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Natural gas bills in Ohio could increase under a Republican-backed law signed by DeWine
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill into law that blocks Ohio agencies from enacting clean air standards in regard to cars, but a late… Read More
2023 year in review: Higher ed plan, marijuana changes among Ohio bills that did not pass
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — When the mid-term General Assembly went home for the holidays, lawmakers left behind hundreds of bills to deal with in the new year: in… Read More
Voting org sues over election law they say discriminates against Ohioans with disabilities
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The League of Women Voters of Ohio and American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday over a provision in a recently effective… Read More
Ohio’s program to fast-track clemency for people convicted of felonies clears 100 pardons
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An attempted robbery conviction hung like a black cloud over Carla Thomas for more than 20 years. The Akron woman told an audience at Ohio… Read More
A bill that bans Ohio trans youth from gender-affirming care headed to the governor’s desk
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio lawmakers voted Wednesday to both ban transgender youth from school athletics and limit their access to gender-affirming care. The 24-8 vote in the… Read More
The marijuana industry is watching for changes to Ohio’s recreational law
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — With the possession, use and home growth of marijuana legal as of Thursday morning for Ohioans who are 21 and older, those in the cannabis industry… Read More
Ohio and six other states sue the NCAA over transfer rules
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and six other states’ attorneys general sued the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) over one of its transfer eligibility directives…. Read More
Republican senators propose extensive changes to the recreational marijuana program
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — With just days until recreational marijuana would be legal in Ohio, Republican state senators have unveiled what they want to see modified within the state’s… Read More
With Ohio state grants in hand, Intel says it’s waiting to hear about federal money
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The state of Ohio has already disbursed $600 million in onshoring grants to Intel, which is in the process of constructing sizeable computer chip… Read More
One lawmaker is wary of some proposed Issue 2 tweaks: ‘We need people who are involved’
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio Senate leaders have said they should be able to find common ground on modifications to Issue 2, which legalizes adult-use recreational marijuana, but… Read More
Ohio’s Senate may make the first move on package of recreational marijuana modifications
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio Senate President Matt Huffman (R-Lima) said Tuesday the chamber is on board with Gov. Mike DeWine’s pitch to modify the recreational marijuana initiated statute… Read More
Lawmaker wants some of Ohio’s Issue 2 marijuana revenue put toward police training
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The two-year state budget included $80 million to fund local police training, but when that runs out, Rep. Cindy Abrams (R-Harrison) wants to permanently finance… Read More
DeWine establishes a task force to look at Ohio’s youth corrections system
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine announced that the state has formed a task force to examine, and propose solutions to, problems within the state’s juvenile justice… Read More
DeWine weighs in on abortion and marijuana with Ohio’s election in the rearview
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine weighed in Thursday on Issues 1 and 2 during his first public appearance after the passage of the statewide ballot measures,… Read More
What tweaks could Ohio lawmakers make to the recreational marijuana law?
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio voters decided Tuesday to legalize adult-use recreational marijuana by a 14-point margin. But the General Assembly will have the last word on what becomes law regarding… Read More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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