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The House Republicans’ budget doesn’t restore the funding cut for Ohio food banks
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Food banks got about $15 million less in Gov. Mike DeWine’s budget than current spending, and were hoping state lawmakers would restore that cut… Read More
Gov. Mike DeWine signs Ohio’s transportation budget at the finish line with no vetoes
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine signed the $11.5 billion two-year transportation budget at the deadline on Monday. Though it passed the House and the Senate unanimously,… Read More
A bill would require schools to teach Ohio students the ‘success sequence’ as a life path
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An Ohio lawmaker has introduced a bill to require middle and high schools to teach students what’s known as the “Success Sequence.” The Success… Read More
Some opponents are eyeing legal action after Gov. Mike DeWine signed Ohio’s higher education overhaul bill
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine wasted no time in signing the controversial Senate Bill 1 on Friday, less than 48 hours after he received it, meaning… Read More
A trial will determine who pays the $600 million settlement from the disastrous East Palestine derailment
By: Josh Funk | AP
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Norfolk Southern wants two other companies to help pay for the $600 million class-action settlement it agreed to over its disastrous 2023 East Palestine train derailment near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border… Read More
A bill would slap bigger fines on drivers found guilty of excessive speeding in Ohio
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Imagine you are driving down the highway at the speed limit and a car comes from out of nowhere behind you, speeding past you… Read More
The Cleveland Browns stadium tax numbers are ‘way too optimistic,’ according to a sports facilities deals expert
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republicans are considering adding a $600 million package of state-backed bonds for a $3.4 billion domed stadium and development for the Cleveland Browns to the… Read More
A state ID is now required for online access to Ohio Medicaid and other benefits
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohioans who manage their food stamps, Medicaid, or childcare benefits online will need a new credential to access their account. Department of Job and… Read More
A new choice-style food pantry brings groceries to low-income Amesville residents
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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AMESVILLE, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — The drive from Amesville to Athens can be cumbersome, especially for low-income residents, but it’s the only way to get groceries. That’s why HAPCAP… Read More
Two days after receiving it, Gov. Mike DeWine signs the bill overhauling higher education in Ohio
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine wasted no time in signing a bill that conservatives say will crack down on what they feel is liberal indoctrination in… Read More
Meet the “bounty hunter” filing lawsuits in the name of government transparency
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — Brian Ames has spent the last decade filing upwards of 160 lawsuits against local governments in the name of government transparency. “I go find public… Read More
The Ohio House passed its own new energy generation provisions. What next?
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio House legislators voted Wednesday to advance their own version of lengthy energy generation legislation, which—like the Senate’s—includes an immediate rollback of controversial subsidies… Read More
Gov. Mike DeWine says the ‘war chat’ involving top U.S. defense leaders and a journalist ‘has to be investigated’
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The fallout continues after news surfaced earlier this week that the nation’s top defense leaders included a journalist in a group war chat about plans… Read More
The Ohio University Cherry Bombs are paving the way for women in baseball
By: Darayus Sethna
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — “Baseball isn’t just for dudes.” That is what Taylor Connelly, a first-year player for Ohio University’s Cherry Bombs, exclaimed after a practice at Walter Fieldhouse. “Anyone… Read More
More than $1.2 million in late fees and penalties have been paid by Ohio’s township and village officials since 2019
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s auditor says in the last six years about $1.2 million was paid out in late fees, interest and penalties by township and village… Read More
A new measles outbreak sickens 10 in Ohio as measles cases in Kansas double to 23
By: Devi Shastri | AP
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ASHTABULA COUNTY, Ohio (AP) — Health officials in Ohio say a single case of measles identified in Ashtabula County has spread to nine others. And a measles outbreak in Kansas… Read More
Gov. Mike DeWine defends his idea for the Cleveland Browns stadium package, but doesn’t threaten a veto
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Draft legislation would add a $600 million in state-backed bonds into the state budget, to help fund a new domed stadium and development for… Read More
The long debated bill overhauling higher education in Ohio heads off to Gov. Mike DeWine
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Senate Bill 1 is one signature away from law and changing higher education in Ohio, after senators voted Wednesday to concur with changes 20-11,… Read More
Should Ohio embrace digital currency? Lawmakers mull over a regulatory bill
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An Ohio lawmaker said the state needs to put in place a regulatory framework for digital currency and blockchain technology, the logs for transaction… Read More
Ohio cannabis advocates say state lawmakers aren’t listening to them
By: Sarah Donaldson | Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio lawmakers are forging ahead, trying again to modify the state’s recreational cannabis laws, which were enacted via the ballot box in November 2023. Legalization… Read More
Former U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown sets up the “Dignity of Work Institute,” but doesn’t say he’s running for office
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Former U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown is launching a think tank he said will focus on one of his top campaign issues, the economy for working… Read More
Ohio’s $11b transportation budget gets the unanimous green light and heads to Gov. Mike DeWine
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — After rare unanimous agreement in both the Ohio House and Senate, one of the state’s four budgets is headed to Gov. Mike DeWine for… Read More
Voting results show Ohio University faculty members have officially unionized
By: WOUB News Team
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Faculty members at Ohio University have voted to unionize. Representatives from the United Academics of Ohio University (UAOU) announced Monday that unionization was approved with a… Read More
Unions are preparing to fight an Ohio bill that bans university faculty from striking
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The bill that would ban most mandatory diversity training in higher education is headed back to that chamber to approve changes the House made… Read More
An Ohio bill would outlaw property tax replacement levies
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio House advanced its first property tax proposal this session Wednesday, and some lawmakers say it was the first of many bills coming… Read More
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