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![Crews work at the site East Palestine train derailment on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. Toxic soil excavated from the site](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/download-1-2-e1678806470401-900x422.webp)
DeWine is frustrated at contaminated soil in East Palestine, as states with storage sites reject it
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The cleanup at the toxic train derailment site in East Palestine last month has stalled because Ohio is having trouble finding sites to accept… Read More
![Tyler Fehrman poses for a portrait. He a bald, white man with a red beard and black-framed glasses.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/download-1-1-e1678724502753-900x422.webp)
An FBI informant speaks out after the convictions of former House speaker and ex-Ohio GOP chair
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — It took just over a day for jurors to find Republican former Ohio House speaker Larry Householder and ex-Ohio Republican Party chair Matt Borges… Read More
![Former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio David DeVillers points at a chart at the press conference announcing the arrest of then-Speaker Larry Householder (R-Glenford) and others in a $60 million bribery case.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/devillers_at_householder_case_press_conf_july_2020_-_konik-e1616511250490-900x422.jpeg)
A former US Attorney who brought charges in Ohio’s nuclear bailout scandal says the case may not be over
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — After a little over a day of deliberation, a jury found Republican former Ohio House speaker Larry Householder and ex-Ohio Republican Party chair Matt… Read More
![A row of desks in a classroom with a backpack hanging up on the back wall](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/school-desk-e1471549255189-900x422.jpg)
A legislative report estimates the universal school voucher bill will cost Ohio more than $1 billion
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — It’s estimated a bill to provide a school voucher to any student who wants them will cost the state of Ohio more than a… 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’s Democratic and Republican US Senators team up on East Palestine response
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Norfolk Southern must test for dioxins, which are toxic pollutants created when plastic is burned, around the site of its train derailment along the… Read More
![Larry Householder, former Ohio House speaker, walks into the Potter Stewart United States Court House in Cincinnati with three other people](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/download-2-1-e1674503323293-900x422.webp)
The defense rests in the federal racketeering trial of former Ohio House speaker and ex-Ohio GOP chair
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CINCINNATI (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republican former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder spent a second day on the stand before his defense rested their case in his federal racketeering trial…. Read More
![Rep. Adam Mathews (R-Lebanon, at podium), takes questions from lawmakers on the House Ways and Means Committee at the first hearing for House Bill 1, on February 28, 2023.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/download-1-e1677701609866-900x422.webp)
An Ohio House bill that would cut taxes and cost local governments and schools gets its first hearing
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Lawmakers got their first look at a bill that could create a flat state income tax and make major property tax changes – while… Read More
![Larry Householder, former Ohio House speaker, walks into the Potter Stewart U.S. Court House in Cincinnati on Jan. 23, 2023.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/download-e1675451613955-900x422.webp)
Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder is expected to take the stand as his defense prepares to rest
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CINCINNATI (Statehouse News Bureau) — Defense attorneys in the federal racketeering trial of Republican former Ohio House speaker Larry Householder and ex-Ohio GOP chair Matt Borges started their case on… Read More
![The sign outside the Potter Stewart United States Courthouse](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/download-2-e1675524404132-900x422.webp)
Informant closes the prosecution’s case in Householder, Borges federal trial. The defense takes over
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The prosecution has rested in the racketeering trial of Republican former Ohio House speaker Larry Householder and ex-GOP chair Matt Borges. The testimony for… Read More
![Rep. Kris Jordan poses in a photo with his arm leaned against a banister in the statehouse on his official Ohio House page.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/download-6-e1677517578995-900x422.webp)
Ohio Republican state lawmaker Kris Jordan dies at age 46
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Flags are at half staff for Ohio lawmaker Kris Jordan (R-Ostrander), who was reported to have died of natural causes over the weekend. Jordan’s death… Read More
![The cleanup of portions of a Norfolk Southern freight train that derailed Friday night in East Palestine, Ohio, continues](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/AP23040746186532-e1676056333964-900x422.jpg)
The Ohio Senate sets a hearing on the toxic train derailment to hear from state officials
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Republican leader of the Ohio Senate says a hearing will be held on Wednesday on the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, to… Read More
![Some of the railcars that derailed Friday night when a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed are in the process of being cleaned up on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023 in East Palestine, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/AP23040745941722-e1676569734663-900x422.jpg)
Railroads push back on potential regulations changes in Ohio’s transportation budget
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The head of the lobbying group representing railroads that operate in Ohio said some changes to train regulations in the $3.7 billion transportation budget… Read More
![Jeff Longstreth, then the executive director of the Ohio Liberty Council, in an appearance on "The State of Ohio" in July 2011.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/download-4-1-e1677162730419-900x422.webp)
The strategist who admitted guilt in Ohio’s nuclear bailout case takes the stand against former speaker
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CINCINNATI (Statehouse News Bureau) — A strategist who pleaded guilty in the corruption case involving Ohio’s nuclear power plant bailout law took the stand in federal court in Cincinnati Wednesday…. Read More
![The Ohio Statehouse](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ohio_statehouse__credit_statehouse_news_bureau_-e1653657900609-900x422.png)
Lawmakers consider tax credit to help Ohio’s “severe” affordable housing shortage
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — There’s a shortage of around a quarter of a million affordable housing units around the state, which puts pressure on both low-income people and… Read More
![The Ohio House Finance committee meeting to discuss the transportation budget.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/OH-finance-committee-hearing-e1677081929116-900x422.webp)
Changes to Ohio’s proposed transportation budget include strengthening some rules for trains
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Hearings continue in the Ohio House Finance Committee on the state’s $3.7 billion transportation budget – which got a lot of changes on Monday… Read More
![Newly elected House Speaker Jason Stephens (R) addressees the Ohio House from a podium.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/download-1-e1672865449642-900x422.webp)
Schools and local governments could lose over a billion dollars from tax changes backed by Ohio’s House Speaker
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The bill that’s listed as the top priority of Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill) and the Republican representatives who support him involves… Read More
![Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill) speaks to reporters about his team's list of priority bills. Standing with him were 15 House Republicans who voted for him for speaker, including House Finance Committee chair Jay Edwards (R-Nelsonville), Rep. Sara Carruthers (R-Hamilton), Rep. Bill Roemer (R-Richfield), Rep. Angela King (R-Celina) and Assistant Majority Floor Leader Jon Cross (R-Kenton).](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/download-3-2-e1676496057940-900x422.webp)
Ohio’s Republican House Speaker sets his legislative priorities. His GOP opponent agrees but pushes back
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — After weeks of no bills formally introduced with bill numbers, the Ohio House Speaker and his leadership team has introduced their legislative priorities, ranging… Read More
![Juan Cespedes poses for a portrait](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/download-2-e1676479213710-900x422.jpg)
A former lobbyist is on the stand again in the federal trial of the former Ohio House Speaker and the ex-Ohio GOP chair
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CINCINNATI (Statehouse News Bureau) — A former lobbyist for a previous subsidiary of FirstEnergy who’s pleaded guilty in the House Bill 6 corruption case spent his day on the stand… Read More
![Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder, center, walks into Potter Stewart U.S. Courthouse with his attorneys, Mark Marein, left, and Steven Bradley, right, before jury selection in his federal trial](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/AP23020496296093-e1675202142653-900x422.jpg)
A former Householder ally testifies against the ex-Ohio House speaker in his racketeering trial
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CINCINNATI (Statehouse News Bureau) — A lobbyist for a former subsidiary of FirstEnergy who admitted guilt in the scandal involving the nuclear bailout law known as House Bill 6 took… Read More
![A cell phone](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/AP_883029211573-900x422.jpg)
An Ohio budget proposal requires parental permission for kids to use social media
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s two year state budget always has things in it that aren’t related to state spending. For instance, the budget unveiled last month by… Read More
![TVs show sports at a casino](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/sportsbook_in_nyny_casino_-_tino_bandito_shutterstock-scaled-e1640208893629-900x422.jpg)
DeWine’s proposed budget would double the tax on sports betting in Ohio
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — There are no income tax cuts in Republican Gov. Mike DeWine’s proposed $87 billion, two-year state budget, and there’s the elimination of the state… Read More
![SNAP logo](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/UUFSO5DOS5DG7OU4GENNLUAOC4-e1553806445699-900x422.jpg)
This month’s end of SNAP pandemic boost has advocates for low-income Ohioans worried
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — People across the country who receive SNAP or food stamp benefits will see that allocation shrink after this month, as the boost the federal… Read More
![An Amtrak train pulls into a station in Ashland, Virginia.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/download-3-1-e1676042286967-900x422.webp)
Ohio takes the first step to get feds on board with expanding passenger rail here
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Advocates for high speed trains are celebrating that the state will apply for federal funds to pay for a study on the feasibility of… Read More
![Kim Murnieks, Ohio Office of Budget and Management director, takes a question from a member of the Ohio House Finance Committee on the first day of hearing on the two-year state budget on February 7, 2023.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/download-1-1-e1675872740883-900x422.webp)
Ohio budget work begins with questions about Medicaid and suggestion of income tax cut
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Months of work on the two-year state budget is under way with the first hearing on the spending plan before the Ohio House Finance… Read More
![Auditor Keith Faber smiles behind a microphone at a presser](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/keith_faber_112119_open_records_rating_-_chow-scaled-e1651008753411-900x422.jpg)
Ohio’s auditor notes 100 fraud convictions over four years. He wants money for more training and investigations
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Over the last four years, 100 public officials have been prosecuted by the state of Ohio for fraud and corruption. That’s led to more… Read More
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