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Environmentalists are excited, coal backers are cautious about the new EPA rules on coal-burning power plants
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — New rules from the US Environmental Protection Agency are aimed at cracking down on pollution produced by coal plants. The EPA rules require them to… Read More
New EPA rules on coal-burning power plants will affect four plants in Ohio
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) – New rules from the US Environmental Protection Agency are aimed at cracking down on pollution produced by coal plants. The regulations require them to… Read More
Ohio’s Senate unanimously passes a bill to eliminate the loophole on spousal rape in state law
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — After decades of efforts to change a provision of state law shielding people who rape their spouses from prosecution, the Ohio Senate has voted… Read More
Senate President Matt Huffman says Biden will be on Ohio’s fall ballot
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — State legislators have until May 9 to change a law that could keep President Joe Biden off the Ohio ballot this fall, because the… Read More
Ohio’s Supreme Court rules the state death database with names and addresses isn’t a public record
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A state death database with information from death certificates including causes of death along with names and addresses is not a public record. The… Read More
Orange barrels are blooming on Ohio’s roadways as construction season starts up
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Now that winter is over, road construction season is underway in Ohio. There are 950 road and bridge projects totaling $2.8 billion set for… Read More
Ohio AG: death of key figure in House Bill 6 corruption scandal doesn’t stop state’s case
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The state of Ohio’s investigation into the House Bill 6 nuclear power plant corruption scandal continues, in spite of the death of one of the key figures in the case… Read More
Democrats say there are options to ensure Biden is on Ohio’s ballot beyond changing state law
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — President Biden could be off the Ohio ballot this fall, according to Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose. He says in a letter to… Read More
LaRose says Biden won’t be on Ohio’s ballot unless the Democratic convention is moved or law is changed
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Democratic President Joe Biden could be kept off the Ohio ballot in November because of a conflict in state law. The office of Republican… Read More
Over 60 names – some familiar – are on a potential witness list for the state House Bill 6 trial
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — More than 60 names are on the potential witness list for the state in the House Bill 6 trial of former Public Utilities Commission… Read More
An attorney general report says Ohio’s death penalty is “unworkable” as he backs a bill to change it
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s Republican attorney general says the state’s death penalty is “unworkable” as is, in his office’s latest report on capital crimes and punishment in… Read More
Primary results raise questions about the upcoming contest to become Ohio House speaker
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A dozen Republican Ohio House incumbents who supported Jason Stephens for speaker faced primary challengers, and four of them lost those races Tuesday. And that… Read More
In spite of Ohio’s GOP US Senate race, early voting for March primary down from previous years
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Though there’s a bitter and expensive three-way race for the Republican nomination for US Senate on this March ballot, early voting numbers for the… Read More
The final weekend of Ohio’s Republican U.S. Senate race is busy, bitter and brought out big bucks
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The race among three men running in the Republican U.S. Senate race to face Ohio’s incumbent Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown this fall got increasingly… Read More
The Republican war for control of Ohio’s Statehouse is bringing in money and interest in primary races
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A battle among Republicans hangs over tomorrow’s primary races for Ohio House and Senate. 11 of the 22 Republicans who joined all 32 Democrats… Read More
Ohio’s attorney general again rejects a proposed amendment to end qualified immunity
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — For the eighth time, Ohio’s Republican attorney general has rejected language to ask voters to approve a constitutional amendment to eliminate qualified immunity for… Read More
A bill continues Ohio lawmakers’ crackdown on traffic cameras by requiring each to have a license
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Several cities are still running red light and speed cameras, even as lawmakers have tried to crack down on them. One of the legislature’s… Read More
The final Ohio GOP U.S. Senate debate features familiar positions on issues and some personal attacks
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OXFORD, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The three men vying for votes in the Ohio GOP U.S. Senate race met for their last debate before March 19, when one of… Read More
DeWine wants a working group on issues for mentally ill Ohioans accused of crimes
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — 93% of people in Ohio’s six state psychiatric hospitals are there because they committed crimes, and need to be restored to mental competency so… Read More
The advocate for consumers of Ohio utilities joins the AG in asking PUCO to pause FirstEnergy probes
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The state agency that watches utilities on behalf of consumers is pulling back on its request for investigations by the Public Utilities Commission of… Read More
The Ohio Supreme Court rules there will be no tax refunds for commuters working from home during COVID
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Supreme Court delivered a win for cities that collected income tax from commuters working from home during the pandemic. At stake was… Read More
Ohio’s Republican U.S. Senate candidates talk immigration, Ukraine and Trump in a live forum
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The three Republican candidates for U.S. Senate met for a forum at the University of Findlay Monday night. The name of former president Trump,… Read More
DeWine says “I wish we hadn’t appointed” former PUCO chair Sam Randazzo
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Two former FirstEnergy executives and former head of the state’s utility regulator, Sam Randazzo, have pleaded not guilty to 27 state criminal charges in… Read More
Former FirstEnergy executives and an ex-PUCO head face state charges in Ohio’s nuclear bailout scandal
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Two former executives with FirstEnergy now face state charges in what’s been called the largest corruption case in state history, involving the nuclear bailout… Read More
Ohio House approves bill requiring capitalism to be taught in high school financial literacy
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) – A proposal that would require financial literacy courses already mandated in Ohio high schools to include lessons on capitalism has passed the Republican-dominated Ohio… Read More
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