — A former lobbyist for a previous subsidiary of FirstEnergy who’s pleaded guilty in the House Bill 6 corruption case spent his day on the stand… Read More
A former Householder ally testifies against the ex-Ohio House speaker in his racketeering trial
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CINCINNATI (Statehouse News Bureau) — A lobbyist for a former subsidiary of FirstEnergy who admitted guilt in the scandal involving the nuclear bailout law known as House Bill 6 took… Read More
An Ohio budget proposal requires parental permission for kids to use social media
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s two year state budget always has things in it that aren’t related to state spending. For instance, the budget unveiled last month by… Read More
DeWine’s proposed budget would double the tax on sports betting in Ohio
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — There are no income tax cuts in Republican Gov. Mike DeWine’s proposed $87 billion, two-year state budget, and there’s the elimination of the state… Read More
This month’s end of SNAP pandemic boost has advocates for low-income Ohioans worried
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — People across the country who receive SNAP or food stamp benefits will see that allocation shrink after this month, as the boost the federal… Read More
Ohio takes the first step to get feds on board with expanding passenger rail here
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Advocates for high speed trains are celebrating that the state will apply for federal funds to pay for a study on the feasibility of… Read More
Ohio budget work begins with questions about Medicaid and suggestion of income tax cut
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Months of work on the two-year state budget is under way with the first hearing on the spending plan before the Ohio House Finance… Read More
Ohio’s auditor notes 100 fraud convictions over four years. He wants money for more training and investigations
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Over the last four years, 100 public officials have been prosecuted by the state of Ohio for fraud and corruption. That’s led to more… Read More
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