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![A green sign on the left supports Issue 1 and a red sign on the right opposes issue 2](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/download-9-1-e1698329332635-900x422.webp)
Prosecutors urge Ohioans to reject Issue 2 for reasons that supporters say are “out of touch”
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Opponents of Issue 2, the proposal that would legalize and tax marijuana use and sale for Ohioans over 21, say there are many problems… Read More
![A green sign on the left supports Issue 1 and a red sign on the right opposes issue 2](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/download-9-1-e1698329332635-900x422.webp)
Prosecutors urge Ohioans to reject Issue 2 for reasons that supporters say are “out of touch”
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Opponents of Issue 2, the proposal that would legalize and tax marijuana use and sale for Ohioans over 21, say there are many problems… Read More
![Demonstrators in the Ohio statehouse, one is holding a sign up that reads minority rule is unacceptable](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/npr.brightspotcdn-e1690984388278-900x422.webp)
The cost for Ohio’s August special election to decide the 60% voter approval amendment goes up
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The cost of the August special election in which voters defeated an amendment to make it harder to change Ohio’s constitution has increased to $18… Read More
![Former U.S. Senator Rob Portman delivers remarks in front of a crowd at the Ohio Union](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/download-14-e1698679876586-900x422.webp)
Ohio’s former Republican U.S. Senator calls House GOP “rudderless,” backs support for Ukraine
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republican former U.S. Senator Rob Portman took the stage at a public affairs leaders’ forum at the Ohio State University on Friday morning, where… Read More
![Members of the Ohio Senate Government Oversight Committee hear testimony on a new map of state congressional districts.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/AP23278796175736-e1696559399874-900x422.jpg)
A typo has delayed signature gathering for the group backing Ohio’s citizens redistricting panel
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — It’s back to the drawing board again for the group trying to change the redistricting process of drawing congressional and state legislative district maps through… Read More
![A reporter holds up an example of the amount of fentanyl that can be deadly](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/AP_18163738950164-e1538085639967-900x422.jpg)
A bill in Ohio elevates penalties for fentanyl and heroin dealing—and human trafficking too
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Testimony continued Wednesday on a Republican-backed bill that boosts the penalties for fentanyl, heroin and human trafficking, the fourth hearing held on the piece… Read More
![House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of N.Y., hands the gavel to newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana at the Capitol on Wednesday.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ap23298666649836-01405ba1a0aa34496778253a7a5bce2950b82f2a-scaled-e1698264308112-900x422.jpg)
Louisiana Republican Mike Johnson elected speaker of the House
By: Lexie Schapitl | Claudia Grisales | Eric McDaniel | Kelsey Snell | Mia Venkat | Deirdre Walsh | NPR
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Updated October 25, 2023 at 3:12 PM ET WASHINGTON (NPR) — Republicans have elected Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., to be speaker of the House, ending a three-week vacancy that brought… Read More
![Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) returns to his office at the U.S. Capitol](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/gettyimages-1713659511-1d3fd42a4738046fd261c193d1a6ded2f8a3bc58-scaled-e1696508300968-900x422.jpg)
The House can’t work without a speaker. How will it choose McCarthy’s successor?
By: Rachel Treisman | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — The House is without a leader — and in uncharted territory — after eight hard-line Republicans and unified Democrats voted to oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in… Read More
![Doris Peters calls voters during a phone bank event Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, at the Republican Party of Cuyahoga County in Independence, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/AP23272239765088-e1696177568793-900x422.jpg)
Anti-abortion groups are at odds on strategies ahead of the Ohio vote. It could be a preview for 2024
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Abortion opponents in Ohio are at odds not only over how to frame their opposition to a reproductive rights initiative on the state’s November ballot but also over… Read More
![Carolyn Loxley, a woman with long, wavy gray hair, testifies to the Ohio Redistricting Commission](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/download-4-1-e1695416462375-900x422.webp)
Ohio Redistricting Commission may add another hearing for comment on legislative maps
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Only a handful of Ohioans showed up at the first public hearing on legislative working maps being considered by the Ohio Redistricting Commission. But… Read More
![Ohio Redistricting Commission holds meeting in Columbus. The members sit in the front of the room at a long table with assistants behind them.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/download-3-1-e1695316194771-900x422.webp)
The Ohio Redistricting Commission adopts GOP-drawn working maps for House and Senate districts
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — After delaying meetings for a week while Republicans fought over leadership of the Ohio Redistricting Commission, the panel met and adopted working maps that favored majority Republicans…. Read More
![The first meeting of the Ohio Redistricting Commission drew a packed house of activists, media and staffers to the Rhodes Office Tower in Columbus](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/download-2-2-e1695241656731-900x422.webp)
The Ohio Redistricting Commission is going back to work after Republican infighting caused a week’s delay
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Redistricting Commission was set to get back to business Wednesday after two Republican legislative leaders who may be rivals for the House speakership next… Read More
![US President Joe Biden discusses investments in conservation and protecting natural resources, and how the Inflation Reduction Act is the largest investment in climate action, at Red Butte Airfield, 25 miles (40kms) south of Tusayan, Arizona](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/gettyimages-1584869361-1658f95f9a44653b06b4b9f5b0d20518c3fc76f8-scaled-e1695225278779-900x422.jpg)
Biden is unveiling the American Climate Corps, a program with echoes of the New Deal
By: Eric McDaniel | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — The White House on Wednesday unveiled a new climate jobs training program that it says could put 20,000 people to work in its first year on projects… Read More
![U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Ukrainian presidential palace on February 20, 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/gettyimages-1247322324_wide-1dceb70eca3bd7fcbe5a3f41437d6a6c5ea61cc7-e1695141234426-900x422.jpg)
Zelenskyy is set to visit the U.S. as GOP opposition to Ukraine aid grows
By: Susan Davis | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — When Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy returns to the U.S. this week to extend his hand in Washington, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will be at the front… Read More
![A child reaches for something in a refrigerator.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/gettyimages-1250088476_custom-ca584360245adf5073fdcb8591fddc23c6183838-e1694964353465-900x422.jpg)
A pediatrician’s view on child poverty rates: ‘I need policymakers to do their job’
By: Lauren Hodges | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Child poverty in the U.S. has more than doubled in a year, and we have a pretty clear idea what drove it: Congress let the expanded… Read More
![Marijuana plants at Hepworth Farms in Milton, N.Y.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ap22229608902561-51ea4c62bae9b8da2bf310a882b9677445a67ac7-scaled-e1661877513924-900x422.jpg)
Marijuana legalization supporters say DeWine’s opposition is the same tired talking points
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is coming out strongly against the proposed citizen-initiated marijuana legalization statute that voters will decide in November. “It would be a mistake. And… Read More
![Ukrainian servicemen prepare to fire at Russian positions from a U.S.-supplied M777 howitzer in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, July 14, 2022.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ap23177758351519-34a7ce14207e0d5e6b5ca4bc452260dfd6cf3454-scaled-e1692370797936-900x422.jpg)
Rural voters shaping the GOP presidential turn against U.S. aid to Ukraine
By: Brian Mann | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — A growing number of conservative Americans — especially those in rural communities — say it’s time for military and financial aid to Ukraine to end. U.S. support… Read More
![Poll workers wait for voters in Franklin County, Ohio behind a door that has a voting today sign taped to it](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/img-5094-scaled-e1659541443501-900x422.jpg)
Political experts weigh in on how abortion and marijuana on the same ballot might affect outcomes
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio voters will decide two controversial issues on the ballot in November — whether to pass a law to legalize marijuana and whether to… Read More
![Some of the 1,000 solar panels that are part of a green energy project on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation frame the landscape near Cannon Ball, N.D., where the grand opening for the energy farm that was borne partly out of protests against the Dakota Access pipeline in 2016 and 2017 was held. Revenue generated from the 30 kilowatt farm is currently being used to power a community center and gymnasium in Cannon Ball. (AP Photo/Dave Kolpack)](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/ap-image-solar-farm--e1634075131531-900x422.jpg)
A year in, landmark U.S. climate policy drives energy transition but hurdles remain
By: Rachel Waldholz | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — A year ago, Sonia Aggarwal watched from home as the votes came in on the U.S. Senate floor. Aggarwal was working as a White House aide, advising… Read More
![Ohio Republicans gathered at the party headquarters in Columbus on Saturday, July 8, 2023, the weekend before early voting began for the Aug. 8 special election](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/download-1-1-e1692039272955-900x422.webp)
Democrats say Issue 1’s rejection could mean a partisan shift for Ohio, but Republicans stay confident
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The resounding defeat of the Republican-backed Issue 1 – in a state that Donald Trump took twice and Mike DeWine won by almost 2-1 last… Read More
![Voter rights advocates scrutinize the Congressional district map proposed by Republican lawmakers.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/download-e1637164689428-900x422.jpeg)
An amendment to create a citizens panel to draw Ohio’s Statehouse and Congressional maps has been filed
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An amendment to create a 15-member citizen-appointed panel to draw state legislative and Congressional maps and remove that power from the Republican-dominated Ohio Redistricting… Read More
![Voters line up in Columbus at Franklin County's early voting center on the first day of early in-person voting for the August special election.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/download-1-1-e1689194697607-900x422.webp)
Issue 1 is drawing an unusually large turnout, straining some election offices
By: Samantha Hendrickson | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A hastily called summer special election over a Republican-pushed measure that would make it harder for Ohio voters to pass future constitutional amendments, including one on… Read More
![a Walgreens worker prepares vaccine shots for school staff in Dayton, Ohio, in February 2021.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/gettyimages-1231086148-41e4003068f54b0a179f2483796cebca6112cee6-scaled-e1690389026599-900x422.jpg)
Republicans’ excess death rate spiked after COVID-19 vaccines arrived, a study says
By: Bill Chappell | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — The pandemic inflicted higher rates of excess deaths on both Republicans and Democrats. But after COVID-19 vaccines arrived, Republican voters in Florida and Ohio died at a… Read More
![Old fashioned vintage car radio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Old-car-radio-e1688306452313-900x422.jpg)
What AM radio’s waning reach means for the future of politics and public safety
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (PBS NewsHour) — In recent years, podcasts and streaming internet content have been challenging AM radio for listeners. Now, there’s another threat: electric automakers are installing radios without… Read More
![Mitch Landrieu, speaking at the White House in May](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/gettyimages-1489506056-aaf1cb959fa92a1e5fd9d7a9531e85bcbed014df-scaled-e1687799816290-900x422.jpg)
Mitch Landrieu is Biden’s man to rebuild America and deliver broadband to millions
By: Scott Detrow | Brianna Scott | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — When President Biden delivered his State of the Union Address this past February, a big emotional thrust of the speech was a law he had signed more… Read More
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