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Gov. Mike DeWine’s State of the State brings out bipartisan support and criticism but no big new plans
By: Karen Kasler | Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As expected, there were virtually no new proposals announced by Gov. Mike DeWine in his State of the State speech, though he drew attention to… Read More
Trump’s early backing of Vivek Ramaswamy for Ohio governor is seen by some as meant to avoid a nasty primary
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The sun hadn’t set on the Vivek Ramaswamy gubernatorial campaign launch in Ohio before President Donald Trump posted his endorsement of the Cincinnati-born biotech entrepreneur and… Read More
Republican Heather Hill, an Appalachian entrepreneur, says she’s inspired by tragedies to run for Ohio governor
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Thoughts of her two foster children shot and killed by police still wake Heather Hill from her sleep once or twice a week. The Republican entrepreneur… Read More
West Virginia’s Senate OKs a bill allowing for religious and philosophical vaccine exemptions
By: Leah Willingham | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia senators voted to dismantle one of the nation’s strictest school vaccination policies Friday by greenlighting an exemption for families who say mandated inoculations conflict… Read More
A bill would require party affiliation on ballots for local, state school board candidates in Ohio
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — State and local school board elections in Ohio are non-partisan, like many municipal and local races. But a new bill in the Ohio Legislature would change… Read More
Vivek Ramaswamy joins the 2026 race for Ohio governor with Trump’s endorsement
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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WEST CHESTER, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republican former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is now a candidate for governor in his home state of Ohio. He officially kicked off his… Read More
An expected Ramaswamy run for Ohio governor would test experienced Republicans and tradition
By: Julie Carr Smyth | Thomas Beaumont | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Fresh off of his unexpected departure from President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, Vivek Ramaswamy has set his sights on becoming governor of his home state. The 39-year-old biotech entrepreneur… Read More
Lawmakers in the Ohio House introduce GOP priority energy provisions
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Two powerful conservative policy organizations in Columbus say current policies limit the state’s potential to address suddenly skyrocketing demand, with Ohio consuming more energy than… Read More
Vivek Ramaswamy, who said he wasn’t in contention for Vance’s US Senate seat, met with DeWine about it
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A political newcomer who had taken himself out of consideration for the US Senate seat held by VP-elect JD Vance apparently wants back in… Read More
Ohio’s Democratic Party Chair criticizes the state GOP leader over comments about confusing Ohioans
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio GOP Party Alex Triantifilou told a county party event that “confusing Ohioans was not such a bad strategy” in defeating last fall’s redistricting… Read More
Sherrod Brown talks about leaving Capitol Hill and his plans for the future
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — For the first time in 22 years, early January didn’t mean going back to Capitol Hill for Sherrod Brown. He lost one of the most… Read More
West Virginia’s conservative shift could sharpen under its incoming governor Patrick Morrisey
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice signed a number of socially conservative laws during his two terms in office. But he rarely pushed for them. The Democrat-turned-Republican,… Read More
As VP-elect JD Vance resigns his US Senate seat, DeWine is not revealing his choice to succeed him
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Vice president-elect JD Vance resigned from the US Senate at midnight. That opens the door for Gov. Mike DeWine to announce who he’s chosen… Read More
A new Ohio law involving dissolution could mean fewer villages
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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AQUILLA, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Julie Petrowski isn’t moving, but her address is changing because of a law involving dissolution. For more than thirty years, she’s been a resident… Read More
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose rejects a GOP challenge to Democrat Congresswoman Emilia Sykes’ residency
By: Bruce Shipkowski | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s top elections official Frank LaRose has rejected a Republican challenge over the legal residency of one of the state’s Democratic members of Congress. Secretary of… Read More
Ohio’s US senator-elect Bernie Moreno says he’s ready to hit ground running with cabinet votes
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — U.S. Sen.-elect Bernie Moreno will officially take office Jan. 3, two weeks before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. Returning from Washington fresh off freshman member… Read More
JD Vance is leaving the Senate for the vice presidency. That’s set off a scramble for his Ohio seat
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — JD Vance’s election as vice president has opened up one of Ohio’s U.S. Senate seats for the third time in as many years, setting off a scramble for… Read More
Ohio’s House GOP elects its next likely speaker unanimously but unofficially
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Incoming and returning members of the Ohio House GOP caucus on Wednesday unanimously nominated outgoing Senate President and Rep.-elect Matt Huffman (R-Lima) to be… Read More
After two years of infighting, incumbent Jason Stephens steps out of Ohio House speaker’s race
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill) will not run for his present post this next legislative session, he said Monday, changing the field… Read More
Bernie Moreno, Ohio’s senator-elect, says Congress should honor its CHIPS commitment
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Intel’s semiconductor production plants under construction in central Ohio are partly reliant on federal money, but high-profile Republicans like President-elect Donald Trump and Speaker… Read More
Here’s how U.S. Senator-elect Bernie Moreno says he’ll work to accomplish the agenda of “centrist Republican” Trump
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s US Sen.-elect Bernie Moreno, fresh off his defeat of longtime Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), told business leaders that he’s ready to get to work…. Read More
With Issue 1 dead, will Ohio lawmakers pursue redistricting reform?
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio voters on Tuesday night handily rejected Issue 1—which would have thrown out the current redistricting system, in which elected officials draw the lines, by… Read More
Ohio’s 2026 race for governor may factor into DeWine’s US Senate choice
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — With two years left in his term, Gov. Mike DeWine now faces what he said is one of the “biggest decisions” he’ll make: who… Read More
Republican ex-Ohio House speaker Larry Householder plans to ask Trump for clemency
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republican former Ohio House speaker Larry Householder – now serving a 20-year prison sentence for corruption – plans to ask incoming president Trump for clemency… Read More
Ohio Republicans are lining up to be DeWine’s choice to fill Vance’s U.S. Senate seat
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Tuesday’s vote to return Republican former president Donald Trump to the White House has created an unusual situation for Gov. Mike DeWine – and… Read More
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