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West Virginia advances a bill to add photos to all SNAP cards, despite enforcement concerns
By: Leah Willingham | AP
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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
By: Samantha Hendrickson | AP
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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
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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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
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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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
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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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
More transgender candidates face challenges running for office in Ohio for omitting their deadname
By: Samantha Hendrickson | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Several transgender candidates for state office in Ohio are facing challenges and even outright disqualification for omitting their former names from petition paperwork under a little-known… Read More
West Virginia’s Senate OKs a bill to allow veterans and retired police to provide armed security in schools
By: Leah Willingham | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — County education boards in West Virginia could contract with military veterans and retired law enforcement officers to provide armed security at K-12 public schools under a… Read More
Ohio’s Republican-backed “bathroom bill” gets an update and another hearing, but no vote
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A Republican-backed bill that says K-12 and higher education institutions in Ohio must require students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond to the… Read More
Ohio’s Senate Republicans have a state-funded online page for news, but now Democrats have one too
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A webpage sponsored by Ohio Senate Republicans that puts out stories about legislation and political issues has received controversial attention in recent months. But Senate… Read More
A former Disney star and Ohio’s House Democrats push for a law to protect earnings of “kidfluencers”
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — There are laws in Ohio to protect the earnings of child actors who appear on stage or in television shows. Now, some Democratic state… Read More
Ohio’s House votes to override the veto of a gender-affirming care ban
By: Sarah Donaldson | Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — By 65-28, Republicans in the Ohio House broke with Gov. Mike DeWine and voted to override his veto of House Bill 68, which blocks… Read More
A judge has found Ohio’s new election law constitutional, including a strict photo ID requirement
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge has upheld as constitutional provisions of the sweeping election law that Ohio put in place last year, rejecting a Democratic law firm’s challenge… Read More
A lawsuit has been filed over Ohio’s social media parental permission law
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An internet trade association filed a lawsuit against the state of Ohio on Friday, looking to block a social media parental permission regulations from… Read More
Republicans and Democrats finalize candidate lineups for Kentucky elections in 2024
By: Bruce Schreiner | AP
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s congressional and legislative campaigns came into focus Friday as Republicans and Democrats completed candidate lineups for 2024 elections lacking a marquee race for statewide office… Read More
Stiffer penalties for fentanyl dealers and raises for teachers are among West Virginia legislative priorities
By: John Raby | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Leading lawmakers in West Virginia want to increase penalties for fentanyl dealers, give public school teachers more pay raises, remove disruptive students from classrooms and boost… Read More
Veto override votes likely on the horizon for Ohio legislature in 2024
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio House will convene for session Wednesday, two weeks earlier than it originally intended to—and it could be for a vote to override Gov…. Read More
Some Ohio Republicans introduced a bill to remove power from courts on cases related to abortion
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Some Republican state lawmakers have introduced a bill that would take authority away from courts to deal with the new abortion access and reproductive… Read More
Natural gas bills in Ohio could increase under a Republican-backed law signed by DeWine
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill into law that blocks Ohio agencies from enacting clean air standards in regard to cars, but a late… Read More
Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear calls for unity in GOP-leaning Kentucky to uplift the economy and education
By: Bruce Schreiner | AP
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear reached across the partisan divide Wednesday night to urge a unified effort with Republican lawmakers to uplift education, health care and the… Read More
Ohio’s Supreme Court votes along party lines to uphold maps giving supermajorities to GOP
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — New House and Senate district maps approved unanimously by the Ohio Redistricting Commission will stand, after a late afternoon decision by the Ohio Supreme Court…. Read More
Ohio’s Senate may make the first move on package of recreational marijuana modifications
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio Senate President Matt Huffman (R-Lima) said Tuesday the chamber is on board with Gov. Mike DeWine’s pitch to modify the recreational marijuana initiated statute… Read More
Speaker Johnson navigates ‘mission impossible’ to avoid a government shutdown, without clear plan
By: Deirdre Walsh | Eric McDaniel | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — Speaker Mike Johnson is learning quickly that, although he may have received unanimous support to get the gavel, the sharp divisions among House Republicans over spending bills… Read More
Sen. Joe Manchin announces he won’t seek reelection in 2024
By: Deirdre Walsh | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin announced Thursday that he will not run for reelection in 2024. The decision means Democrats face an uphill climb to keep… Read More
What does the new abortion rights amendment really mean in terms of Ohio’s abortion policies?
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Supporters and opponents of Issue 1, the proposal passed by Ohio voters Tuesday, are determining where to go from here. After all, the constitutional… Read More
School board elections are latest battleground for polarized national politics
By: Sarah Mueller
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — On Halloween in downtown Coopersburg, a borough nestled in the Lehigh Valley, Doug Durham is handing out candy to trick-or-treaters young and old. “We’re running for… Read More
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