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An Ohio GOP lawmaker proposes a $15/hour minimum wage to head off a possible ballot issue
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Democratic lawmakers in the Ohio Legislature have tried for years to raise the minimum wage, but their bills went nowhere in the Republican-dominated General… Read More
A Republican lawmaker who donated to GOP challengers says the action by Ohio’s House speaker is illegal
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The battle among supermajority Republicans continues in one chamber, as the Ohio House speaker has removed six members from the committees they chaired. House… Read More
Ohio launches a “routine but enhanced” effort to clean up voter rolls ahead of November
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose directed county election directors on Thursday to begin a “routine but enhanced” hunt through the voter rolls ahead of… Read More
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown says campus protestors shouldn’t be violent and laws must be enforced
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio Democratic US Senator Sherrod Brown is being careful with his comments about pro-Palestine demonstrations at Ohio’s colleges and universities, while saying they shouldn’t… Read More
Ex-Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel and his ex-wife have been threatened with jail time in their divorce case
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Josh Mandel, who spent years as one of Ohio’s highest profile GOP politicians, has been threatened with jail time for violating the terms of his 2020… Read More
Ohio’s House speaker removes Republican committee chairs who helped challengers in GOP primary
By: Karen Kasler | Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio House leadership battle rages on, with the House speaker taking action. House Speaker Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill) has removed six Republicans from… Read More
As a childcare conundrum confronts Ohio parents, Ohio businesses seek to attract workers
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Employers throughout Ohio say they cannot find enough employees to meet their needs, particularly low-wage workers. And childcare is one big reason why. The… Read More
Lassie’s Law would require Ohio road work crews try to locate owners of deceased pets
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Lassie’s Law, an Ohio House bill, would require road crews who discover a deceased dog or cat to try to find the owner of… Read More
Larry Householder will be arraigned from prison on state charges, as nuclear bailout bribery scheme’s impact persists
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Former Republican Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder will be arraigned from federal prison on the 10 new felony counts recently brought against him by the state, as revelations… Read More
A judge halts the Ohio law banning gender transition treatment for minors till after hearing
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A Franklin County judge has again blocked a state law that would ban gender transition treatment for minors and would stop trans athletes from… Read More
Environmentalists are excited, coal backers are cautious about the new EPA rules on coal-burning power plants
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — New rules from the US Environmental Protection Agency are aimed at cracking down on pollution produced by coal plants. The EPA rules require them to… Read More
An Ohio House passes bill with harsher human and drug trafficking penalties
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A proposal to boost the penalties for human and drug trafficking cleared the Ohio House on Wednesday by a 80-13 vote. Introduced last June by… Read More
Ohio’s medical marijuana dispensaries prep for adult-use green light
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohioans will likely be able to buy recreational marijuana as soon as mid-June, earlier than the timeline outlined by the initiated statute they voted… Read More
Ohio lawmakers negotiate to assure Biden makes the state’s fall ballot
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican legislative leaders in Ohio say they are negotiating with Democrats to assure President Joe Biden appears on the state’s November ballot, but the exact shape… Read More
Ohio doctors are watching the U.S. Supreme Court on a law requiring emergency care and abortion
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Doctors in Ohio are closely watching a U.S. Supreme Court case involving abortion and a federal law that requires hospitals that receive federal money… Read More
Ohio’s Senate unanimously passes a bill to eliminate the loophole on spousal rape in state law
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — After decades of efforts to change a provision of state law shielding people who rape their spouses from prosecution, the Ohio Senate has voted… Read More
A bill tells Ohio public schools to limit student phone use on property
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Two state lawmakers have proposed requiring Ohio’s public middle and high schools to create and publicize internet safety policies, including disallowing student phone use… Read More
New fallout in the HB 6 nuclear bailout scandal leads to calls for more campaign finance disclosure
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — New documents show FirstEnergy paid $2.5 million in secret to help Mike DeWine’s initial campaign for governor in 2018. It’s the latest twist in… Read More
Money from the Inflation Reduction Act aims to bolster forest farming in southeast Ohio
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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BLUE ROCK, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — Kaleb Wilkins grew up around kids whose dream was to escape Appalachia. “Kids that I went to school with, everybody wanted to grow… Read More
Five people from Appalachian Ohio were honored with Jenco Awards for service to their communities
By: WOUB News Team
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MIDDLEPORT, Ohio (WOUB) – Five Appalachian Ohio residents who go above and beyond in their service to others were honored as 2023 Jenco Award recipients. The 2023 Jenco Award recipients… Read More
Child care advocates praise DeWine’s proposed vouchers but say more needs to be done
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine said he wants to expand eligibility for vouchers for state-funded child care. During his State of the State speech, DeWine proposed… Read More
Some lawmakers are again pushing to close Ohio’s primary elections
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republican state lawmakers have put out at least four different proposals to close Ohio’s partisan primary elections since the start of the legislative session… Read More
Senate President Matt Huffman says Biden will be on Ohio’s fall ballot
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — State legislators have until May 9 to change a law that could keep President Joe Biden off the Ohio ballot this fall, because the… Read More
Ohio’s Supreme Court rules the state death database with names and addresses isn’t a public record
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A state death database with information from death certificates including causes of death along with names and addresses is not a public record. The… Read More
Ohio lawmakers roll out housing bills, but movement likely won’t come this session
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — There are only 40 affordable units for every 100 Ohio households, according to a report last year from the Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in… Read More
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