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Senate Lawmakers Consider Public Defender Loan Repayments
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio Senate committee is considering a bill that would create a student loan repayment program to help recruit and retain attorneys to serve as much… Read More
Document Review Slows State Lawsuit Against E-school Founder
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CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) — A review of thousands of documents is delaying a state lawsuit aimed at recouping millions of dollars from the founder and leaders of what was once… Read More
Ohio Hospitals Investing More in Community Programs
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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An analysis found that hospitals around Ohio invested more than $6 billion in community issues. These are programs that take health and wellness outside the walls of a hospital. The… Read More
2019 Year in Review – Attempts to Ban Abortion in Ohio Continue
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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Abortion was a big issue in Ohio in 2019, as it has been for several years. A strict abortion ban was one of the 21 bills that passed, and more… Read More
Proposed Ohio Law Stops Coaches from Implementing One-Sport Rule
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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Lawmakers want to crack down on schools and coaches that force students to participate in only one extra-curricular activity. They say the one-sport rule can hamper a teenager’s ability to… Read More
Flu is Widespread in Ohio Right Now
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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The Holiday weather has been mostly mild this year but many Ohioans are still getting the chills. Public health leaders say the flu has hit the Buckeye State hard. The… Read More
2019 Year In Review – Budgets Brought Struggles Between Governor and Lawmakers
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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2019 brought new leadership in the governor’s office and in the Ohio House. But though Republicans were still in charge in both those places and in the Senate, there were… Read More
DeWine, Lawmakers had Smooth First Year, but Disagreed Over Taxes in Budget
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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In his first year as governor, Mike DeWine seemed to get along well with state lawmakers – including those who’d had a fractured relationship with his predecessor, John Kasich. But there were… Read More
Changes Proposed for Ohio’s Medical Marijuana Control Program
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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Nearly 75,000 Ohioans have registered with the state to receive medical marijuana. Of those, just over 51,000 have actually purchased the product. Those involved with the program propose some changes they… Read More
LaRose Refers 10 Cases of Alleged Double Dipping in 2018 Election
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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The state attorney general and several county prosecutors will be reviewing cases of potential voter fraud where people are accused of casting a vote in a different state then casting… Read More
Ban on Local Plastic Bag Bans Passes House on Mostly Party-Line Vote
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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Local communities wouldn’t be able to ban single use plastic bags under a bill the Ohio House has passed – mostly along party lines – and sent on to the Senate. House… Read More
Lobbyist had Hand in Bill Sparking Ectopic Pregnancy Flap
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – An Ohio lawmaker who proposed legislation extending insurance coverage to a procedure considered medically impossible as a way of fighting abortion worked closely on the bill… Read More
U.S. Senator Says Impeachment Isn’t Preventing Important Legislation from Moving
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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Republican U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) says progress is being made in Washington D.C. while two articles of impeachment against Republican President Donald Trump are being brought forward in the Democratic dominated… Read More
Ohio Bill Would Require Insurance Companies to Follow Federal Law
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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Federal law mandates insurers treat mental health services like they would physical health care. But the sponsors of a new bill in the Ohio Legislature say that’s not happening. Rep…. Read More
Number of Schools in Ohio’s Biggest Voucher Program Soars Under New Rules
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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Ohio’s public schools could lose millions of dollars to private schools through an expansion of the state’s biggest voucher program. New rules on criteria for the EdChoice program in the most recent… Read More
Change to Insurance Process Could Connect Cancer Patients to Treatment Faster
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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Ohio lawmakers are proposing a bill that would eliminate an insurance provision known as “step therapy” for people diagnosed with Stage IV cancer. Step therapy is when an insurance company… Read More
Yost Pitches Constitutional Amendment to Protect Opioid Settlement Money
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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The Ohio Attorney General’s office has crafted a proposal that would put guardrails around potential opioid lawsuit settlement money to make sure the funds are used specifically for the opioid… Read More
Cities Challenging New State Law on Guns
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio cities challenging a new state law that they say infringes on their ability to regulate firearms are ready for their day in court. The cities are… Read More
Ohio is Watching More Than a Hundred Dams in Poor Condition
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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Just over a year ago, the $100 million project to repair the crumbling earthen dam at Buckeye Lake was finished two years early. But the state is looking at dozens of… Read More
Athens Co. ODOT Plows Get Artistic Touch from Students
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MARIETTA, Ohio — Athens County students’s art can be seen this winter season as the snow falls. Groups put their artistic touch on Ohio Department of Transportation snow plows as… Read More
DeWine Suggests He’s Open to Changing Grades for Ohio’s School Report Cards
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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A study by lawmakers of the state’s often-criticized school report cards is due on December 15. And Gov. Mike DeWine is signaling that he’d be ok with lawmakers once again… Read More
GM And LG Chem Plan $2.3 Billion Electric Battery Venture In Ohio
By: Bill Chappell | NPR
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The two companies expect to create more than 1,100 jobs in northeast Ohio. The new plant will be built near GM’s Lordstown facility that was shuttered earlier this year.
Bill Would Provide Greater Savings for Low-Income Homeowners in Ohio
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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About 800,000 Ohioans take advantage of the homestead exemption credit that reduces their property tax burden. Now, a bill has been introduced that would reduce it even further for low-income and disabled… Read More
Push for Paid Family Leave Bill Underway; Advocates Say Ohio Needs it More Than Ever
By: Susan Tebben | Ohio Capital Journal
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Ohio Capital Journal) — Debates are frequent surrounding the legitimacy of baby boomer life advice and the struggle of the millennial, but public policy analysts say there’s another… Read More
Ohio Supreme Court Justice Sharon Kennedy Seeks Re-election
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Supreme Court Justice Sharon Kennedy says she will seek re-election next year. In a statement shared by the Ohio Republican Party, the 57-year-old Kennedy noted she has… Read More
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