You are viewing the "Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau" Archives
![Lt. Gov. Jon Husted blocks the light sensor on a LightSound box at Alum Creek State Park.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/download-33-e1712585521741-900x422.webp)
Low vision and blind Ohioans can use sonar devices to hear the solar eclipse
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
Posted on:
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
![Governor Mike DeWine holds a pair of solar eclipse glasses to his eyes and looks up. He is indoors.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/download-32-e1712419890913-900x422.webp)
Ohio agencies outline their solar eclipse preparations and suggestions
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
Posted on:
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
![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)
Ohio’s House speaker weighs in on a probable challenge for his job next year
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
Posted on:
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
![A leaf from a cannabis plant is held in someone's hand](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/marijuana-1-900x422.jpg)
Rules for Ohio’s pending adult-use cannabis program moving ‘quickly’
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
Posted on:
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
![Backlit white pills on a table](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/shutterstock_694514731-e1690566723987-900x422.jpg)
Ohio’s highest court will decide if pharmacies distributing opioids created a public nuisance
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
Posted on:
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
![Opponents of HB 68 hold a press conference prior to an Ohio Senate vote on the bill, which bars transgender youth from participating in school athletics and accessing certain medical care.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/npr.brightspotcdn-8-e1711483993618-900x422.webp)
Ohio is being sued over a new law that limits health care for transgender kids
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
Posted on:
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
![The Ohio Supreme Court building from the outside](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/dsc-0006-scaled-e1659992862253-900x422.jpg)
A conservative think tank in Ohio argues the end of affirmative action extends beyond admissions
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
Posted on:
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
![Flashing lights of the police car into the checkpoint in the city](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/police-cruiser-lights-e1705521572966-900x422.jpg)
Ohio rolls out a statewide program to accredit police forces
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
Posted on:
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 Allies of Ohio sign at the Ohio Statehouse](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/download-26-e1710870959673-900x422.webp)
Trans advocates are still against Ohio’s draft rules on youth transition treatment
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
Posted on:
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
![Gov. Mike DeWine and Lt. Gov. Jon Husted lead a roundtable on phone ban policies, held at Dublin City Schools.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/npr.brightspotcdn-5-e1710446750490-900x422.webp)
DeWine says Ohio schools should consider phone-free policies for classrooms
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
Posted on:
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
![Frank LaRose, Bernie Moreno and Matt Dolan participate in a US Senate primary debate.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/download-24-e1710254665196-900x422.webp)
Filings show Dolan and Moreno loaned themselves millions for the final leg of the US Senate primary
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
Posted on:
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
![The inside of the statehouse rotunda](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/npr.brightspotcdn-4-e1709923886361-900x422.webp)
An Ohio bill calls for AI watermarks and criminalizes ‘simulated obscene material’ of kids
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
Posted on:
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
![Lt. Gov. Jon Husted (center) at a meeting of the Governor’s Executive Workforce Board at Kokosing Construction in Westerville.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/npr.brightspotcdn-3-e1709836002280-900x422.webp)
Ohio rolls out an education and career advancement site targeting labor shortages
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
Posted on:
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
![Voter rights advocates scrutinize the Congressional district map proposed by Republican lawmakers.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/download-e1637164689428-900x422.jpeg)
Arnold Schwarzenegger headlines a rally for an Ohio redistricting ballot initiative
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
Posted on:
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
![The top of Ohio's statehouse](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/statehouse_cupola-scaled-e1638548911197-900x422.jpg)
Ohio’s legislative leaders weigh in on guidance to scrub race-based criteria from scholarships
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
Posted on:
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
![Signs promoting campaigns line the lawn in front of the Franklin County Board Of Elections in North Columbus.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/download-2-1-e1697688681227-900x422.webp)
Ohio Senate passes GOP-backed campaign finance proposal on foreign money
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
Posted on:
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
![A person holds a cell phone with a mobile betting app ad on the screen.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/draft-kings-mobile-app-1-122321-konik-e1658595326848-900x422.jpg)
One year of sports bets are on the books in Ohio. Lawmakers and stakeholders are looking ahead
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
Posted on:
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
![Ohio Governor Mike DeWine looks at a screen displaying traffic cameras inside the Ohio Department of Transportation's Traffice Management Center.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ODOT-signs-cameras-e1708196313116-900x422.webp)
ODOT to install automated cameras, billboards targeting Ohio highway crashes
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
Posted on:
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — New camera technology that automatically detects and alerts drivers to traffic slowdowns and standstills ahead will be installed on Ohio’s interstates and state routes… Read More
![House Speaker Jason Stephens stands at the dais in front of the Ohio House](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/npr.brightspotcdn-8-e1708026954515-900x422.webp)
A judge declines to freeze Ohio House GOP’s campaign account funds before the March primary
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
Posted on:
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A judge in Franklin County denied a motion Wednesday to freeze the funds within the Ohio House GOP’s campaign account, the latest in a… Read More
![The Amtrak Airo train travels by a lake in the forest](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/download-22-e1707751075688-900x422.webp)
Bills are being drafted for Ohio to rejoin a multi-state passenger rail commission
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
Posted on:
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio lawmakers from both parties and chambers are planning to introduce concurrent bills later this year to rejoin the Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Commission… Read More
![A sign for an Intel plant is visible through a chain link fence.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/snbintel-e1706972575342-900x422.png)
Intel says finish for first phase of Ohio megaproject will be later than 2025
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
Posted on:
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — When Intel broke ground in Licking County in fall 2022, the chipmaker said it could be online by 2025. But a year and a… 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)
Opponents of the nitrogen executions bill cite Ohio’s ban on gas for pet euthanasia
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
Posted on:
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio outlawed putting down household pets by suffocating them with gas—or any non-anesthetic inhalant—less than a year ago, and all but a handful of… Read More
![Ohio Department of Public Safety Director Andy Wilson stands in front of a screen at a news conference](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/download-21-e1706808791221-900x422.webp)
An Ohio task force does not recommend mandating seatbelts on school buses
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
Posted on:
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A statewide task force released its guidance to boost safety among Ohio’s fleet of school buses Wednesday, but mandating seatbelt restraints on all of them… Read More
![Attorney General Dave Yost at a news conference discussing alternative methods for carrying out executions](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/download-20-e1706722955927-900x422.webp)
Republicans want to introduce a bill that would add nitrogen gas to Ohio’s execution protocol
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
Posted on:
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Two GOP members of the Ohio House, joined by Attorney General Dave Yost, said Tuesday they want to add nitrogen gas as a second method… Read More
![Former astronaut Don Thomas signs Kevin Seymour's bookbag filled with signatures of astronauts.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/npr.brightspotcdn-9-e1706295546668-900x422.webp)
New paintings at the Statehouse celebrate Ohio’s astronauts
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
Posted on:
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A new painting that pays homage to Ohio’s astronauts—including John Glenn, Neil Armstrong, Jim Lovell, and Judith Resnik—was mounted just off the Ohio Statehouse… Read More