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No national abortion ban in GOP’s draft platform, disappointing some Ohio Republicans
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOUB) — As the Republican National Convention begins, the party’s official platform seems to be softer on abortion. Many of those opposed to abortion, including some Republican candidates,… Read More
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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
![Senate President Matt Huffman (R-Lima) and House Speaker Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill) face each other after Gov. Mike DeWine's 2024 State of the State speech.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/npr.brightspotcdn-e1714668223288-900x422.webp)
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
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A Kentucky lawmaker says he wants to renew efforts targeting diversity initiatives at colleges
By: Bruce Schreiner | AP
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FRANKFORT, Kentucky (AP) — A Republican lawmaker has signaled plans to mount another effort to limit diversity, equity and inclusion practices at Kentucky’s public universities after GOP supermajorities failed to… Read More
![GOP lawmakers look to be recognized on the floor of the Ohio House at a session](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/npr.brightspotcdn-4-e1707421628380-900x422.webp)
Ohio’s House GOP caucus votes to pull the speaker’s control of incumbents’ election fund
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A faction of the Ohio House GOP is again trying to wrest control of money set aside for campaigning incumbents from Speaker Jason Stephens… Read More
![Andy Beshear](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/AP_17067616210055-e1505736668382-900x422.jpg)
Kentucky’s governor vetoes nuclear energy legislation due to the method of selecting board members
By: Bruce Schreiner | AP
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear on Thursday vetoed legislation promoting nuclear energy in coal-producing Kentucky, but stressed his objections dealt with an advisory board and not with the use of… Read More
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The treasurer for dozens of Ohio political campaigns is accused of stealing nearly $1M from clients
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A man who has served as treasurer for dozens of Ohio political campaigns over the past 40 years is facing federal wire fraud charges for allegedly… Read More
![A person stands in a paper voting booth surrounded by a mixture of paper and electronic voting machines.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/download-1-e1691543364792-900x422.webp)
Purple Ohio? Parties in the former bellwether state take lessons from 2023 abortion, marijuana votes
By: Julie Carr Smyth | Samantha Hendrickson | AP/Report for America
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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
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Ohio’s former tax leader says the system to protect taxpayers from spikes in property taxes is broken
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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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 Republican Sen. Whitney Westerfield testifies during a State and Local Government Committee meeting at the Capitol](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/AP24065847375870-e1709747345990-900x422.jpg)
Kentucky’s Senate passes a bill to grant the right to collect child support for unborn children
By: Bruce Schreiner | AP
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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
![Signs promoting campaigns line the lawn in front of the Franklin County Board Of Elections in North Columbus.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/download-2-1-e1697688681227-900x422.webp)
Ohio Senate passes GOP-backed campaign finance proposal on foreign money
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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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
![The Ohio Statehouse viewed from State Street in Columbus.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/download-2-e1688061934146-900x422.webp)
Ohio Senate passes $1.4 billion in appropriations but it appears it’s dead on arrival in the House
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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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
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Would-be Ohio parents concerned about future of IVF after court ruling in Alabama
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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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
![Democratic leaders in the Ohio House and Senate at a news conference on Feb. 22, 2024 where they called for a more thorough investigation by federal officials into the House Bill 6 scandal](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/npr.brightspotcdn-14-e1708718622986-900x422.webp)
Ohio Democratic lawmakers call for the Department of Justice to probe into the HB 6 scandal
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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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
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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
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West Virginia’s House OKs a bill to allow teachers with training to carry guns and removes local power to reject them
By: Leah Willingham | AP
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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 Governor Matt Bevin announces his intent to call for a recanvass of the voting results from Tuesday's gubernatorial elections during a press conference at the Governor's Mansion in Frankfort, Ky., Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/AP_19310814766782-e1573231103872-900x422.jpg)
Kentucky’s Senate supports a constitutional change to restrict end-of-term gubernatorial pardon powers
By: Bruce Schreiner | AP
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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
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West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin announces he won’t run for president in 2024
By: Associated Press
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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
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DeWine says “I wish we hadn’t appointed” former PUCO chair Sam Randazzo
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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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
![House Speaker Jason Stephens stands at the dais in front of the Ohio House](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/npr.brightspotcdn-8-e1708026954515-900x422.webp)
A judge declines to freeze Ohio House GOP’s campaign account funds before the March primary
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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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
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A Kentucky Senate committee advances a bill limiting diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
By: Bruce Schreiner | AP
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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
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Bills are being drafted for Ohio to rejoin a multi-state passenger rail commission
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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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
![The West Virginia state capitol building](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/West-Virginia-Statehouse-e1518097711392-900x422.jpg)
Critics say a West Virginia ‘Women’s Bill of Rights’ is an effort to suppress transgender people
By: John Raby | AP
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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
![Demonstrators outside the Ohio Statehouse showing support for transgender kids](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/npr.brightspotcdn-5-e1707423068767-900x422.webp)
Revised state rules on gender treatment say they’ll affect only trans youth in Ohio, not adults
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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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
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The Ohio House passes its appropriations bill, to the protest of some GOP lawmakers
By: Sarah Donaldson | Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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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
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