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Former Ohio Attorneys General oppose the resolution to make it harder to pass constitutional amendments
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A bipartisan group of former Ohio attorneys general is echoing concerns expressed last week by bipartisan former governors over the proposed resolution to make… Read More
GOP election officials walk a fine line on voting fraud and integrity
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Republican election officials in Ohio, West Virginia and Missouri have promoted their states’ elections as fair and secure. Yet each also is navigating a fine… Read More
A PAC backed by an Illinois billionaire pushes for the vote on making it harder to amend Ohio’s constitution
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A PAC has been set up to push for the constitutional amendment requiring 60% voter approval for future amendments, before a vote on a… Read More
The fight over expanding Ohio’s school voucher program heats up
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An expansion of Ohio’s school voucher program to include nearly all K-12 students would cost more than $1 billion dollars in its the first… Read More
Protests break out as Ohio lawmakers hear two controversial bills affecting transgender youth
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Opponents of two controversial Republican-backed bills affecting transgender youth packed into two of the smallest hearing rooms in the Ohio Statehouse as testimony on… Read More
Ohio’s GOP advances making constitutional changes tougher
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A contingent of Statehouse Republicans in Ohio pressed forward Wednesday with their plan to make it harder to amend the state’s constitution, an effort aimed most immediately… Read More
Norfolk Southern’s CEO takes questions from Ohio Senators about the toxic East Palestine derailment
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The CEO of Norfolk Southern, which has seen five trains derail in Ohio since October was at the Statehouse Tuesday. Norfolk Southern CEO Alan… Read More
An income tax cut and expansion of vouchers in Ohio House Republicans’ version of the two year budget
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As expected, Republicans in the Ohio House will introduce a budget that includes an income tax cut and an expansion of taxpayer-paid school vouchers…. Read More
A plan to raise minimum wage to $15 an hour is one step closer to a vote in Ohio
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Ballot Board has given the green light to a group that wants to put a constitutional amendment before voters next year that… Read More
Details of former Vinton Township fiscal officer’s theft of public funds for his roadside zoo are released
By: WOUB News Team
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOUB) — A former Vinton Township fiscal officer used public funds to buy things for his roadside zoo and adjacent properties that include a wildebeest, two owls, windows… Read More
Norfolk Southern’s CEO set to testify in the Ohio Senate about East Palestine train derailment
By: Samantha Hendrickson | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Norfolk Southern’s CEO is set to testify before an Ohio Senate rail safety panel Tuesday, more than two months after a fiery train derailment including hazardous… Read More
A report from the state Attorney General says Ohio should either overhaul the death penalty or abolish it
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republican Attorney General Dave Yost has been a supporter of the death penalty in Ohio. But a new report from his office said it is… Read More
Ohio officers won’t be charged in the shooting of Jayland Walker
By: Associated Press
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AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Eight police officers who fired dozens of rounds at Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man, following a car and foot chase will not face criminal charges… Read More
Changes are likely coming in the way Ohio markets itself to tourists and business leaders
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The “find it here” tourism tagline Ohio has used since 2015 may soon be lost by the state. It is likely going to be… Read More
Republican states are targeting diversity and equity efforts in higher education
By: David A. Lieb | AP
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Frustrated by college diversity initiatives he says are “fomenting radical and toxic divisions,” Texas state Rep. Carl Tepper set out to put an end to diversity,… Read More
An investigation into “HR irregularities” at the Ohio Lottery comes after director abruptly resigns
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine wants an investigation of a series of complaints from the Ohio Lottery offices. The announcement of the probe comes after the… Read More
Small farms in southeast Ohio see transformative potential in the upcoming farm bill
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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Athens, OHIO (WOUB/Report for America) — A few years ago, Lindsay Klaunig and her partner turned a decrepit plot of country land into a successful local business called Trouvaille Farm…. Read More
A battle over the Ohio House Republicans’ campaign account appears to be settled
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Lawmakers are on spring break, but they were apparently working. The war over who will control the Ohio House Republicans’ campaign arm is apparently… Read More
New requirements add the word “noncitizen” to certain Ohio photo IDs
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A new law is in effect that designates whether a person is an undocumented Ohioan. The word “noncitizen” will now be printed on drivers’… Read More
The Browns end their stadium naming agreement with FirstEnergy
By: Tom Withers | AP
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CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Browns ended their stadium naming rights partnership with FirstEnergy Corp. after 10 years, and will return to their lakefront stadium being called Cleveland Browns Stadium…. 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)
47 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Athens County from April 7-13
By: Aaron Payne
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens County has now had 20,220 total cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic after 47 additional cases were reported since last week’s update. The… Read More
Drama plagues the bid to restrict changes to the Ohio Constitution
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio constitution is caught in a high-stakes tug-of-war. With an effort to enshrine abortion rights looming this fall, an influential mix of Republican politicians, lobbying organizations and… Read More
A judge temporarily blocks clean water rule in Ohio and 23 other states
By: Scott McFetridge | AP
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked a federal clean water rule in 24 states that is intended to protect thousands of small streams, wetlands… Read More
Ohio’s state school board votes on a resolution opposing the bill that would strip many of its powers
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s state board of education has weighed in on a Republican-backed plan that would dramatically affect its power. A bill moving in the Senate… Read More
Opponents voice frustrations with the commission that rules on Ohio-owned land drilling permits
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A law that could force state agencies to allow oil and gas drilling on Ohio-owned lands took effect on Friday. The state has rejected… Read More
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