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Ohio’s House will consider a bill to allow communities to permit guns in buildings with courtrooms
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — When state lawmakers return from the Thanksgiving break, the House could take up a bill that further expands gun rights in Ohio, by allowing… Read More
Ohio teachers’ pension fund board suspends executive director after accusations of bad behavior
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The board of the state’s $90 billion pension fund for retired teachers has suspended its executive director after staffers accused him of violent behavior… Read More
Attorney General who opposed Issue 1 will likely argue in court it erases six-week abortion ban
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Supreme Court is asking the parties involved in a lawsuit over Ohio’s law banning abortion after six weeks to submit arguments on… Read More
Exit polls showed independent voters decided Ohio’s election on abortion and marijuana
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Issues 1 and 2 passed with almost the same margins on Tuesday. But Issue 2 – legal marijuana – won in 40 counties, and… Read More
Ohio House GOP says it will consider “removing jurisdiction from the judiciary” on Issue 1 laws
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republicans are expected to unveil their proposals on abortion-related laws in the wake of the passage of Issue 1, which put abortion rights in… Read More
Two elections on amendments make 2023 a historic year for Ohio’s constitution
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) – This week’s election featuring Issue 1, the constitutional amendment on abortion rights, brought out an unofficial total of 48.86% of Ohio’s registered voters. 39.03%… Read More
A state school superintendent who served for three weeks is picked to head Ohio’s education agency
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A former state school board member who served as the state school superintendent for just over three weeks last year has been appointed as… Read More
Voters approve Issue 2 to legalize recreational marijuana in Ohio
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohioans have passed Issue 2 to legalize recreational marijuana, becoming the 24th state to legalize and regulate the growing, manufacturing, testing and sale of pot… Read More
Ohioans will decide on a recreational marijuana law today
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — While the constitutional amendment on reproductive rights on next week’s ballot is getting most of the attention and money, the second question is a… Read More
Early turnout for Ohio’s election on abortion and marijuana issues outpaces early vote in August
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — County boards of elections closed their early voting centers after the only weekend of voting to prepare for the Ohio Election Day on Tuesday,… Read More
Ban on faculty strikes removed from Republican-backed Ohio higher ed bill, but concerns remain
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The bill that seeks to address what conservatives see as “cancel culture” and indoctrination at Ohio’s higher ed institutions is getting another makeover. It’s… Read More
Democrats want to know about 27,000 Ohio voter registration removals, but LaRose says it’s the law
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Democratic lawmakers are calling on Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose to restore 27,000 voter registrations removed from the rolls last month, which his office… Read More
Early votes in Ohio’s Nov. 7 election on reproductive rights and marijuana are up over August’s vote
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — With just over a week of early voting left before election day on Nov. 7, the numbers are ahead of where they were for the… Read More
A typo has delayed signature gathering for the group backing Ohio’s citizens redistricting panel
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — It’s back to the drawing board again for the group trying to change the redistricting process of drawing congressional and state legislative district maps through… Read More
Ohio commits to nearly $240 million for EdChoice voucher expansion, and more might be needed
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The state will spend nearly $240 million on vouchers for Ohio families to send their children to private schools through an expansion of the EdChoice… Read More
Ohio’s new education agency moves forward after a judge dissolves the order to stop K-12 overhaul
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The seven progressive-leaning elected state school board members who sued over the Republican-backed overhaul of K-12 education are considering their next move. A judge allowed… Read More
Ohio public university trustees meet to discuss a bill that makes big changes in higher education
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Trustees from Ohio’s public colleges and universities gathered at the Statehouse Monday for the first-ever statewide trustees symposium. It was organized by the Republican… Read More
Nearly a third of provisional ballots in Ohio’s August special election were tossed for lack of ID
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The percentage of provisional ballots that were rejected in the August special election was the highest it had been in statewide votes over the… Read More
Lawmaker wants to ban Ohio’s public universities from putting sports only on streaming services
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Democratic state senator whose district includes Ohio State University’s main campus in Columbus is so frustrated that this past Saturday’s Buckeyes football game… Read More
Ohio’s Senate president says he thinks lawmakers will change the marijuana law if voters pass Issue 2
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Republican-dominated Ohio Senate passed a resolution opposing the two issues on the Nov. 7 ballot – Issue 1, an amendment on reproductive and… Read More
Early voting underway for Ohio’s November 7 vote on reproductive rights amendment and legal marijuana law
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s month of early voting is underway before the Nov. 7 election. Voters will decide on Issue 1, an amendment guaranteeing abortion and reproductive… Read More
Ohio lawmakers hear questions and misinformation on the ‘bathroom bill’ for schools and universities
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An Ohio House committee heard from the Republican sponsors of a bill to require K-12 and college students to use bathrooms and locker rooms… Read More
DeWine says the court order won by Democrats will stop some of education overhaul, but not all of it
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Department of Education is no more as of midnight, according to Gov. Mike DeWine. But he said part of the planned revamping… Read More
Ohio’s solicitor general moves on after arguing big cases involving abortion and other state policy
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The state’s solicitor general is leaving that job. The announcement comes a few days after Solicitor General Benjamin Flowers argued a case that both sides… Read More
A bipartisan bill hopes to help Ohio’s nursing shortage with staffing requirements
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The nursing shortage that started during the pandemic hasn’t gotten any better, with thousands expected to leave the profession in the next five years…. Read More
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