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Sherrod Brown talks about leaving Capitol Hill and his plans for the future
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — For the first time in 22 years, early January didn’t mean going back to Capitol Hill for Sherrod Brown. He lost one of the most… Read More
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A law expanding school expulsion in Ohio gets signed, but not without some worries
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A new law that allows school districts to expand their expulsion polices will go into effect later this year, but not everybody is embracing… Read More
A new Ohio law seeks to stop damage from meritless SLAPP suits and protect speech
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio has a new law to battle strategic lawsuits against public participation, known as SLAPP suits. Supporters of the law say these suits are designed… Read More
Changes are coming to Ohio driver’s license suspension process under a new law
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohioans can lose their driver’s license for periods of time for plenty of reasons, but Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill Wednesday that overhauls parts… Read More
The Trimble school district expects the state to declare a fiscal emergency after it turns to outside help amid its budget crisis
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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GLOUSTER, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — The Trimble school district is working with a northeast Ohio group to rectify its ongoing budget crisis. The board certified the $25,000 contract with… Read More
Ohio’s new House Speaker says the current formula for funding public K-12 schools might be “unsustainable”
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The new speaker of the Ohio House said the current bipartisan method of funding the state’s public K-12 schools that has been used in the… Read More
As VP-elect JD Vance resigns his US Senate seat, DeWine is not revealing his choice to succeed him
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Vice president-elect JD Vance resigned from the US Senate at midnight. That opens the door for Gov. Mike DeWine to announce who he’s chosen… Read More
A new Ohio law involving dissolution could mean fewer villages
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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AQUILLA, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Julie Petrowski isn’t moving, but her address is changing because of a law involving dissolution. For more than thirty years, she’s been a resident… Read More
Former Senate Minority Leader Ben Espy is remembered as a barrier-breaker in Ohio politics
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Former local and state Democratic leader Ben Espy will be laid to rest Monday, a week before an event he was known for creating in… Read More
Ohio ‘Parents Bill of Rights’ among dozens of bills Gov. DeWine signs
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine signed a stack of bills Wednesday from the lame duck legislative session, including House Bill 8, the so-called “Parents Bill of Rights” that… Read More
Lawmakers expect the Cleveland Browns to ask for stadium money, possibly in state budget
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — State lawmakers will likely be asked by the owners of the Cleveland Browns to help fund part of a $2.4 billion domed stadium and a… Read More
A business and community coalition wants big action on Ohio housing laws
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — With the new Ohio General Assembly sworn in, different interests have already rolled out what they plan to push lawmakers for this year and next…. Read More
Amy Acton, Ohio’s former health director, plans to run for governor as Democrat
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Amy Acton, the first woman to serve as director of the Ohio Department of Health who led the state’s pandemic efforts in 2020, will… Read More
2024 Year in Review: Ohio marks one year of legal adult-use cannabis
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Though Ohioans could possess, grow and smoke recreational cannabis at this time last year, they couldn’t buy it. One year later, dual-licensed Ohio dispensaries… Read More
A bill to allow some virtual public meetings could become law, but it wouldn’t affect Ohio lawmakers
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The first meeting of each two-year session of the Ohio General Assembly is constitutionally required on the first Monday of an odd-numbered year, regardless of… Read More
Here’s what to watch for in Ohio’s next legislative session
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Monday marked a fresh start for Ohio legislators. It’s the beginning of Ohio’s 136th legislative session, which means a flurry of ideas – both… Read More
There were no surprises as Ohio lawmakers started a new session and the new House speaker made history
By: Sarah Donaldson | Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — With some southern Ohio counties accumulating as much as 10 inches of snow Sunday into Monday, new and returning Ohio lawmakers in the House… Read More
Warming stations are open in Athens County during the winter storm
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — A number of locations in Athens County are available to residents as warming stations amid the ongoing snowstorm. Anyone who needs a warming station… Read More
Media and the public will have to pay up to get video of police bodycams under a new Ohio law
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Police agencies will be able to charge members of the public and the media $75 an hour for footage from bodycams, dashcam video or surveillance… Read More
The outgoing speaker says he didn’t block a controversial Ohio higher ed bill – it didn’t have the votes
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A bill that conservatives say is needed to combat what they view as liberal ideology in higher ed didn’t get through the last session of… Read More
Southeast Asian solar manufacturers look elsewhere to escape tariffs
By: Leila Goldstein | The Ohio Newsroom
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HO CHI MING CITY, Vietnam (The Ohio Newsroom) — About five years ago, orders for panels from one of the solar manufacturers in Southeast Asia, Red Sun Energy, in Ho… Read More
Retired Statehouse journalist Jim Otte looks back on covering President Jimmy Carter in Ohio
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Flags are at half-staff until Jan. 28 in honor of former President Jimmy Carter, who died on Sunday. Carter, who was in the White… Read More
2024 Year in Review: Ohioans decided on its sixth redistricting ballot issue in 50 years
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Activists frustrated at the multi-year saga of the maps created by the Ohio Redistricting Commission took their plan for an independent map-drawing panel to voters… Read More
Three people died in crashes on Ohio’s roads during the New Year’s holiday
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio State Highway Patrol is reporting two fatal crashes resulting in three deaths during the New Year’s holiday. The OSHP released its provisional… Read More
The committee reviewing Ohio’s property tax laws released a list of 21 recommended changes
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — State legislators come back to work Monday to start a new two-year session of lawmaking. Many have said they want to take up property… Read More
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