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With Ohio’s legislative primary set, lawmakers working on how to pay for it
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A federal court ruling on Friday sets up an August 2 primary for Ohio House and Senate districts, using maps that were ruled unconstitutionally… Read More
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Time is ticking toward deadline to get Real ID to fly in the US
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The countdown is on toward a final deadline for airline passengers to get the drivers’ licenses that will allow them to fly in the… Read More
Ohio congressional delegation, other state leaders banned from traveling to Russia
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) A list of nearly a thousand Americans and Canadians banned from traveling to Russia includes all 16 Ohio members of Congress and both the state’s… Read More
Ohio U.S. Senate race heating up with union endorsements for Ryan
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The Democratic candidate for Ohio’s open U.S. Senate seat has received the endorsement of a union group that has a record of endorsing Republicans as well. The Ohio State Building… Read More
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Ohio’s lieutenant governor defends decision to add on private sector job
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) Ohio’s Republican lieutenant governor is taking some heat for accepting an outside paid job on top of the work he’s already doing as the state’s… Read More
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Republicans propose amendment to make clear that non-citizens can’t vote in Ohio
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) A constitutional amendment stating that non-U.S. citizens can’t vote in Ohio is working its way through the legislature and could be before voters this fall…. Read More
JPMorgan Chase CEO talks tax policy and minimum wage with Ohio business leaders
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The CEO of one of Ohio’s largest employers, JPMorgan Chase, talked taxes and future trends with members of the state’s largest business lobbying group, the Ohio Chamber of Commerce. JPMorgan… Read More
![Hundreds of nurses concerned over staffing levels and workplace violence during the COVID-19 pandemic rallied at the Statehouse for more legal protections.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/nurses-rally-at-statehouse-e1652456069436-900x422.jpg)
Democratic Ohio lawmaker planning for bill to protect nurses from being attacked at work
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The COVID-19 pandemic brought an escalation of attacks against medical professionals, including nurses, at work. The American Nurses Association reports a quarter of nurses… Read More
Ohio prepares to establish six-week abortion ban if U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio will almost certainly have strict limitations on abortion in short order if the U.S. Supreme Court does as a draft opinion published last… Read More
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Ohio Democratic Party sues DeWine over FirstEnergy, nuclear bailout law records
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Democratic Party has filed a lawsuit against Gov. Mike DeWine’s administration, saying they’re breaking the state’s public records law in turning over documents… Read More
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Fight for Ohio’s U.S. Senate seat shaping up to be battle between populist contenders
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — After months of mudslinging and mass debates, J.D. Vance is the Republican nominee for Ohio open U.S. Senate seat, being vacated by the retirement… Read More
![Commissioners hand out different maps to be submitted during a Ohio Redistricting Commission meeting on March 2, 2022.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/img-5998-scaled-e1649881525920-900x422.jpg)
Senate president removes himself from Ohio Redistricting Commission as new maps deadline looms
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — There will be a new member of the Ohio Redistricting Commission for Wednesday’s meeting, two days before a fifth attempt at legal House and… Read More
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Ohio Supreme Court justices, chief justice races set for November election
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The lineups are set for three races for the Ohio Supreme Court this fall. The six candidates for the three seats ran unopposed, but… Read More
![A poll worker helps a voter to a machine at Franklin County's early voting center in Columbus on Sunday, March 15. In-person voting for the March 17 primary was cancelled the next day and the mail-in deadline was extended to April 28.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG_3537-e1592363438992-900x422.jpeg)
Most expensive primary in Ohio history doesn’t slow down on the final weekend before election day
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Tomorrow brings an end to the most expensive primary in Ohio history, the race for the Republican nomination for the seat being vacated by… Read More
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U.S. Senate Democratic candidates lay out two paths for the party’s future in Ohio
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — There are three candidates running for the Democratic nomination in Ohio’s U.S. Senate race and the two leading challengers are setting two different tones… Read More
![U.S. Senate Republican candidates; Mike Gibbons, Josh Mandel, Matt Dolan, Jane Timken, and J.D. Vance.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gop-senate-collage-scaled-e1651087906543-900x422.jpg)
Amid turbulent race, U.S. Senate GOP candidates lay out views on taxes and foreign policy
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — While the race for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination has seen its fair share of squabbling and mudslinging, the candidates have also attempted to… Read More
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Advocates worry new law could lead to vulnerable Ohioans being kicked off Medicaid
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency that the federal government declared in January 2020 is set to expire on Saturday. That’s likely to be extended… Read More
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Ohio Senate leader suggests COVID funds could pay for second primary after maps are approved
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A primary for just Ohio House and Senate races will be set later this year, after Republicans on the redistricting commission failed to pass… Read More
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Ohio’s Republican US Senator says he’ll oppose Jackson’s nomination to Supreme Court
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Retiring Republican US Sen. Rob Portman will stick with most of his party and oppose Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden’s nominee to the US… Read More
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Advocates for low-income, minority Ohioans call on House speaker to stop “divisive concepts” bill
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Advocates for low-income and minority Ohioans are blasting a Republican-backed bill that goes beyond banning the teaching of so-called “divisive concepts” or what some… Read More
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Uncertainty about primary dates over lack of constitutional maps is hurting poll worker recruitment
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio is headed toward two primaries this year – the statewide and congressional offices on May 3, and the House and Senate candidates later…. Read More
![State Rep. Bob Cupp (R-Lima) was elected the Speaker of the Ohio House following the removal of Larry Householder.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/bob_cupp-e1596144924942-900x422.jpg)
Federal judges considering Ohio redistricting lawsuit, but lawmakers have no plans to move primary
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Early voting starts next week for the May 3 primary, but right now it’s unknown when voters will decide Ohio House and Senate races…. Read More
![John Cranley, former mayor of Cincinnati, and Nan Whaley, former mayor of Dayton, shake hands after the Ohio Gubernatorial Democratic Primary Debate at the Paul Robeson Cultural & Performing Arts Center at Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/03292022-govdemdebate-mv-0047-scaled-e1648656769627-900x422.jpg)
Democratic candidates for Ohio governor meet for first and only debate before May primary
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WILBERFORCE, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) —The Democratic candidates for governor met in their first and only debate before the May 3 primary. And while the Republican gubernatorial debate was canceled,… Read More
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LaRose says the May 3 ballot won’t include House, Senate races after Ohio Supreme Court ruling
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The secretary of state says, barring action from federal court, candidates for state legislative offices cannot be on the May primary ballot after the… Read More
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Most Ohio Senate Republicans back bill to repeal gas tax increase, but DeWine calls it a “mistake”
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohioans have been living with a gas tax increase for almost three years. But in this election year as gas prices move higher, some Republican state… Read More
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