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A business coalition proposes wide reforms for Ohio’s property tax structure
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A new coalition that includes the Ohio Chamber of Commerce, Ohio Realtors and County Auditors Association of Ohio is advocating for wider reform of… Read More
A judge permanently struck down the parental social media consent law in Ohio
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A law requiring social media and gaming sites to get parental permission before letting any Ohioan younger than 16 onto their platforms can’t go… Read More
U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno says the Chillicothe paper mill will pause its permanent closure
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CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) said Friday the historic Chillicothe paper mill, owned currently by Pixelle Specialty Solutions, will pause its permanent closure until… Read More
Gov. Mike DeWine wants the child tax credit restored in the Ohio budget that’s now in the Senate
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Federal and state individual income tax returns were due Tuesday, but as Ohioans close the books on a year’s worth of earnings, tax researchers and… Read More
Ohio’s private colleges may soon be subject to higher ed overhaul provisions
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — In their version of the budget, Ohio House GOP lawmakers extended the Governor’s Merit Scholarship program, which awards scholarships to students who make the… Read More
The Ohio House passed its budget, mostly along party lines. What made the cut?
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio House lawmakers sent the state budget to the Senate by a 60-39 vote Wednesday afternoon, following two months of testimony and negotiations. The… Read More
Gov. Mike DeWine calls on Ohio lawmakers to ban cell phones from public schools
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Under a state law signed in 2024, Ohio K-12 public schools had to pass a policy limiting student device use in classrooms and elsewhere, though districts were… Read More
The latest Ohio budget proposal recognizes only two sexes and relocates LGBTQ content at libraries
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The state House GOP folded hundreds of changes into the two-year Ohio budget Tuesday, including several non-fiscal items further legislating sex and gender issues…. Read More
Ohio lawmakers will take a second crack at online age verification
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio lawmakers will try again to pass age verification provisions regulating major technology companies, this time targeting application stores rather than individual apps. Sen…. Read More
Some opponents are eyeing legal action after Gov. Mike DeWine signed Ohio’s higher education overhaul bill
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine wasted no time in signing the controversial Senate Bill 1 on Friday, less than 48 hours after he received it, meaning… Read More
The Ohio House passed its own new energy generation provisions. What next?
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio House legislators voted Wednesday to advance their own version of lengthy energy generation legislation, which—like the Senate’s—includes an immediate rollback of controversial subsidies… Read More
The long debated bill overhauling higher education in Ohio heads off to Gov. Mike DeWine
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Senate Bill 1 is one signature away from law and changing higher education in Ohio, after senators voted Wednesday to concur with changes 20-11,… Read More
Should Ohio embrace digital currency? Lawmakers mull over a regulatory bill
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An Ohio lawmaker said the state needs to put in place a regulatory framework for digital currency and blockchain technology, the logs for transaction… Read More
An Ohio bill would outlaw property tax replacement levies
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio House advanced its first property tax proposal this session Wednesday, and some lawmakers say it was the first of many bills coming… Read More
Ohio’s Senate advances a major energy bill that axes subsidies and overhauls rate cases
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Senate voted unanimously Wednesday to pass an extensive energy bill lawmakers and lobbyists have said will prompt new energy generation and otherwise overhaul… Read More
Vaccine rates against measles and other infections is sliding for Ohio kids
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Fewer and fewer children statewide are being immunized against preventable diseases, such as polio or measles, according to the Ohio Department of Health. Between… Read More
A GOP leader rebuffs fully funding school meals statewide in the Ohio budget
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Although advocates are lobbying Ohio lawmakers to fund free school meals for K-12 students in the biennial state budget, one key legislative leader has… Read More
‘Devil’s in the details.’ Democrats say they’re ready for Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s annual State of the State
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ahead of Gov. Mike DeWine’s annual State of the State address Wednesday, Democratic state lawmakers say they see areas in which they align with… Read More
The Ohio House rolled out its own weed bill, with fewer changes than the Senate’s version
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An Ohio House GOP lawmaker has introduced his own set of changes to weed law, just a week after the Senate sent over an… Read More
Advocates are again asking for funding to provide free, universal school meals in Ohio’s budget
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A coalition that includes CVS Pharmacy, Kroger and the Ohio Education Association is again pushing Ohio lawmakers to put funds providing free school meals for… Read More
Ohio leaders are weighing in on President Trump’s push to roll back CHIPS Act
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — During his first joint address of his second administration Tuesday night to Congress, President Donald Trump told elected members they should roll back the bipartisan CHIPS and… Read More
Intel has again delayed the finish date on its in-progress semiconductor plants in Ohio
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — When Intel broke ground in Licking County less than three years ago, the chipmaker said then it could be online and manufacturing chips by… Read More
Under a proposed bill in Ohio, protesters could be made to pay for building damage
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio lawmakers are again hearing a bill that creates civil penalties for protesters who vandalize buildings or other structures, which would be in addition… Read More
The Ohio Senate again passed a bill making big changes to the state’s cannabis program
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Senate passed a GOP-led proposal by a 21-9 vote Wednesday to overhaul the state’s relatively young recreational cannabis program, and senators voted… Read More
Voter registration and passenger rail provisions were added to Ohio transportation budget
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — House lawmakers made a slew of changes Tuesday to the proposal Gov. Mike DeWine has for the Ohio transportation budget, and among them, the… Read More
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