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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
Republican lawmakers in Kentucky offer legislation to regulate adult-oriented businesses
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican lawmakers proposed making adult-oriented businesses off-limits within a block of places frequented by children as they offered legislation on Tuesday that includes a renewed effort… Read More
DeWine shares few thoughts about a bill to add nitrogen gas to Ohio’s death penalty options
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s last execution was in July 2018, six months before Gov. Mike DeWine took office. Attorney General Dave Yost, a fellow Republican, wants to… Read More
Republicans want to introduce a bill that would add nitrogen gas to Ohio’s execution protocol
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Two GOP members of the Ohio House, joined by Attorney General Dave Yost, said Tuesday they want to add nitrogen gas as a second method… Read More
The ACLU of Ohio says a lawsuit is coming soon over the law affecting trans kids
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The ACLU of Ohio said it’s preparing a lawsuit to try to stop Republican-supported legislation from going into effect that would limit health care… Read More
West Virginia advances a bill that would require age verification for internet pornography
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — People in West Virginia would need to present some form of state-sponsored age verification before accessing internet pornography under a bill that advanced Monday in the… Read More
After Alabama conducts a nitrogen gas execution, Ohio may be poised to follow
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio politicians may be poised to consider whether the state might break its unofficial moratorium on the death penalty by following Alabama’s nitrogen gas execution of… Read More
Ex-coal CEO Don Blankenship couldn’t win a Senate seat with the GOP. He’s trying now as a Democrat
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Former West Virginia coal executive Don Blankenship, who lost by a wide margin when he ran for a U.S. Senate seat as a Republican in 2018,… Read More
A bill decriminalizing drug test strips in opioid-devastated West Virginia heads to the governor
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A bill that would decriminalize all dtrug test strips used to detect deadly substances in West Virginia, the state with the nation’s highest overdose rate, is headed to… Read More
Ohio’s attorney general rejects a voting-rights coalition’s ballot petition for a 2nd time
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A coalition of voting-rights groups is vowing to fight on after Ohio Republican Attorney General Dave Yost issued his second rejection Thursday of petition language it… Read More
Ohio’s Senate overrides a second veto and bans on local bans of flavored tobacco sales to become law
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — For the second time in less than a half hour, and the third time since he took office five years ago, Ohio lawmakers have… Read More
Former Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich is running for a House seat again, this time as an independent
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — Former Ohio Congressman and two-time Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich said Wednesday that he’s running for Congress again, this time as an independent. Kucinich, 77, a former Cleveland… Read More
GOP Senate contenders in Ohio face off for their first statewide debate
CLEVELAND (AP) — The three Republicans vying to take on Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown this fall in Ohio’s competitive U.S. Senate race clashed bitterly in their first statewide debate Monday,… Read More
A senator tells Ohio’s university presidents to bring spending info with capital budget asks
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Republican senator behind the bill that seeks to address concerns conservatives have had about “cancel culture” and higher education has a request for university… Read More
An Ohio retailer says a delta-8 THC crackdown would ‘tear’ at business
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine wants state lawmakers to quickly crack down on sales of delta-8 THC and other “intoxicating“ hemp derivative products, and DeWine said… Read More
A bill seeking to end early voting in Kentucky exposes divisions within Republican ranks
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams has forcefully pushed back against an effort to eliminate three days of early voting in the Bluegrass State, exposing fissures… Read More
An Ohio bill would provide savings accounts for kids attending non-chartered religious schools
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An Ohio House committee is considering a new bill designed to help those who don’t qualify for that money by allowing the creation of educational savings… Read More
West Virginia advances a bill to add photos to all SNAP cards, despite enforcement concerns
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A committee of lawmakers in West Virginia’s Republican-majority Legislature is advancing a bill that would require photo IDs to be added to the SNAP cards low-income… Read More
A transgender candidate facing disqualification is now cleared to run despite omitting deadname
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A transgender candidate vying for a seat in the Republican-majority Ohio House was cleared to run Thursday after her certification had been called into question for… Read More
DeWine asks Ohio lawmakers, again, for regulations to get delta-8 off the shelves
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A bill that cleared the Ohio Senate in early December but has since stalled would significantly modify the state’s soon-to-be recreational marijuana program, and… Read More
An Ohio bill would create a pilot programs to pay kids for attending and graduating high school
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio lawmakers are considering a bipartisan bill that would establish two pilot programs to fight truancy and encourage high school graduation. They’d be run… Read More
A bipartisan Ohio Senate proposal would require age verification to access online porn
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Two state senators introduced a bill Tuesday that would require online websites that feature adult content, including pornography, to verify Ohio users’ ages and… Read More
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