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Ohio’s medical marijuana dispensaries prep for adult-use green light
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohioans will likely be able to buy recreational marijuana as soon as mid-June, earlier than the timeline outlined by the initiated statute they voted… Read More
A bill tells Ohio public schools to limit student phone use on property
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Two state lawmakers have proposed requiring Ohio’s public middle and high schools to create and publicize internet safety policies, including disallowing student phone use… Read More
Some lawmakers are again pushing to close Ohio’s primary elections
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republican state lawmakers have put out at least four different proposals to close Ohio’s partisan primary elections since the start of the legislative session… Read More
Ohio lawmakers roll out housing bills, but movement likely won’t come this session
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — There are only 40 affordable units for every 100 Ohio households, according to a report last year from the Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in… Read More
A judge puts a short-term pause on HB 68 in Ohio prior to its effective date
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A judge in Franklin County put a short-term pause Tuesday on House Bill 68, a statewide ban on gender-affirming care for trans minors that… Read More
Ohio’s House GOP caucus votes to pull the speaker’s control of incumbents’ election fund
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A faction of the Ohio House GOP is again trying to wrest control of money set aside for campaigning incumbents from Speaker Jason Stephens… Read More
An overhaul of the license suspension process may be on the horizon for Ohio drivers
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The process to begin a driver’s license suspension can begin for a whole host of reasons in Ohio and Sen. Catherine Ingram (D-Cincinnati) knows… Read More
Ohio’s legislature won’t take on marijuana law tweaks: ‘There’s just not that consensus’
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — With adult-use marijuana sales in Ohio on track to start in early fall, the window for state lawmakers to retool the state’s pending recreational program… Read More
Low vision and blind Ohioans can use sonar devices to hear the solar eclipse
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — During the solar eclipse Monday, most viewers will shift their eyes to the sky. Some low and no vision Ohioans, however, will be using another… Read More
Ohio agencies outline their solar eclipse preparations and suggestions
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio is in the final phase of preparations for the total solar eclipse Monday, and a handful of agencies said it’s all hands on… Read More
Ohio’s House speaker weighs in on a probable challenge for his job next year
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — With a brewing battle over who will sit at the speaker’s dais next legislative session, current House Speaker Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill) said Tuesday that… Read More
Rules for Ohio’s pending adult-use cannabis program moving ‘quickly’
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Administrative rulemaking for the state’s pending recreational marijuana program is moving full steam ahead, one industry trade association says, with sales likely to start… Read More
Ohio’s highest court will decide if pharmacies distributing opioids created a public nuisance
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Supreme Court will decide in the near future whether big chain pharmacies created a public nuisance—contributing to the opioid crisis through how they… Read More
Ohio is being sued over a new law that limits health care for transgender kids
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The ACLU of Ohio, along with global law firm Goodwin, has filed a lawsuit against the state, trying to halt legislation from going into… Read More
A conservative think tank in Ohio argues the end of affirmative action extends beyond admissions
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio schools and post-graduate programs are still working to navigate the legal fallout of affirmative action being rendered federally unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme… Read More
Ohio rolls out a statewide program to accredit police forces
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio will pilot a new best-practices accreditation program for police agencies, and it will also bear the cost, Gov. Mike DeWine announced Thursday afternoon…. Read More
Trans advocates are still against Ohio’s draft rules on youth transition treatment
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — About a dozen Ohioans testified Monday morning against some of the state’s draft rules regarding transition treatments and other gender-affirming care for trans children… Read More
DeWine says Ohio schools should consider phone-free policies for classrooms
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — In the last few years, a contingent of Ohio’s middle and high schools enacted policies banning phones, and Gov. Mike DeWine said Wednesday he… Read More
Filings show Dolan and Moreno loaned themselves millions for the final leg of the US Senate primary
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Two of the three GOP candidates running for U.S. Senate have significantly more cash on hand in the final days before Election Day, thanks… Read More
An Ohio bill calls for AI watermarks and criminalizes ‘simulated obscene material’ of kids
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio lawmakers have introduced a bill that would crack down on AI, including through requiring a watermark on anything that is generated by artificial… Read More
Ohio rolls out an education and career advancement site targeting labor shortages
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The state launched a new online education and career resource Tuesday: the Ohio Career Navigator. Once Ohioans take a survey on the now-live site… Read More
Arnold Schwarzenegger headlines a rally for an Ohio redistricting ballot initiative
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As the Arnold Sports Festival wound down in Columbus on Sunday evening, Arnold Schwarzenegger headlined a “Terminate Gerrymandering” campaign event for a standing-room only… Read More
Ohio’s legislative leaders weigh in on guidance to scrub race-based criteria from scholarships
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Attorney General Dave Yost told Ohio public university leaders in January he sees race as unconstitutional criteria for scholarship awards, nearly eight months after the U.S. Supreme… Read More
Ohio Senate passes GOP-backed campaign finance proposal on foreign money
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Senate voted 25-7 along party lines on Wednesday to advance a fast-tracked dark money proposal that bans foreign contributions to campaigns for… Read More
One year of sports bets are on the books in Ohio. Lawmakers and stakeholders are looking ahead
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Although wagers on athletic events at the professional and collegiate levels went legal statewide at midnight on Jan. 1 last year, it’s not a… Read More