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A campaign for an anti-discrimination amendment for Ohio is in the works
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An effort is underway to introduce a proposed anti-discrimination constitutional amendment before voters that seeks to provide equal protection for Ohioans regardless of gender, age,… Read More
This small Ohio radio station is saving the blues
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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MARION, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Each weekday morning, Ray Macklin, known as “Silky Ray” in the blues music world, helps Marion wake up with soulful vocals, sliding guitar riffs… Read More
Perinatal mental health awareness bill has bipartisan support but hasn’t passed yet
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The period between when a woman becomes pregnant and their child’s first birthday is known as the perinatal period. Some Ohio lawmakers on both… Read More
JD Vance is leaving the Senate for the vice presidency. That’s set off a scramble for his Ohio seat
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — JD Vance’s election as vice president has opened up one of Ohio’s U.S. Senate seats for the third time in as many years, setting off a scramble for… Read More
Ohio’s House GOP elects its next likely speaker unanimously but unofficially
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Incoming and returning members of the Ohio House GOP caucus on Wednesday unanimously nominated outgoing Senate President and Rep.-elect Matt Huffman (R-Lima) to be… Read More
Ohio Democrat Marcy Kaptur extends her tenure as longest-serving woman in the US House with her election win
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur won another term in the U.S. House on Wednesday, after defeating a Republican state lawmaker endorsed by President-elect Donald Trump. Her… Read More
Will Ohio ban delta-8 THC? The marijuana and health care industries largely want that
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — For some state lawmakers, passing a bill on delta-8 THC and other similar products is high on the list of priorities this lame duck… Read More
The sponsor of a controversial higher ed bill says it will be back after Ohio’s House speaker blocks a vote on it
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Senate bill that conservatives say would stem what they see as liberal bias at Ohio’s higher ed institutions won’t come to the House floor,… Read More
Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin helped kick off the fundraising effort for an Ohio women’s suffrage monument
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin kicked off a fundraising campaign last week for an Ohio women’s suffrage monument. “An Evening With Doris Kearns Goodwin” took… Read More
Ohio courts could soon more readily award child support for disabled adults
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — All courts in Ohio may soon be able to extend child support orders for parents and guardians of adult children in certain instances, if… Read More
Don’t expect property tax reform to pass before Ohio lawmakers end the lame duck session
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — More than a dozen bills are pending in the Ohio Legislature right now. And lawmakers say property tax relief is one of the issues their… Read More
A statewide telehealth service is changing the game for Ohioans with gambling addictions
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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TOLEDO, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Aubrey Price’s office is covered in posters illustrating therapeutic techniques. She’s a counselor at the Zepf Center, which houses one of the largest treatment… Read More
The Ohio Ballot Board keeps a proposed voting rights amendment a single ballot issue
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Supporters of a voting rights amendment that could, among other things, allow same-day voter registration and voting and relax guidelines for voter photo ID requirements,… Read More
Freshman Rep. Tim Barhorst jumps into the race for Ohio House speaker, challenging Huffman
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The race for Ohio House speaker changed completely Monday, with incumbent Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill) announcing he won’t run against Senate President Matt Huffman (R-Lima)… Read More
![Athens City Hall is seen in Athens, Ohio, on Tuesday, June 22, 2021. [Joseph Scheller | WOUB]](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/062221_CityHall_002-scaled-e1632322166288-900x422.jpg)
Athens City Council has approved an increase to sewer rates
By: Jack Greene
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Athens, OHIO (WOUB) – Athens residents and businesses will see an increase in their sewer rates starting next year. The Athens City Council unanimously passed an ordinance that would raise… Read More
How will Ohio replace its 750,000 lead-based water lines?
By: Becca Costello | WVXU
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CINCINNATI (WVXU) — New federal rules went into effect last month that require utilities to replace all water lines made out of lead within the next decade. That will be a… Read More
After two years of infighting, incumbent Jason Stephens steps out of Ohio House speaker’s race
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill) will not run for his present post this next legislative session, he said Monday, changing the field… Read More
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is ordered to review another proposed amendment he rejected based on its title
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — For the second time in a month, a group that sued Republican Attorney General Dave Yost for rejecting their proposed amendment based on the… Read More
An anti-death penalty lawmaker says proposals to end Ohio’s executions don’t have enough votes
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A perennial bill to abolish Ohio’s death penalty got another hearing Wednesday morning, but there’s little time left for it to move this year,… Read More
Is replacing Ohio’s lead lines worth the multi-billion-dollar price tag?
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — Last month, the U.S. EPA issued a new rule: drinking water systems across the country have to find and replace lead lines within the next… Read More
A caucus speaker vote this week could kick off a leadership battle for the Ohio House GOP
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — On Wednesday the newly elected and re-elected Republicans in the Ohio House will vote for their next leader. That meeting two years ago kicked off… 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 offers a new way to use public money for Christian schools. Opponents say it’s unconstitutional
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Around the country, advocates for Christian schools have been finding legal ways to tap taxpayer money used more typically for public schools. One new approach in… Read More
A bill seeks to go after Ohio cities providing assistance for low-income women seeking abortions
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — State funds can’t go to organizations that provide abortions – including Planned Parenthood and other health care providers. But a new Republican-backed bill would penalize… Read More
Bernie Moreno, Ohio’s senator-elect, says Congress should honor its CHIPS commitment
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Intel’s semiconductor production plants under construction in central Ohio are partly reliant on federal money, but high-profile Republicans like President-elect Donald Trump and Speaker… Read More
A bill requiring trans students in Ohio use the bathroom of their gender at birth heads to DeWine
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republicans in the Ohio Senate have passed a bill to make changes to the state’s College Credit Plus program. The bill was approved with an… Read More
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