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![Rep. Phil Plummer (R-Dayton), a supporter of Rep. Derek Merrin (R-Monclova Township) for speaker, talks to reporters after House session](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/download-5-e1714702740954-900x422.webp)
A Republican lawmaker who donated to GOP challengers says the action by Ohio’s House speaker is illegal
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The battle among supermajority Republicans continues in one chamber, as the Ohio House speaker has removed six members from the committees they chaired. House… Read More
![Senate President Matt Huffman (R-Lima) and House Speaker Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill) face each other after Gov. Mike DeWine's 2024 State of the State speech.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/npr.brightspotcdn-e1714668223288-900x422.webp)
Ohio’s House speaker removes Republican committee chairs who helped challengers in GOP primary
By: Karen Kasler | Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio House leadership battle rages on, with the House speaker taking action. House Speaker Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill) has removed six Republicans from… Read More
![GOP lawmakers look to be recognized on the floor of the Ohio House at a session](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/npr.brightspotcdn-4-e1707421628380-900x422.webp)
Ohio’s House GOP caucus votes to pull the speaker’s control of incumbents’ election fund
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A faction of the Ohio House GOP is again trying to wrest control of money set aside for campaigning incumbents from Speaker Jason Stephens… Read More
![House Speaker Jason Stephens stands at the dais in front of the Ohio House](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/npr.brightspotcdn-8-e1708026954515-900x422.webp)
Ohio’s legislature won’t take on marijuana law tweaks: ‘There’s just not that consensus’
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — With adult-use marijuana sales in Ohio on track to start in early fall, the window for state lawmakers to retool the state’s pending recreational program… 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)
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
![Protestors sit in the Ohio Senate with tape over their mouths](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/download-3-e1684381481838-900x422.webp)
An Ohio House committee OKs the contentious higher ed bill, despite House leader claiming little support
By: Samantha Hendrickson | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio House committee cleared a contentious higher ed bill Wednesday that would eliminate nearly all diversity and inclusion training requirements in Ohio’s public colleges and universities and… Read More
![Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill) speaks to reporters after session on March 1, 2023.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/download-6-e1679603443778-900x422.webp)
Why Ohio’s House leader is in no hurry to fill former Representative Bob Young’s seat
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Bob Young is now a former state representative since his resignation became effective yesterday. And there isn’t replacement in the House for the Summit… Read More
![The Ohio House considers bills during its session](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Ohio-House-STATEHOUSE-e1687447011205-900x422.webp)
Ohio’s House takes a step to keep the state operating if lawmakers miss the upcoming budget deadline
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Republican-dominated Ohio House has informally passed a measure that could allow the state to continue normal operations if lawmakers fail to reach agreement… 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)
Ohio’s House will vote on a one-week spending extension as the budget deadline is days away
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — It’s starting to look more unlikely that there will be a budget in place in time for the new fiscal year on Saturday. The… Read More
![A row of desks in a classroom with a backpack hanging up on the back wall](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/school-desk-e1471549255189-900x422.jpg)
A bill proposing a conservative social studies curriculum moves through the Ohio House
By: Conner Woodruff
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — The Ohio legislature is considering a bill that would require new K-12 social studies standards intended to counter what conservative critics see as a progressive bias… 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
![The Ohio Statehouse](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ohio-statehouse-credit-daniel-konik-statehouse-news-bureau-e1660923748138-900x422.jpg)
Republicans are trying to go around Ohio’s House speaker to force a vote on the constitutional amendment plan
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Some Republicans in the Ohio House are going around the leader of that body to try to force a floor vote on the resolution that… Read More
![Rep. Adam Mathews (R-Lebanon, at podium), takes questions from lawmakers on the House Ways and Means Committee at the first hearing for House Bill 1, on February 28, 2023.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/download-1-e1677701609866-900x422.webp)
An Ohio House bill that would cut taxes and cost local governments and schools gets its first hearing
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Lawmakers got their first look at a bill that could create a flat state income tax and make major property tax changes – while… 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
![Kim Murnieks, Ohio Office of Budget and Management director, takes a question from a member of the Ohio House Finance Committee on the first day of hearing on the two-year state budget on February 7, 2023.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/download-1-1-e1675872740883-900x422.webp)
Ohio budget work begins with questions about Medicaid and suggestion of income tax cut
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Months of work on the two-year state budget is under way with the first hearing on the spending plan before the Ohio House Finance… Read More
![Office of Budget and Management director Kimberly Murnieks](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/murnieks_gestures_w_dewine_and_husted_alongside_-_credit_kasler-e1560271050995-900x422.jpg)
Ohio House members to tackle Mike DeWine’s proposed $87B state budget
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The long state budget process begins Tuesday with hearings in the Ohio House Finance Committee on Gov. Mike DeWine’s proposed $87 billion two-year spending… 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
![Gov. Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) and Lt. Gov. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) roll out new eWarrants system for information entry into databases used for background checks at a press conference.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/mike-dewine-ewarrants-070622-chow-scaled-e1657206886275-900x422.jpg)
How will DeWine approach policymaking amid Ohio House leadership fight?
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Although Rep. Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill) was elected speaker of the Ohio House, Rep. Derek Merrin (R-Monclova) has said he is the leader of… 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)
Upset in Ohio House speaker vote raises questions about legislative priorities
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Going into this first day of the new session, Republican Rep. Derek Merrin (R-Monclova) was thought by many to be the next person to… Read More
![The inside of the Ohio House Chambers](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ohio-house-credit-dan-konik-scaled-e1653321180668-900x422.jpg)
Ohio House members picks Lawrence County Republican as the new speaker
By: Samantha Hendrickson | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio House lawmakers on Tuesday picked a Republican from rural southern Ohio as the GOP-led chamber’s next leader, after support shifted away from another representative who’d… Read More
![House Speaker Bob Cupp looks off as he's interviewed in the House chamber by reporters](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/download-7-e1672333502541-900x422.webp)
Ohio House leaders discuss some of the year’s most controversial bills
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — After redistricting and elections took up a large chunk of lawmakers’ time this year, the Ohio House was left with a few heated debates…. Read More
![Rep. Kevin Miller (R-Newark) on the House floor to support HB462 during lame-duck session on December 15, 2022.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/download-4-e1671635347116-900x422.webp)
Ohio House, Senate pass bill that takes aim at fake emergencies, school shooting hoaxes
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio lawmakers have sent a bill to the governor that could increase penalties against people who call in a fake emergency in order to… Read More
![The Ohio Statehouse](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ohio_statehouse__credit_statehouse_news_bureau_-e1653657900609-900x422.png)
The Ohio House passes a bill to decriminalize fentanyl test strips
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Fentanyl testing strips would be decriminalized under a bill passed by the Ohio House. Lawmakers on Wednesday advanced a proposal that proponents say would help prevent… Read More