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Home rule questions over a ban on local flavored tobacco bans go to the Ohio Supreme Court
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Can the state tell cities they can’t ban certain things, or do cities have the power to do that under home rule? The Ohio… Read More
Attorney General Dave Yost rules county fairs in Ohio can’t ban firearms
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s attorney general has a warning for county fairs as the season is in full swing: fairgoers can’t be banned from bringing in guns. And… Read More
Athens attempted to revive its plastic bag ban in arguments before a state appeals court
By: David Forster
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CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (WOUB) — An attorney for the city of Athens told a state appeals court Thursday the city was exercising its constitutional right to home rule when it implemented… Read More
House Republicans override veto of ban on Ohio communities from banning flavored tobacco sales
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — After a few weeks of wrangling for the needed 3/5 majority, Republicans in the House have overridden a veto on a provision in the… Read More
Ban on Local Plastic Bag Bans Passes House on Mostly Party-Line Vote
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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Local communities wouldn’t be able to ban single use plastic bags under a bill the Ohio House has passed – mostly along party lines – and sent on to the Senate. House… Read More
Opponents Urge Lawmakers to Toss Out Ban on Plastic Bag Bans
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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State senators considering one of two bills to ban local bans on plastic bags heard from around 40 opponents, who either came to a committee hearing or sent in written testimony. There… Read More
Home Rule In Ohio – Under Attack Or Reined In?
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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The home rule provision was added to the Ohio constitution by voters in 1912, and the struggles between local officials and state lawmakers have raged almost since then. In recent years, state… Read More