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Ohio’s Ethics Commission is reviewing a complaint against the mayor of Athens filed by his political opponent
By: Jack Greene
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — The Ohio Ethics Commission is looking into allegations that the mayor of Athens broke ethics laws during the city’s purchase of its racial equity training. Athens… Read More
A typo has delayed signature gathering for the group backing Ohio’s citizens redistricting panel
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — It’s back to the drawing board again for the group trying to change the redistricting process of drawing congressional and state legislative district maps through… Read More
The demand for private school vouchers is so much that the price tag is exceeding budgets in some states
By: Geoff Mulvihill | AP
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PHOENIX, Ariz. (AP) — In some states, higher-income families can now use taxpayer money to cover private school tuition with school vouchers — and more people than projected are taking… Read More
A bill in Ohio elevates penalties for fentanyl and heroin dealing—and human trafficking too
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Testimony continued Wednesday on a Republican-backed bill that boosts the penalties for fentanyl, heroin and human trafficking, the fourth hearing held on the piece… Read More
Ohio legislators introduce a ballot proposal that guarantees the right to hunt, fish
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — GOP lawmakers want to ask voters whether to cement the right to hunt and fish in the Ohio Constitution, and a joint resolution to get… Read More
What does Ohio’s Issue 1 say on miscarriage care and other reproductive rights?
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Issue 1 would not only enshrine abortion rights into Ohio’s constitution but would also provide care for miscarriages and other reproductive rights. Questions about those… Read More
Ohio’s House leader wants to tackle high school football playoff ticket prices
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The season of Friday night lights is in full swing, and as high school football playoffs kick off Friday, House Speaker Jason Stephens (R-Kitts… Read More
Ohio’s new education agency moves forward after a judge dissolves the order to stop K-12 overhaul
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The seven progressive-leaning elected state school board members who sued over the Republican-backed overhaul of K-12 education are considering their next move. A judge allowed… Read More
Ohio public university trustees meet to discuss a bill that makes big changes in higher education
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Trustees from Ohio’s public colleges and universities gathered at the Statehouse Monday for the first-ever statewide trustees symposium. It was organized by the Republican… Read More
Nearly a third of provisional ballots in Ohio’s August special election were tossed for lack of ID
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The percentage of provisional ballots that were rejected in the August special election was the highest it had been in statewide votes over the… Read More
“Partial-birth abortions” are banned in the US. Why is it a hot topic in fight over Ohio’s abortion amendment?
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — With Election Day closing in, anti-abortion groups seeking to build opposition to a reproductive rights measure in Ohio are messaging heavily around a term for an abortion… Read More
A statewide simulation prepares Ohio agencies for a possible anthrax attack
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Public safety, emergency management and health agencies across Ohio worked together last week to undergo a three-day anthrax attack simulation. At the Historic Crew Stadium… Read More
A bipartisan bill seeks to shield personal information about Ohio poll workers
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Boards of elections throughout Ohio are saying it’s getting more difficult to find enough poll workers to staff polling places in recent elections, because… Read More
The Cincinnati Bengals are looking for more scoring from Joe Burrow and the offense following a bye week
By: Mitch Stacy | AP
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CINCINNATI (AP) — After winning the AFC North in consecutive seasons and returning most of their starters, the Cincinnati Bengals were expected to make a deep run into the playoffs…. Read More
A bill ending Ohio’s spousal rape ‘loophole’ makes it out of committee
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — More than a half-century after other states began overturning the same provisions, Ohio still treats spousal rape differently than non-spousal rape—but a bill to change… Read More
Ohio voters will decide a constitutional amendment on reproductive rights. Here’s what you need to know
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Issue 1 would enshrine abortion and reproductive rights into the Ohio Constitution. Its opponents and supporters are making claims about what it would or… Read More
Ohio’s health officials are expecting the winter wave of the “big three” illnesses
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Though COVID cases are lower than they’ve been in months, Ohio health officials are preparing for what they call “a winter wave of illness”… Read More
Lawmaker wants to ban Ohio’s public universities from putting sports only on streaming services
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Democratic state senator whose district includes Ohio State University’s main campus in Columbus is so frustrated that this past Saturday’s Buckeyes football game… Read More
Inconsistent Bengals will try to work out offensive issues and get healthy during the bye week
By: Mitch Stacy | AP
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CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Bengals get an extra week to figure out why their offense has been so confoundingly inconsistent. The bye week is arriving at a good time… Read More
Athens breaks ground on a project to convert the Armory into a coworking space
By: Gabriel Scotto
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – The city of Athens broke ground Monday on a project to redevelop the Armory into a coworking space. “When I look at how far we’ve come,… Read More
Ohio’s Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks mark UNESCO World Heritage designation
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (AP) — For 400 years, Indigenous North Americans flocked to a group of ceremonial sites in what is present-day Ohio to celebrate their culture and honor their dead…. Read More
Ohio’s Senate president says he thinks lawmakers will change the marijuana law if voters pass Issue 2
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Republican-dominated Ohio Senate passed a resolution opposing the two issues on the Nov. 7 ballot – Issue 1, an amendment on reproductive and… Read More
The defense shuts down Seattle twice late to seal a 17-13 win as Burrow and the Bengals improve to 3-3
By: Mitch Stacy | AP
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CINCINNATI (AP) — When Joe Burrow couldn’t get the ball in the end zone in the second half Sunday, the Cincinnati defense made sure the Seattle Seahawks didn’t either. The… Read More
A new report finds more than 100 Ohioans were killed in domestic violence incidents in the last year
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Domestic Violence Network said 112 people were killed in domestic violence incidents from summer 2022 to 2023, according to the advocacy organization’s… Read More
The effort to replace Ohio’s political-mapmaking system with a citizen-led panel can gather signatures
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Backers of a proposal to reform Ohio’s troubled political-mapmaking system got the go-ahead Thursday to begin signature-gathering. The Ohio Ballot Board cleared the way when it agreed… Read More
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