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The Ohio High School Athletic Association lowers football playoff ticket prices, but the legislature eyes further action
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — After state lawmakers drew attention to football playoff ticket prices beginning last Tuesday, student entry will cost the same online and at the gate… Read More
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Cost is at the center of a debate over requiring seatbelts on school buses in Ohio
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Aiden Clark, 11, died on his first day of school, when one of the many school buses on its way to Northwestern Local Schools… Read More
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Ohio’s former Republican U.S. Senator calls House GOP “rudderless,” backs support for Ukraine
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republican former U.S. Senator Rob Portman took the stage at a public affairs leaders’ forum at the Ohio State University on Friday morning, where… Read More
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A bill in Ohio elevates penalties for fentanyl and heroin dealing—and human trafficking too
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Testimony continued Wednesday on a Republican-backed bill that boosts the penalties for fentanyl, heroin and human trafficking, the fourth hearing held on the piece… Read More
![Wylie the Walleye, Port Clinton's 600-pound fiberglass walleye mascot, is situated in a town square, where tourists can take selfies with it.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/download-2-2-e1698265466537-900x422.webp)
Ohio legislators introduce a ballot proposal that guarantees the right to hunt, fish
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — GOP lawmakers want to ask voters whether to cement the right to hunt and fish in the Ohio Constitution, and a joint resolution to get… Read More
![The Fairland Dragons enter the field for the Ohio High School Athletic Association football playoffs’ region 23 semifinal game against the West Jefferson Rough Ridersat Obadiah Harris Athletic Complex in Chillicothe, Ohio, Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Han_fairlandwestjeff_013-scaled-e1698202290818-900x422.jpg)
Ohio’s House leader wants to tackle high school football playoff ticket prices
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The season of Friday night lights is in full swing, and as high school football playoffs kick off Friday, House Speaker Jason Stephens (R-Kitts… Read More
![Emergency responders in gear participate in an anthrax attack simulation on Oct. 17, 2023, at the Historic Crew Stadium.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/download-5-1-e1698081597299-900x422.webp)
A statewide simulation prepares Ohio agencies for a possible anthrax attack
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Public safety, emergency management and health agencies across Ohio worked together last week to undergo a three-day anthrax attack simulation. At the Historic Crew Stadium… Read More
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Ohio health officials say more young children are falling ill from e-cigarette exposures
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio health officials are worried about rising e-cigarette exposures among members of the state’s youngest population. The warning comes as Ohioans are voting on an issue to… Read More
![Reps. Josh Williams and Bill Seitz testify during the House Criminal Justice Committee](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/download-4-e1697736067163-900x422.webp)
A bill ending Ohio’s spousal rape ‘loophole’ makes it out of committee
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — More than a half-century after other states began overturning the same provisions, Ohio still treats spousal rape differently than non-spousal rape—but a bill to change… Read More
![Paula Walters tells her survivor story during an ODVN Domestic Violence Awareness Month event on Oct. 11, 2023.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/download-2-e1697142106971-900x422.webp)
A new report finds more than 100 Ohioans were killed in domestic violence incidents in the last year
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Domestic Violence Network said 112 people were killed in domestic violence incidents from summer 2022 to 2023, according to the advocacy organization’s… Read More
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A substitute Second Amendment ‘sanctuary’ bill has been introduced in Ohio with pared-back provisions
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The latest version of a Second Amendment sanctuary state bill, first brought forward in February, loosens some of the proposed restrictions on what federal… Read More
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Ohio lawmakers reintroduce a bill to change police pension contributions
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — State lawmakers will take another crack at increasing local police department’s contributions to the Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund, after a bill to… Read More