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What this year’s CPAC says about Republican priorities
By: Laura Barón-López | Matt Loffman | PBS NewsHour
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WASHINGTON (NewsHour) — For nearly 50 years, conservative grassroots activists have gathered to hear from GOP leaders at the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC. As Republicans debate who is… Read More
Biden’s student loan relief faces its biggest test yet at the Supreme Court
By: Nina Totenberg | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — A handful of Republican-dominated states will ask the Supreme Court on Tuesday to permanently block the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness program. The states contend that the… Read More
Groups backing abortion rights unite to put the issue before Ohio voters this November
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A group of doctors and a coalition of abortion rights advocates are coming together to put an issue on the ballot this November that… Read More
Ohio’s Republican House Speaker sets his legislative priorities. His GOP opponent agrees but pushes back
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — After weeks of no bills formally introduced with bill numbers, the Ohio House Speaker and his leadership team has introduced their legislative priorities, ranging… Read More
More than half of Republicans support Christian nationalism, according to a new survey
By: Ashley Lopez | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — Long seen as a fringe viewpoint, Christian nationalism now has a foothold in American politics, particularly in the Republican Party — according to a new survey from… Read More
An Ohio budget proposal requires parental permission for kids to use social media
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s two year state budget always has things in it that aren’t related to state spending. For instance, the budget unveiled last month by… Read More
Calls for paid leave grow louder 30 years after passage of Family and Medical Leave Act
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WASHINGTON (NewsHour) — The Family and Medical Leave Act was hailed as revolutionary for its time when President Clinton signed it into law in 1993. Workers were guaranteed job protection if… Read More
Ohio House members to tackle Mike DeWine’s proposed $87B state budget
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The long state budget process begins Tuesday with hearings in the Ohio House Finance Committee on Gov. Mike DeWine’s proposed $87 billion two-year spending… Read More
A bipartisan bill would move Ohio’s presidential primary from March to May
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Every four years, during the presidential election season, Ohio’s primary is held in March. Other statewide primaries are generally held in May but in… Read More
Gov. Mike DeWine releases two-year Ohio budget, with lots of spending and family-focused benefits
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The two-year state budget Republican Gov. Mike DeWine previewed in his State of the State speech yesterday is officially out. The plan spends nearly… Read More
Recent infighting raises the question: How conservative is the GOP?
By: Danielle Kurtzleben | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — A few weeks ago, Americans — or, the subset who get excited about these things — were glued to C-SPAN as the House voted 15 times for… Read More
Ohio’s House Democratic leader lays out priorities ahead of DeWine’s State of the State address
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The leader of the Ohio House Democratic caucus has laid out the issues her members want to hear about in Gov. Mike DeWine’s State… Read More
Ohio lawmakers work to fund the 988 suicide prevention hotline
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON (NewsHour) — Since its launch last July, the nationwide 988 hotline for people experiencing a mental health crisis has received more than 2 million calls, texts and chats. The… Read More
A new candidate announces he’s planning a run for Ohio governor in 2026
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The November election was just a few weeks ago, with Republicans sweeping the statewide offices, starting with governor. But already, there’s a potential Republican… Read More
An early look at key 2024 Senate races and candidates
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WASHINGTON (NewsHour) — Congress has just started its new term, but many senators and Senate hopefuls are already thinking about the next election. Rep. Adam Schiff became the second Democrat to… Read More
A proposal would eliminate one-third of Ohio’s code for rules and regulations
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The DeWine administration has proposed eliminating one-third of the Ohio Administrative Code which details rules and regulations for more than 300 state agencies and… Read More
A battle within the Ohio House GOP could prevent its supermajority from exercising unique power
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The rift among Ohio House Republicans could prevent GOP lawmakers from exercising a unique power that only a supermajority has. That power is in… Read More
A former Ohio lawmaker warns the proposed constitutional amendment resolution could hurt future development
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A former Democratic state lawmaker is calling on Republicans in the Ohio Legislature to slow down and take a more careful approach to legislation… Read More
U.S. hits its debt limit and now risks defaulting on its bills
By: Rafael Nam | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, in a letter to Congress on Thursday, said the U.S. has reached its debt limit, and has begun resorting to “extraordinary measures”… Read More
The West Virginia House passes a bill to cut personal income tax by half
By: Leah Willingham | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s Republican-dominated House passed a proposal to reduce the state’s personal income tax by 50 percent Wednesday, rejecting a call by Democrats to drop the… Read More
Republicans who backed Merrin for Ohio House speaker introduce ethics law changes
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The conservative Republican who was elected Ohio House speaker in a private vote in November but lost the official floor vote this month has… Read More
Lawmakers considering bill to localize state agency licensure appeals
By: Aaron Payne
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — State lawmakers are considering a bill that would move the fight over revoked or repealed state licenses to local county courts, which are currently… Read More
The U.S. has an overclassification problem, says one former special counsel
By: Kai McNamee | Ailsa Chang | Ashley Brown | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — For months, classified documents have been turning up in places where they’re not supposed to. First, there was the discovery of hundreds of classified documents inappropriately… Read More
GOP action on mail ballot timelines angers military families
By: Julie Carr Smyth | Gary Fields | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s restrictive new election law significantly shortens the window for mailed ballots to be received — despite no evidence that the extended timeline has led to fraud or… Read More
How will DeWine approach policymaking amid Ohio House leadership fight?
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Although Rep. Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill) was elected speaker of the Ohio House, Rep. Derek Merrin (R-Monclova) has said he is the leader of… Read More
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