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60% voter approval amendment backers counting votes before it could go to Ohio House floor
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio House could decide next week to ask voters to approve a Republican-backed constitutional amendment to make it harder to pass future amendments… Read More
![Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw (center, at podium) takes questions from members of the Ohio Senate Select Rail Safety Committee about the derailment of one of his company's trains in East Palestine in February.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/download-3-1-e1681928629604-900x422.webp)
Norfolk Southern’s CEO takes questions from Ohio Senators about the toxic East Palestine derailment
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The CEO of Norfolk Southern, which has seen five trains derail in Ohio since October was at the Statehouse Tuesday. Norfolk Southern CEO Alan… Read More
![State Budget Director Kimberly Murnieks speaks to the House Finance Committee in February 2023 about Gov. Mike DeWine's proposed budget.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/download-2-e1681850256486-900x422.webp)
An income tax cut and expansion of vouchers in Ohio House Republicans’ version of the two year budget
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As expected, Republicans in the Ohio House will introduce a budget that includes an income tax cut and an expansion of taxpayer-paid school vouchers…. Read More
![Pat McDonald is sworn in by Governor Mike DeWIne as director of the Ohio Lottery in February 2019.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/download-e1681744383681-900x422.webp)
An investigation into “HR irregularities” at the Ohio Lottery comes after director abruptly resigns
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine wants an investigation of a series of complaints from the Ohio Lottery offices. The announcement of the probe comes after the… Read More
![Rep. Phil Plummer, a supporter of Rep. Derek Merrin (R-Monclova Township) for speaker, talks to reporters after House session on January 25, 2023.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/download-9-e1681484645373-900x422.webp)
A battle over the Ohio House Republicans’ campaign account appears to be settled
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Lawmakers are on spring break, but they were apparently working. The war over who will control the Ohio House Republicans’ campaign arm is apparently… Read More
![Ohio Board of Education Brendan Shea speaks after the board approved his resolution opposing the bill that would move many of the board’s duties to the governor’s office.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/download-8-e1681324275399-900x422.webp)
Ohio’s state school board votes on a resolution opposing the bill that would strip many of its powers
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s state board of education has weighed in on a Republican-backed plan that would dramatically affect its power. A bill moving in the Senate… Read More
![Athens County preschool teacher Jenny Morgan sings and plays guitar as part of her comments to the Ohio Oil and Gas Commission](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/download-7-e1681242398326-900x422.webp)
Opponents voice frustrations with the commission that rules on Ohio-owned land drilling permits
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A law that could force state agencies to allow oil and gas drilling on Ohio-owned lands took effect on Friday. The state has rejected… Read More
![Ohio interim state school superintendent Dr. Stephanie Siddens poses for a waist up portrait](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/download-6-e1681225449334-900x422.webp)
Ohio’s interim state school leader resigns, as lawmakers prepare to move a bill overhauling the agency
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s interim state school leader is leaving that position for a district-level job, as lawmakers consider an overhaul of the state department of education. Today,… Read More
![Rep. Jay Edwards addresses a crowd at a podium.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/IMG_7826-e1568991732703-900x422.jpg)
Rep. Jay Edwards says an income tax cut is likely in the Ohio House Republicans’ budget proposal
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — State lawmakers are on spring break, but when they return they’ll need to start moving the two-year state budget, which needs to pass both… Read More
![Molly McKenzie Nichols with the Ohio Sierra Club's Beyond Coal campaign speaks to activists gathered in the lobby of the building housing the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/download-3-e1680728118221-900x422.webp)
Environmental activists say Ohio utility regulators could halt fees for two coal-fired plants
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Environmental activists are calling on the state’s utility regulators to take action they said is allowed under the nuclear power plant bailout law that… Read More
![A Death Penalty Bed with the straps fastened](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/death_penalty_bed_080219-e1632843529142-900x422.jpg)
DeWine declines to comment on the latest effort to overturn Ohio’s death penalty
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A bill to end the death penalty has been proposed many times in Ohio, and the one that was recently introduced in the Senate… Read More
![A person holds their phone while behind the wheel of a car](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/download-5-e1680615193965-900x422.webp)
Drivers texting behind the wheel can be pulled over under a new Ohio law
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) —A new law takes effect Tuesday seeking to crack down on distracted driving – specifically, using a cell phone and texting behind the wheel. But… Read More
![Traffic moves along I-270 in northeast Columbus at dusk](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/download-5-e1679069391866-900x422.webp)
DeWine signs the $13.5 billion Ohio transportation budget with no vetoes
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — No vetoes by Gov. Mike DeWine for Ohio’s $13.5 billion transportation budget, right on the March 31 deadline for it to be in place. The… Read More
![orange barrels on I-270](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/barrels_on_270-e1549409907593-900x422.jpg)
There’s one more stop for Ohio’s $13.5 billion transportation budget before this weekend’s deadline
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The two year, $13.5 billion state transportation budget is on its way to Gov. Mike DeWine for his signature, with a nearly unanimous vote in… Read More
![Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/janning_006-1-e1547770867344-900x422.jpg)
After supporting the elimination of August elections, Ohio’s Secretary of State now says sometimes they’re ok
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose is suggesting he’s on board with an August election for voters to decide on a GOP-backed plan he supports… Read More
![A graphic show the medicine symbol with outlines of pills behind it](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/AP_878531505776-900x422.jpg)
Ohio’s Attorney General sues pharmacy benefits managers for conspiring to drive up costs
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s attorney general is suing pharmacy benefits managers, or PBMs, that work with health insurers and prescription drug makers to negotiate prices. AG Dave Yost… Read More
![Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill) speaks to reporters after session on March 1, 2023.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/download-6-e1679603443778-900x422.webp)
The August vote on 60% voter approval for Ohio constitutional amendments appears dead for now
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Republican-backed plan to put a proposal requiring 60% voter approval for Ohio constitutional amendments before voters in a special election in August may… Read More
![Vehicles drive along the Ohio Turnpike in Strongsville, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/AP_16232547160086-e1508256391854-900x422.jpg)
DeWine hints at a veto if speed limit increases are in Ohio’s transportation budget
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine is strongly suggesting that if his Republican colleagues in the legislature pass an increase in speed limits in the Ohio’s transportation… Read More
![Poll workers wait for voters in Franklin County, Ohio behind a door that has a voting today sign taped to it](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/img-5094-scaled-e1659541443501-900x422.jpg)
The plan to require 60% approval for Ohio constitutional amendments could get an August vote
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Groups are gathering signatures for a constitutional amendment on reproductive rights they hope to get on the ballot in November. Meanwhile, a hearing is… Read More
![A block of houses sits in Cleveland in 2019.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/download-2-3-e1679324338558-900x422.webp)
Opponents warn the flat tax-property tax bill will mean higher property taxes for Ohio homeowners
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Hearings continue on the top priority for Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill), a bill to create a 2.75% flat income tax and make… Read More
![The Kyger Creek Coal Fired Power Plant from a distance](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/download-1-3-e1679083474273-900x422.webp)
Democrats propose another attempt to repeal coal plant subsidies in Ohio’s nuclear bailout law
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The nuclear power plant subsidies in the bailout at the center of the largest corruption case in Ohio history were repealed less than a… Read More
![Traffic moves along I-270 in northeast Columbus at dusk](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/download-5-e1679069391866-900x422.webp)
The Senate’s transportation budget changes boost speed limits and cut the rural Ohio highway fund
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio Senators have made changes in the state’s proposed transportation budget, with just two weeks to go before it needs to be signed into… Read More
![Ohio University's Cutler Hall on the first day of the semester.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/OU-Image-scaled-e1599491277344-900x422.jpg)
Republican senators are proposing changes at Ohio public universities aimed at “cancel culture”
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republican Senators have proposed a bill that makes big changes in public universities in Ohio, aiming at what some call “cancel culture”. It includes… Read More
![An overhead shot of rail cars shown off the track with some on fire.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/download-2-1-e1675698693695-900x422.webp)
Ohio sues Norfolk Southern over February’s toxic train derailment in East Palestine
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The state of Ohio is suing Norfolk Southern over the toxic train derailment last month in East Palestine. It’s a move that was largely… Read More
![Two smokestacks working at the Kyger Creek coal plant in Gallia County](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/download-2-2-e1678811252110-900x422.webp)
After House Bill 6 convictions, DeWine says lawmakers should repeal coal plant subsidies too
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine said he respects the process and the jury that convicted fellow Republican former speaker Larry Householder and former Ohio Republican Party… Read More
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