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![A.J. Calderone, superintendent of LaBrae Schools, speaks to reporters at the Ohio Statehouse on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023, about the lawsuit brought by public schools against the state over vouchers. Ohio Education Association President Scott DiMauro and Jocelyn Rhynard, a Dayton Public Schools board member, look on.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/download-2-e1694012932498-900x422.webp)
An Ohio anti-vouchers coalition says state GOP leaders are trying to intimidate their school districts
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio public school districts that support a lawsuit against the state over private school vouchers say Republican leaders are bullying and intimidating them. According… Read More
![From left, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former Vice President Mike Pence, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum before a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by Fox News Channel Wednesday in Milwaukee.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ap23236044236044_custom-fd24842669aaaa96b76f7652274f93b201c7f399-scaled-e1692913086965-900x422.jpg)
5 takeaways from the first Republican primary debate
By: Domenico Montanaro | NPR
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MILWAUKEE (NPR) — Imagine a world in which Donald Trump decided not to run again for reelection. That’s what the audience experienced for about the first 50 minutes of the… Read More
![Ukrainian servicemen prepare to fire at Russian positions from a U.S.-supplied M777 howitzer in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, July 14, 2022.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ap23177758351519-34a7ce14207e0d5e6b5ca4bc452260dfd6cf3454-scaled-e1692370797936-900x422.jpg)
Rural voters shaping the GOP presidential turn against U.S. aid to Ukraine
By: Brian Mann | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — A growing number of conservative Americans — especially those in rural communities — say it’s time for military and financial aid to Ukraine to end. U.S. support… Read More
![Poll workers wait for voters in Franklin County, Ohio behind a door that has a voting today sign taped to it](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/img-5094-scaled-e1659541443501-900x422.jpg)
Bill seeks to punish Ohio communities that pass ranked choice voting
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A Republican Ohio senator who is reportedly thinking about a run for secretary of state in 2026 has proposed a bill to essentially ban… Read More
![Ohio Senate Democrats discuss their priority legislation for the 135 General Assembly in a session with reporters in January 2023.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/download-5-e1686669475941-900x422.webp)
Ohio’s Senate Democrats don’t like many elements of the supermajority Republicans’ budget plan
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — When Republican leaders of the Ohio Senate introduced the draft version of that chamber’s proposed two-year state budget last week, longtime Sen. Vernon Sykes (D-Akron)… Read More
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Key GOP endorsement could be on the way in Ohio’s 2024 US Senate race
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — It’s nine months before Ohio Republicans go to the polls to pick a candidate to run against Democrat Sherrod Brown next fall for the… Read More
![A classroom is seen at the new East Elementary school, in Athens, Ohio, on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021. [Joseph Scheller | WOUB]](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/081021_NewSchools_064-scaled-e1629925951933-900x422.jpg)
Ohio Senate Republicans want to know how much money schools have put toward voucher lawsuit
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republicans in the Ohio Senate have asked the state auditor to find out how much money public school districts have put toward a lawsuit over… Read More
![Rep. Mary Lightbody (right) discusses her bill, House Bill 171, alongside representatives from groups that support it](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/download-1-2-e1684516014868-900x422.webp)
Ohio legislators want to update school social studies. Two House bills propose dueling approaches
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Democrats in the Ohio House are sponsoring a bill to bring multiculturalism to social studies lessons in the state’s K-12 classrooms. This comes as… Read More
![Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/janning_006-1-e1547770867344-900x422.jpg)
GOP election officials walk a fine line on voting fraud and integrity
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Republican election officials in Ohio, West Virginia and Missouri have promoted their states’ elections as fair and secure. Yet each also is navigating a fine… Read More
![A screenshot from an ad paid for by the PAC Save Our Constitution, targeting specific State lawmakers and Speaker Jason Stephens](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/download-e1682956793965-900x422.webp)
A PAC backed by an Illinois billionaire pushes for the vote on making it harder to amend Ohio’s constitution
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A PAC has been set up to push for the constitutional amendment requiring 60% voter approval for future amendments, before a vote on a… Read More
![State Budget Director Kimberly Murnieks speaks to the House Finance Committee in February 2023 about Gov. Mike DeWine's proposed budget.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/download-2-e1681850256486-900x422.webp)
An income tax cut and expansion of vouchers in Ohio House Republicans’ version of the two year budget
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As expected, Republicans in the Ohio House will introduce a budget that includes an income tax cut and an expansion of taxpayer-paid school vouchers…. Read More
![Voters mark their ballots for the midterm election Nov. 8, 2022, at Lawrenceville Road United Methodist Church with stained glass and a cross illuminated in the background](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ap22312588079615_custom-6ee526ae1a6e549f3540e9278665e038c5f1a4d3-scaled-e1676410166158-900x422.jpg)
More than half of Republicans support Christian nationalism, according to a new survey
By: Ashley Lopez | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — Long seen as a fringe viewpoint, Christian nationalism now has a foothold in American politics, particularly in the Republican Party — according to a new survey from… Read More
![Senate President Matt Huffman, center, speaks at a podium in reaction to the State of the State address from Gov. Mike DeWine. He is flanked by Sen Matt Dolan, left, and Sen. Theresa Gavarone, right, in the Ohio Statehouse press briefing room.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/huffman-sots-900x422.png)
Ohio lawmakers react to Governor Mike DeWine’s State of the State address
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio lawmakers in the House and Senate sounded off after Gov. Mike DeWine’s State of the State address in the Ohio House chamber Tuesday…. Read More
![U.S. House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy talks to then-Rep.-elect Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., in the House Chamber during the fourth day of voting for speaker of the House in January.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/gettyimages-1454740442_wide-91b1c693f6d199aa338569eb8a587fc7a93a30bd-scaled-e1675111964971-900x422.jpg)
Recent infighting raises the question: How conservative is the GOP?
By: Danielle Kurtzleben | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — A few weeks ago, Americans — or, the subset who get excited about these things — were glued to C-SPAN as the House voted 15 times for… Read More
![The West Virginia Senate Chambers](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/AP_18254536329662-e1549388675204-900x422.jpg)
West Virginia’s GOP-controlled Senate fast-tracks “CRT” and health bills in first day of session
By: Leah Willingham | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The Republican-dominated Senate in West Virginia fast-tracked two monumental health proposals and another bill that would restrict how subjects like race are taught in the classroom… Read More
![The Ohio Statehouse](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ohio_statehouse__credit_statehouse_news_bureau_-e1653657900609-900x422.png)
House Republicans rally around Merrin, reintroduce constitutional amendment resolution
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Rep. Derek Merrin (R-Monclova) addressed dozens of his fellow Republican legislative supporters in the Ohio Statehouse to discuss his goals for the upcoming session… Read More
![House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy's head](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/gettyimages-1326482809-7935b11fba9289a38e5951232551253bc9a495f1-scaled-e1669216531639-900x422.jpg)
With the GOP in control of the House, here’s who’s likely to lead key committees
By: Dustin Jones | NPR
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Updated November 23, 2022 at 7:22 AM ET WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The Republican Party will officially take control of the House of Representatives and its committees come January. Leadership… Read More
![House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks with reporters as he leaves a House Republican Caucus Meeting for the House Floor on Capitol Hill](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/gettyimages-1244786981-edit_custom-440f3c6f4db1131b6e2ecf488a08958fe02577b3-scaled-e1668694753830-900x422.jpg)
Republicans narrowly retake control of the House, setting up divided government
By: Deirdre Walsh | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — It wasn’t the red wave many top Republicans predicted, but the GOP eked out enough wins in contested seats to gain control of the House of… Read More
![Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California points to the crowd from behind a podium at a press conference](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/gettyimages-1162809835_custom-55ebc0572ea5d0d61b04bd58671fd42451e4416e-scaled-e1667787800830-900x422.jpg)
The bellwether districts to watch that could determine control of Congress
By: Domenico Montero | Katherine Swartz | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Republicans are heavily favored to take back control of the House, likely breaking Democrats of full control in Washington. That’s largely because of the difficult national… Read More
![Commissioners hand out different maps to be submitted during a Ohio Redistricting Commission meeting on March 2, 2022.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/img-5998-scaled-e1649881525920-900x422.jpg)
Ohio GOP legislative leaders claim state courts cannot rule on regulation of congressional elections
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republican leaders in the Ohio Legislature are invoking what has been considered a fringe doctrine — known as the independent state legislature theory —… 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)
Ohio Republicans take their fight over congressional district map to the U.S. Supreme Court
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republican leaders in the Ohio House and Ohio Senate have filed an appeal in the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the Ohio Supreme Court’s… Read More
![An illustration shows Classrooms through the decades](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/lengleman-sel_revised2_custom-fe8885ea967becbd4f16499786f0f5a17fde7f1a-scaled-e1664240396921-900x422.jpg)
How social-emotional learning became a frontline in the battle against CRT
By: Meg Anderson | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — It’s hard to pinpoint when exactly the questions started coming in. Angelyn Nichols, an administrator for Virginia Beach City Public Schools, thinks it was sometime in… Read More
![The Bluest Eye, The Hate U Give and Queer, There and Everywhere books lined up side by side](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/untitled-design-7-_wide-5df8fe7fca3597f5193e111344a2a20b8a2d6b9e-e1663609946258-900x422.jpg)
New report finds a coordinated rise in attempted book bans
By: Andrew Limbong | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Throughout the 2021-22 school year, more than 1,600 book titles were banned, according to a new report by the group PEN America, which advocates for freedom… Read More
![Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally for Ohio Republican candidates at the Covelli Centre in Youngstown](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/donald-trump-at-rally-in-covelli-centre-in-youngstown-091722-chow-scaled-e1663596594145-900x422.jpg)
Donald Trump rallies for Ohio Republicans in Mahoning Valley
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Former president Donald Trump attracted thousands of people to an arena in Youngstown to rally for Ohio Republican candidates running for office in November…. Read More
![A power plant's smoke stack emit emissions](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/coal_smog_emission_carbon_stock_-_james_kelley_shutterstock-scaled-e1661976628569-900x422.jpg)
How ESG investing got tangled up in America’s culture wars
By: Michael Copley | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — A growing number of Republican politicians are moving to penalize Wall Street investors who consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues when they decide where to… Read More