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![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
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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
![Newly elected House Speaker Jason Stephens (left) and Senate President Matt Huffman (right) talk in the House chambers during a break on January 3, 2023, the first day of the 135th General Assembly.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/npr.brightspotcdn-6-e1710788435376-900x422.webp)
Primary results raise questions about the upcoming contest to become Ohio House speaker
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A dozen Republican Ohio House incumbents who supported Jason Stephens for speaker faced primary challengers, and four of them lost those races Tuesday. And that… Read More
![House Speaker Jason Stephens speaks to reporters at the Ohio Statehouse](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/download-e1699991783696-900x422.webp)
Ohio’s House leader nixes the idea from some Republicans to seize courts’ power over abortion laws
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A draft bill from a Republican lawmaker proposed taking authority away from the courts on laws involving the new abortion amendment approved by voters… 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)
Schools and local governments could lose over a billion dollars from tax changes backed by Ohio’s House Speaker
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The bill that’s listed as the top priority of Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill) and the Republican representatives who support him involves… Read More
![Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill) speaks to reporters about his team's list of priority bills. Standing with him were 15 House Republicans who voted for him for speaker, including House Finance Committee chair Jay Edwards (R-Nelsonville), Rep. Sara Carruthers (R-Hamilton), Rep. Bill Roemer (R-Richfield), Rep. Angela King (R-Celina) and Assistant Majority Floor Leader Jon Cross (R-Kenton).](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/download-3-2-e1676496057940-900x422.webp)
Ohio’s Republican House Speaker sets his legislative priorities. His GOP opponent agrees but pushes back
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — After weeks of no bills formally introduced with bill numbers, the Ohio House Speaker and his leadership team has introduced their legislative priorities, ranging… Read More
![The 1802 and 1851 versions of the Ohio Constitution are on display in a glass case at the Statehouse.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/download-1-5-e1674767634635-900x422.webp)
A battle within the Ohio House GOP could prevent its supermajority from exercising unique power
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The rift among Ohio House Republicans could prevent GOP lawmakers from exercising a unique power that only a supermajority has. That power is in… Read More
![Rep. Derek Merrin (R-Monclova) raises an objection to House Speaker Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill) who refused to hear a motion from a fellow House Republican lawmaker on January 24, 2023.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/download-2-2-e1674660935258-900x422.webp)
A rift among Republican lawmakers leads to an uproar on the Ohio House floor
By: Karen Kasler | Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Uproar broke out on the Ohio House floor Tuesday after House Speaker Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill) refused to hear a motion from a member… 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)
Stephens chooses a mix of his supporters and Merrin backers for his Ohio House leadership team
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — On Tuesday, the Ohio House holds its first session since Rep. Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill) won the vote for speaker over Rep. Derek Merrin… Read More
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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