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Ohio AG Settles With Pharmacy Benefits Manager For $88.3 Million
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio has settled a lawsuit filed just three months ago with a pharmacy benefits manager it accused of using subcontractors to overcharge Ohio’s Medicaid program…. Read More
Senate President: Census Data Ruling May Not Help Ohio With Map-Drawing Deadline
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A federal appeals court has sided with Ohio’s attorney general in his lawsuit to get US Census data earlier than expected to draw maps for… Read More
Another Effort To Reform Ohio’s Cash Bail System Launched
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A bipartisan group of lawmakers launched another effort to overhaul the state’s bail system, which has been talked about for years and is backed… Read More
Ohio’s School Funding Overhaul Could Be More Expensive Than Estimated
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The school funding formula that’s in the latest version of the two-year state budget now being considered by the Ohio Senate will likely cost… Read More
Sales Taxes Up, Overall Ohio Revenues Are Down – But That Could Flip Next Month
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s sales tax revenues were up for the last month, but income tax collections were way down. The state’s Office of Budget and Management says overall,… Read More
Ohio Libraries Say They Can’t Afford Cut In Two-Year State Budget
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s libraries say they’ll lose money if the $74.7 billion state budget stays as is. And they told a Senate committee looking into the budget… Read More
Group Wants Voters To End Qualified Immunity In Ohio
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A group has taken the first step to asking voters next year to eliminate qualified immunity for police officers and other government employees accused in… Read More
Ohio Loses One Of 16 Congressional Seats In New Census Count
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio will lose a seat in the US House of Representatives starting with next year’s election, bringing its total to 15 – its smallest Congressional… Read More
Democrats Oppose Republicans’ Change In Language On Adoption Back To “Husband And Wife”
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — One of the changes made by Ohio House leaders to the budget of their fellow Republican Gov. Mike DeWine deals with language for people who… Read More
Ohio Arts Groups Anxiously Awaiting Relaunch Of COVID Aid Portal
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Arts organizations in Ohio and around the country are waiting for the relaunch of a system that will allow them to apply for billions… Read More
Ohio Supreme Court Orders Non-Cash Bail As First Option For Courts
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A big change coming to Ohio’s court system starting July 1, as the state takes a step closer to getting rid of cash bail for… Read More
Federal Judge Dismisses Ohio’s Lawsuit To Force Release Of Census Data
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A federal judge has dismissed Republican Attorney General Dave Yost’s lawsuit against the Biden administration to force the results of last year’s Census to be… Read More
DeWine Vetoes “Unconstitutional” Bill On Health Orders, But Lawmaker Says He’s Wrong
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine has vetoed a bill that would give state lawmakers the power to overturn his health and emergency orders. DeWine’s fellow Republicans in… Read More
Former US Attorney Speaks Out On Ohio Corruption Cases, BGSU Hazing Probe
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The chief prosecutor in the cases involving Republican former House Speaker Larry Householder and suspended Democratic Cincinnati City Councilmember PG Sittenfeld is speaking out… Read More
Ohio Lawmakers Approve Bill To Change Federal Test Requirements
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A bill to change the way Ohio does federally mandated standardized K-12 tests this year is on its way to Gov. Mike DeWine. The bill… Read More
Local Ohio Leaders From Both Parties Welcome COVID Relief Money
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — $2.2 billion is coming to Ohio’s 88 counties from the new COVID relief package, and another $2.2 billion will go to 930 Ohio cities and villages…. Read More
Big Money Coming To Ohio And Cities, Counties In Latest COVID Relief Package
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Along with individual stimulus checks and more help for the unemployed, there’s a lot of money headed to Ohio and its cities and counties… Read More
Transportation Budget Passes House Committee, Moves Toward Floor Vote
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The $8 billion state transportation budget goes to the floor of the Ohio House tomorrow, after it was overwhelmingly approved by a House committee Wednesday…. Read More
More Unemployment Claims Flagged For Possible Fraud, Slowing Down Benefits
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Filings for unemployment benefits had been slowly ticking up in January. But the last two weeks of reported numbers show an explosion of claims. And… Read More
Former Ohio Treasurer Mandel Is First Republican To Announce For Senate
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republicans have their first official candidate for the 2022 US Senate race. Former state treasurer Josh Mandel is launching his third try at that… Read More
Another Plea Deal In Householder/Nuclear Bailout Corruption Case
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — There’s another plea deal in the federal corruption case involving Republican former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder (R-Glenford), the former chair of the Ohio… Read More
Proposed Budget Gives Ohio Department Of Health More Power To Shutter “Unsafe” Nursing Homes
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — More than half of the state’s COVID-19 deaths coming from nursing homes. So those and other long term care facilities are getting a lot of… Read More
Nearly 200 Show Support For Lawmakers’ Panel That Could Strike Down Health Orders
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Nearly two hundred people offered testimony in an Ohio Senate committee in support of a Republican-backed bill that would allow a panel of lawmakers to… Read More
$2.4 Billion In Federal Medicaid Funds Helps Ohio Avoid Big Budget Hole
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The increase in Ohio Medicaid caseloads could have blown a hole in the new two-year state budget. But the spending plan includes a huge… Read More
Jordan Out Of Ohio US Senate Race To Replace Portman
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Statehouse News Bureau) — A big development in the upcoming race for US Senate in 2022, with Republican incumbent Rob Portman saying he’s no longer running. One high profile… Read More
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