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The bill’s sponsor to make flag-planting at Ohio Stadium a felony says its not just a “sore loser” action
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — News of a bill punishing anyone for flag-planting in the center of Ohio State University’s football stadium has gone viral, with posts from sports… Read More
Federal CHIPS funds reinvigorated the Intel project in Ohio, but its timing and scale are still murky
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As the federal government begins to fork over its long-awaited CHIPS and Science Act money, the Intel chief executive officer is out the door,… Read More
Gov. Mike DeWine says he’ll sign Ohio’s parental notification bill but he wants some changes and additions
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A bill that’s been a priority of Republican lawmakers seems to be one of the hundreds of measures that may get to Gov. Mike… Read More
A women’s suffrage monument planned for the Ohio Statehouse grounds receives an anonymous $1 million donation
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The organization spearheading installation of a monument to women’s suffrage at the Ohio Statehouse has received a $1 million contribution toward the project from an anonymous… Read More
Ohio boards of elections are still reviewing and auditing results after their certification
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — With the holidays on the horizon, the November election is likely in most Ohioans’ rearview mirrors by early December, but county boards of elections still… Read More
A panel votes to open up almost 900 more acres of Ohio’s park land to energy companies for fracking
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The state panel that grants permits to drill for oil and gas approved opening up more state park land for fracking. And as has… Read More
A bill to boost penalties for domestic violence in Ohio nears the finish line
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio is poised to toughen the penalties for third-degree felony domestic violence convictions starting next year, after the legislature unanimously sent Gov. Mike DeWine a… Read More
Ohio’s psychiatric hospitals are nearly full. What can the state do?
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — Ohio’s six state-run psychiatric hospitals are nearly full. Their patients are almost exclusively individuals coming from the criminal justice system – including those transferred from… Read More
Big changes to Ohio’s recreational cannabis laws are on deck for state lawmakers next year
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio legalized recreational cannabis via the voters through an initiated statute more than a year ago, with four months of sales under state retailer’s belts…. Read More
Time is growing short to put a public works program before Ohio voters this spring
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — There’s a bipartisan proposal at the Statehouse that has nearly unanimous support; a public works program that allows the state of Ohio to issue… Read More
Steubenville’s giant nutcracker village might not be magic, but they’re bringing a downtown to life
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Days before Thanksgiving, Brodie Stutzman stood in his workshop considering a nearly finished nutcracker. Unlike the traditional mantel-topping toy, this one is almost as… Read More
Some Ohio cities are banning sleeping outside – and facing backlash for it
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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NEWARK, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Every Saturday, Trish Perry sets up a table with hot dogs, harm reduction kits and winter coats on Main Street in Newark. Her organization, Newark… Read More
The Ohio House passes a bill to boost police pension contributions by cities, but its future is uncertain
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A bill to require municipalities to increase their pension contributions $80 million a year more toward pensions for law enforcement passed the House with… Read More
A big player joins the team pushing for universities to have more power in Ohio’s NIL law
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse New Bureau) — Ohio State won’t be in the Big Ten championship this coming weekend thanks to the loss to Michigan this past weekend. But college football is… Read More
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose rejects a GOP challenge to Democrat Congresswoman Emilia Sykes’ residency
By: Bruce Shipkowski | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s top elections official Frank LaRose has rejected a Republican challenge over the legal residency of one of the state’s Democratic members of Congress. Secretary of… Read More
Ohio mayors are fighting a bill requiring a boost in cities’ contributions to the police and fire pension fund
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Mayors from both parties say residents of Ohio’s cities should expect fewer police officers, and cops should expect smaller pay raises under a Republican-backed bill… Read More
A republican senator says more state lawmakers may be the fix to redistricting in Ohio
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Voters rejected the issue that would have created a 15-member commission of non-politicians to draw maps for state lawmakers and members of Congress last… Read More
Self-driving cars are on their way to southeast Ohio
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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ATHENS, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Self-driving cars already roam the streets of cities like San Francisco and Austin, Texas. But how do they fare on the hilly terrain of… Read More
Ohio GOP leaders prioritize ‘Parents Bill of Rights’ passage before the lame duck session ends
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — With only a few weeks left of lawmaking at the Ohio Statehouse this session, both GOP legislative leaders have said they want to pass… Read More
The head of Ohio’s teacher pension fund retires, saying the fund is strong despite staff vacancies
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The outgoing head of Ohio’s troubled teacher pension system said that she left the fund in strong fiscal condition, despite the turmoil at the top that her… Read More
Here is Ohio’s wild turkey success story
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Amidst the hubbub of Columbus, Blendon Woods Metro Park stands as a reminder of what Ohio looked like hundreds of years ago. A canopy… Read More
Thanksgiving travel is expected to hit a record in Ohio as drivers hit the roads
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — This Thanksgiving travel season is expected to hit a record in Ohio. AAA estimates 3.2 million people will be traveling in Ohio – with… Read More
AG Dave Yost appeals the ruling that Ohio’s six-week abortion ban is unconstitutional
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The fight over Ohio’s six-week abortion ban, one of the strictest in the country, continues in court. Republican Attorney General Dave Yost has appealed a judge’s decision… Read More
Gov. Mike DeWine signs the bill limiting bathroom use by trans people at Ohio’s schools and colleges
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine has signed into law a bill requiring people at Ohio’s primary and secondary schools to use the bathroom that aligns with… Read More
Ohio’s US senator-elect Bernie Moreno says he’s ready to hit ground running with cabinet votes
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — U.S. Sen.-elect Bernie Moreno will officially take office Jan. 3, two weeks before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. Returning from Washington fresh off freshman member… Read More
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