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Ohio’s Senate unanimously passes a bill to eliminate the loophole on spousal rape in state law
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — After decades of efforts to change a provision of state law shielding people who rape their spouses from prosecution, the Ohio Senate has voted… Read More
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Ohio’s senate could shift more conservative, depending on who voters elect in next week’s primary
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — When Ohio voters cast ballots on candidates in 16 state senate races next week, they’ll see some names that may be familiar. Still, only… 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
![Ohio Senate President Matt Huffman (R-Lima) talks to reporters after Ohio Senate session on March 23, 2023](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/download-1-4-e1679679273334-900x422.webp)
Ohio’s Senate president doesn’t think the budget deadline will be missed
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Despite the wide gulf between the state budget bills passed by the House and Senate, the leader of the upper chamber disagrees with his counterpart… Read More
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State workers might not be able to work from home as much if a Senate budget provision passes
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Some state employees have been working from home since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. But a provision tucked in the Ohio Senate budget would… Read More
![Shelves at the Southeast Ohio Foodbanks warehouse in Logan are almost entirely empty](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Foodbank-Shortage-thumb-e1686940946464-900x422.jpg)
Ohio Senate’s budget scraps $15 million boost for food banks
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — The Ohio Senate has significantly reduced funding for state food banks in its version of the state operating budget. The Ohio House has proposed… Read More
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The Senate’s budget passes with no Democratic support. Now Ohio lawmakers will have to compromise
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Republican-dominated Ohio Senate passed a $94 million, two-year state budget along party lines, with all seven Democrats voting against it. The Senate budget… Read More
![Ohio Senate Democrats discuss their priority legislation for the 135 General Assembly in a session with reporters in January 2023.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/download-5-e1686669475941-900x422.webp)
Ohio’s Senate Democrats don’t like many elements of the supermajority Republicans’ budget plan
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — When Republican leaders of the Ohio Senate introduced the draft version of that chamber’s proposed two-year state budget last week, longtime Sen. Vernon Sykes (D-Akron)… Read More
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Ohio’s Senate leader hints its two-year budget plan includes changes to education funding
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio senators have been holding hearings on the two-year state operating budget and are making changes to the version the House passed. The leader… Read More
![Smoke rises from burning train cars near East Palestine, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/apmisinfostory-e1679256085386-900x422.png)
Norfolk Southern’s CEO set to testify in the Ohio Senate about East Palestine train derailment
By: Samantha Hendrickson | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Norfolk Southern’s CEO is set to testify before an Ohio Senate rail safety panel Tuesday, more than two months after a fiery train derailment including hazardous… Read More
![Shop-Vacs and fans dry out damage in the Ohio Senate Chambers at the Ohio Statehouse.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/download-6-e1672330621817-900x422.webp)
Burst pipe floods Ohio Statehouse’s Senate chambers
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Extremely cold temperatures in the Buckeye State caused damage to “The People’s House,” the nickname commonly given to the Ohio Statehouse, Tuesday. Early that… 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
![Katie Groezinger, a student at The Spa School, colors a client's hair.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/download-2-e1669911256209-900x422.webp)
The Ohio Senate passes a bill that reduces training for cosmetology, barber licenses
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — State lawmakers are moving a bill forward with new, controversial provisions that would reduce the amount of required training it would take to get… Read More
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Ohio lawmakers push to tighten bail requirements after court decision
By: Kaitlin Thorne | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Ohio Valley ReSource · Ohio lawmakers look to tighten bail requirements after court decision GALLIPOLIS, Ohio (OVR) – Mary Evans remembers the look on her mother’s face the moment that… Read More
![The seven-member Ohio Redistricting Commission is made up of five Republicans - co-chair Speaker Bob Cupp, Gov. Mike DeWine, Auditor Keith Faber, Secretary of State Frank LaRose and Senate President Matt Huffman. There are two Democrats on the commission: co-chair Sen. Vernon Sykes (D-Akron) and House Minority Leader Emiilia Sykes (D-Akron).](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/img-2114-scaled-e1632497436427-900x422.jpg)
A Lawsuit Has Been Filed Over Maps That Preserve Republican Supermajorities In The Ohio House And Senate
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As expected, a lawsuit has been filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio on behalf of the League of Women Voters of… Read More
![The Ohio Statehouse building](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/IMG_6385-e1601318131688-900x422.jpg)
Presidential Race, Change In Suburbs Key Elements In General Assembly Races
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As always, the Ohio ballot features the presidential and Congressional races at the top, and next up are those for the state legislature. The… Read More
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Proposed Law Would Allow Open Containers In Some Ohio Cities
By: Associated Press
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Update 5:01 p.m. An Ohio Senate committee has approved an amended Senate bill to allow entertainment districts where revelers could carry open containers of alcohol outside bars and restaurants in… Read More
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House Again OKs ‘Heartbeat’ Abortion Ban; Senate Fate Dim
By: Associated Press
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A ban on most abortions after the first detectable fetal heartbeat has once again cleared the Ohio House, leaving the rest of the two-year session for advocates to lobby the… Read More
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Senate Votes To Extend Time For Rape Prosecution
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Update 3:43 p.m. The Ohio Senate has approved a proposal to extend the 20-year time period for prosecuting rape and sexual battery. The bill provides an additional five years for… Read More
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Ohio Bill Would Allow Workers’ Compensation For Police PTSD
By: Associated Press
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Emergency responders with post-traumatic stress disorder could be eligible for workers’ compensation benefits even if they don’t have physical injuries under an Ohio proposal. The legislation considered Tuesday by an… Read More