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Gov. Mike DeWine blocked a stricter ID mandate for Ohio mail-in voting
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have, starting in 2027, instituted stricter ID requirements for mail-in voting. In a mad dash… Read More
Why reform of JobsOhio won’t go anywhere this legislative session
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Earlier this year, state lawmakers introduced bills establishing stricter government oversight into JobsOhio, the powerful and private arm that pursues economic projects on the… Read More
A new report argues ‘uneconomic coal operations’ affect Ohio
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio got rid of direct subsidies for electric generation last August, including by ending two controversial subsidies that went to aging coal-fired power plants. But how… Read More
‘Not a deterrent.’ Gov. Mike DeWine asks Ohio lawmakers to abolish executions
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine has asked the Ohio legislature to abolish executions for good, saying the issue should go before the voters if lawmakers decide… Read More
A debate on tax breaks stalls new data center laws in Ohio. What now?
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An eleventh-hour effort before summer recess to send data center regulations to Gov. Mike DeWine died late Wednesday night. The last-minute legislation Ohio lawmakers were… Read More
Ohio’s nuclear energy industry launched a trade association
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As Ohio sees a slew of nuclear energy investments, a new trade association has formed for the industry. From Centrus Energy to Meta, big… Read More
Ohio’s Senate advanced its fast-tracked voter ID amendment
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — In haste, the Ohio Senate has advanced Senate Joint Resolution 10, asking Ohioans statewide about what voter ID they should need for elections. The constitutional… Read More
An amendment on photo ID is likely to make the ballot with Ohio GOP leaders behind it
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Photo ID is required on Election Day in Ohio, and it has been since 2023, but state GOP leaders say the law they fought… Read More
Ohio Democrats reintroduce a bill to legalize medically assisted suicide
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Four Democratic state lawmakers are fronting an effort to legalize medically assisted suicide for Ohioans with terminal diagnoses, following an effort in 2018 that did… Read More
‘No real consensus’ among lawmakers on how to address Ohio child care crisis
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s child care system, like the rest of the country’s, is widely considered to be in a state of crisis due to unaffordability and a… Read More
Ohio primary preview: Two GOP candidates are battling to oversee Ohio’s elections as Secretary of State
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — In 2026, three of Ohio’s state executives—each of whom have hit their term limits—are seeking new roles. Secretary of State Frank LaRose is vying… Read More
Ohio bills would end all sports betting outside of casinos and wagers on college games
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Three conservative state lawmakers, backed by faith-based and mental health advocates, said Wednesday they want to dramatically reform Ohio laws regulating sports betting, a multi-billion… Read More
A proposed ban on big data centers in Ohio clears hurdle, with a ways to go
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Several rural southwest Ohio residents trying to get a proposed constitutional amendment on the November ballot banning large-scale data centers have cleared a hurdle…. Read More
Advocates say Ohio ‘can’t ignore’ the ratio of executed to exonerated death row inmates
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The state of Ohio has executed 56 men in death row since 1981, and in the same timeframe, vacated the convictions of 12 other… Read More
U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno says SoftBank’s investment in Ohio is ‘very different’ than Intel’s
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Business leaders and government officials flocked to southern Ohio last Friday to detail plans for a data center so large it needs a $33.3… Read More
Should the legislature have more JobsOhio oversight? Two lawmakers say yes
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Two state lawmakers have introduced legislation establishing stricter governmental oversight into JobsOhio. The powerful and private arm that pursues economic projects on the state’s… Read More
An effort to repeal the ban on intoxicating hemp and THC drinks will not make the Ohio ballot
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio is now largely on track to ban all intoxicating hemp Friday, including hemp-infused THC and CBD beverages, with an effort to overturn the… Read More
Ohio’s SNAP error rate could mean big changes in near future
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio and its county governments will be on the hook in the fall for about $50 million worth of additional costs to administer the federal… Read More
A teen’s death motivates an Ohio bill to restrict kids’ access to online gaming
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Two Ohio lawmakers have introduced a bill to more strictly regulate minors’ access to online gaming, two months after the death of Hailey Buzbee,… Read More
Could the H2Ohio clean water program get put on the ballot?
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine said Thursday he wants to get a bond issue before voters this November to secure long-term funding for H2Ohio, the state’s multi-agency… Read More
Ohio lawmakers may pass a redo of the age verification law for porn sites
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Several measures amended into House Bill 96, the biennial budget, sought to make adult content websites add age verification and identities to Ohio users before… Read More
An Ohio House bill would extend a data center tariff to the rest of the state
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Two Ohio lawmakers say they want to bring how one electric utility is handling rising data center demand to elsewhere in the state. In… Read More
Ending executions for good may not be an easy sell in the Ohio House
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio has not gone through with an execution since July 2018, closing in on eight years, and extending the entirety of Gov. Mike DeWine’s tenure…. Read More
The kids’ vision initiative OhioSEE comes into focus in 15 counties
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — For what might be the first time, the Prairie Lincoln Elementary School library came fully into focus Tuesday afternoon for second-grader Tesannya and six… Read More
An Ohio lawmaker wants the state to make way for nuclear fusion regulations
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Nuclear fusion, as an energy source, is in its infancy. Still, one Ohio lawmaker said his colleagues should get ahead of the curve by… Read More
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