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Purple Ohio? Parties in the former bellwether state take lessons from 2023 abortion, marijuana votes
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — For more than half a century, Ohio was one of the most important states to watch during presidential election years, a place where both parties competed… Read More
Ohio’s former tax leader says the system to protect taxpayers from spikes in property taxes is broken
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Many Ohio homeowners have been hit with huge property tax bills because of the rising valuation of their homes. A few bills have been… Read More
Kentucky’s Senate passes a bill to grant the right to collect child support for unborn children
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Republican-led Kentucky Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to grant the right to collect child support for unborn children, advancing a bill that garnered bipartisan support. The… Read More
Ohio Senate passes GOP-backed campaign finance proposal on foreign money
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Senate voted 25-7 along party lines on Wednesday to advance a fast-tracked dark money proposal that bans foreign contributions to campaigns for… Read More
Ohio Senate passes $1.4 billion in appropriations but it appears it’s dead on arrival in the House
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Senate has approved $1.4 billion worth of appropriations over the next two years. But the funding wasn’t passed as a stand-alone capital… Read More
Would-be Ohio parents concerned about future of IVF after court ruling in Alabama
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Since the Alabama Supreme Court ruled this week that a fertilized frozen embryo has the same legal standing as a baby, questions have been… Read More
Ohio Democratic lawmakers call for the Department of Justice to probe into the HB 6 scandal
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Democratic leaders in the Ohio House and Senate want a federal investigation into what happened with the energy bill at the heart of a… Read More
Statehood Day Celebration
One Big Event at Five Different Locations: Chillicothe to Celebrate Ohio Statehood Day, Saturday, March 2nd. Five of Chillicothe’s historical sites, museums, and organizations will host open houses on Saturday,… Read More
West Virginia’s House OKs a bill to allow teachers with training to carry guns and removes local power to reject them
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s Republican-controlled House of Delegates voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to allow teachers and other school staff who undergo training to carry guns in K-12 public schools…. Read More
Kentucky’s Senate supports a constitutional change to restrict end-of-term gubernatorial pardon powers
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The GOP-dominated Kentucky Senate endorsed a proposed constitutional change Wednesday to limit a governor’s end-of-term pardon powers, reflecting the outrage still burning over pardons granted by… Read More
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin announces he won’t run for president in 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin said Friday that he is not running for president, according to his spokesman Jon Kott. Manchin announced his decision in a speech… Read More
DeWine says “I wish we hadn’t appointed” former PUCO chair Sam Randazzo
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Two former FirstEnergy executives and former head of the state’s utility regulator, Sam Randazzo, have pleaded not guilty to 27 state criminal charges in… Read More
A judge declines to freeze Ohio House GOP’s campaign account funds before the March primary
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A judge in Franklin County denied a motion Wednesday to freeze the funds within the Ohio House GOP’s campaign account, the latest in a… Read More
A Kentucky Senate committee advances a bill limiting diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky lawmakers plunged Thursday into the contentious issue of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts on college campuses as a GOP-led Senate panel advanced a bill over… Read More
Bills are being drafted for Ohio to rejoin a multi-state passenger rail commission
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio lawmakers from both parties and chambers are planning to introduce concurrent bills later this year to rejoin the Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Commission… Read More
Critics say a West Virginia ‘Women’s Bill of Rights’ is an effort to suppress transgender people
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Legislation in West Virginia to narrow the definitions of gender would give women no further rights and is a way for Republicans to suppress transgender people,… Read More
Revised state rules on gender treatment say they’ll affect only trans youth in Ohio, not adults
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The first round of revised rules on gender-affirming treatments for trans youth in Ohio have been released, after public comment on them closed last… Read More
The Ohio House passes its appropriations bill, to the protest of some GOP lawmakers
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio House lawmakers from both parties voted 75-19 to pass a nearly $2 billion package of appropriations for a slew of regional and local… Read More
A bill to create pilot projects to pay Ohio kids to go to school and to graduate appears stalled
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A bill to establish pilot projects that could pay Ohio students to attend school and graduate remains in an Ohio House committee. And it… Read More
Ohio lawmakers try to cap the cost of insulin again with bipartisan bills
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A million Ohioans depend on insulin to manage their diabetes. The federal government capped insulin costs at $35 in the sweeping Inflation Reduction Act… Read More
A filing suggests that Ohio’s AG believes at least part of the six-week abortion ban is still constitutional
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is asking a Hamilton County judge deciding the legality of the state’s ban on abortion after six weeks to… Read More
Kentucky’s House boosts school spending but leaves out guaranteed teacher raises and universal pre-K
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Republican-led Kentucky House endorsed higher school spending for education in its two-year state spending plan on Thursday but left out two of the Democratic governor’s… Read More
Opponents of the nitrogen executions bill cite Ohio’s ban on gas for pet euthanasia
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio outlawed putting down household pets by suffocating them with gas—or any non-anesthetic inhalant—less than a year ago, and all but a handful of… Read More
A lawsuit has been filed against Ohio’s attorney general over his rejection of an amendment to change election laws
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A group that wants to change election laws —including repealing some of them— s suing Attorney General Dave Yost in the Ohio Supreme Court… Read More
Democratic lawmakers continue their call to change Ohio laws to prevent corruption
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Democrats in the Ohio House continue to clamor for passage of bills they say would prevent future corruption with utilities, like what happened with… Read More
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