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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
Ohio’s House passes bans related to gender affirming health care and transgender women in sports
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio lawmakers passed a trio of controversial bills Wednesday that affect the way LGBTQ kids in Ohio are educated, limits the types of medical treatment… Read More
Ohio lawmakers might not meet the June 30 deadline for a new two-year state budget
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio House Speaker is warning that negotiations on the state’s biennnial budget could go into July, causing legislators to miss their deadline to pass… Read More
Ohio’s House takes up controversial bills affecting LGBTQ children later today
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Two bills that affect LGBTQ children will be heard on the House floor Wednesday. One would prevent children under 18 years old from accessing hormones or… Read More
Athens Metropolitan Housing Authority’s former director has been sentenced to prison for embezzlement
By: Reese Thompson
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — The former executive director of an Athens agency that helps low-income people with housing pleaded guilty Tuesday to embezzling more than $1.5 million from the organization…. Read More
Photo Gallery: The Lewis and Clark Circus’ traditional tent show visits Athens
By: Ahmed Hamed
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — The Lewis and Clark Circus, one of the last traditional circus tent shows to perform in the U.S., recently came to southeast Ohio. The Lewis and… Read More
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
Ohio’s Supreme Court rules August 8 election on constitutional change can go on as planned
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled the August 8 election to decide changes to the state’s constitution can go forward. Issue 1 would change the… Read More
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
LaRose says the Ohio law banning most August special elections doesn’t apply to state lawmakers
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Supporters and opponents of Issue 1, the amendment to make it harder to change the constitution, are waiting on a big Ohio Supreme Court… Read More
Advocates urge Ohio’s Republican senators to restore money for affordable child care in the budget
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Advocates for affordable child care and early childhood education programs hope Ohio’s Republican senators will reconsider funding changes to a program they say helps… Read More
The Ohio Ballot Board rewrites Issue 1 language on constitutional change for August election
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Just a day after the Ohio Supreme Court told the Ballot Board it must rewrite language for a proposed constitutional amendment set to be on the August… Read More
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
DeWine says ‘justice will be done’ in Trump classified docs case but doesn’t rule out endorsement
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republican Gov. Mike DeWine didn’t say much when asked about the charges against former President Donald Trump, who endorsed DeWine in his re-election bid… Read More
A ban on kids under 16 using social media is back in Ohio Senate’s version of the state budget
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine’s (R) ban on social media use by minors under 16 without parental permission is back in the Ohio Senate’s version of… Read More
Ohio’s top court rules some language for Issue 1 must be rewritten before the August election
By: Jo Ingles | Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — In a decision that gave a victory to opponents and a win to supporters, the Ohio Supreme Court has ruled the state Ballot Board must… Read More
Drones are a powerful tool for law enforcement in southeast Ohio that raise privacy concerns
By: Caleb McCleskey
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MARIETTA, Ohio (WOUB) –– Hovering several hundred feet in the air, the four rotating propellers on the Washington County Sheriff’s Office newest drone could be heard from the ground. Special Deputy… Read More
Federal regulators promise a safety review at all the major freight railroads
By: Josh Funk | AP
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Federal Railroad Administration recently completed a review of Norfolk Southern’s safety culture in the wake of the February’s fiery derailment in Ohio, and officials plan to follow… Read More
Photo Gallery: Athens’ “Boys in Blue” honored with the rededication of a Civil War monument
By: Ahmed Hamed
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Members of the community gathered in era-appropriate attire Sunday to rededicate a refurbished monument to soldiers of the Civil War. The ceremony took place at Union… Read More
Ohio’s State Supreme Court rules the abortion question will go forward as single issue
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — In a blow to abortion opponents in Ohio, a fall ballot issue aimed at enshrining access to the procedure in state’s constitution will not be split into two… Read More
Ohio’s U.S. senators disagree on legislation to raise the federal debt ceiling
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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WASHINGTON (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s two U.S. senators disagree on federal legislation to raise the $31.4 trillion debt ceiling. The U.S. House voted 314 to 117 for the measure… Read More
![Remnants of the COVID-19 Pandemic are seen in Athens, Ohio, on Tuesday, July 13, 2021. [Joseph Scheller | WOUB]](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/071321_CovidStock_0274-scaled-e1626730172468-900x422.jpg)
Five new COVID-19 cases were reported in Athens County from May 19-June 1
By: Aaron Payne
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens County has now had 20,279 total cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic after five additional cases were reported since last week’s update. The… Read More
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
Key GOP endorsement could be on the way in Ohio’s 2024 US Senate race
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — It’s nine months before Ohio Republicans go to the polls to pick a candidate to run against Democrat Sherrod Brown next fall for the… Read More
![Athens High School is seen in in The Plains, Ohio, on Tuesday, June 22, 2021. [Joseph Scheller | WOUB]](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Athens-high-school-900x422.png)
A $21 million bond issue to pay for the new Athens High School is in the works
By: Conner Woodruff
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens residents may see a bump in their property taxes as the Athens City School District plans to float a new $21 million bond issue this… Read More
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