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Gov. Mike DeWine says he’s concerned about the Cleveland Browns’ $600M stadium state-backed bond plan
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine said he’s still hopeful that his fellow Republicans in the House will keep the tax hikes on cigarettes, sports betting operators… Read More
GOP lawmakers in Kentucky voted to protect conversion therapy
By: Bruce Schreiner | AP
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s Republican lawmakers have passed a measure to protect conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ youths as part of a bill that also would outlaw the use of… Read More
A key House Republican suggests tax hikes on cigarettes, weed and gambling won’t make the Ohio budget
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine’s proposed tax increases on cigarettes, gambling operators and marijuana appear likely to be cut from the Ohio budget by members of… Read More
The Ohio Department of Health responded to a complaint over an abortion drugs website
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Department of Health can’t take action against a website offering information about abortion drugs via telehealth, according to that agency’s response to… Read More
As budget hearings go on, many House Republicans are joining the Ohio DOGE caucus
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Nearly half of Republicans in the Ohio House have joined a cost-cutting group modeling itself after Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency…. Read More
Owners of the Cleveland Browns laid out their ask to the state for help with a new stadium. But they also brought an offer to the table
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The domed stadium in Brook Park that would be the new home of the Cleveland Browns can’t happen without the state’s help, according to… Read More
Gov. Mike DeWine’s State of the State brings out bipartisan support and criticism but no big new plans
By: Karen Kasler | Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As expected, there were virtually no new proposals announced by Gov. Mike DeWine in his State of the State speech, though he drew attention to… Read More
A GOP leader rebuffs fully funding school meals statewide in the Ohio budget
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Although advocates are lobbying Ohio lawmakers to fund free school meals for K-12 students in the biennial state budget, one key legislative leader has… Read More
‘Devil’s in the details.’ Democrats say they’re ready for Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s annual State of the State
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ahead of Gov. Mike DeWine’s annual State of the State address Wednesday, Democratic state lawmakers say they see areas in which they align with… Read More
The Ohio House rolled out its own weed bill, with fewer changes than the Senate’s version
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An Ohio House GOP lawmaker has introduced his own set of changes to weed law, just a week after the Senate sent over an… Read More
Advocates are again asking for funding to provide free, universal school meals in Ohio’s budget
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A coalition that includes CVS Pharmacy, Kroger and the Ohio Education Association is again pushing Ohio lawmakers to put funds providing free school meals for… Read More
Ohio’s K-12 students would spend more time in school under a new bill
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s K-12 students would have to spend a little over two weeks more in school if a pair of Republican Ohio lawmakers get their… Read More
Ohio’s food banks would get less money in a state budget proposal at a time when they are facing more demand
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — About 3.4 million Ohioans are poor enough to qualify for assistance from food banks, but only 1.5 million Ohioans can get food stamp benefits…. Read More
Under a proposed bill in Ohio, protesters could be made to pay for building damage
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio lawmakers are again hearing a bill that creates civil penalties for protesters who vandalize buildings or other structures, which would be in addition… Read More
The Ohio Senate again passed a bill making big changes to the state’s cannabis program
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Senate passed a GOP-led proposal by a 21-9 vote Wednesday to overhaul the state’s relatively young recreational cannabis program, and senators voted… Read More
Republican Heather Hill, an Appalachian entrepreneur, says she’s inspired by tragedies to run for Ohio governor
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Thoughts of her two foster children shot and killed by police still wake Heather Hill from her sleep once or twice a week. The Republican entrepreneur… Read More
A two-year transportation budget to fund road construction projects passed the Ohio House unanimously
By: Karen Kasler | Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republicans and Democrats voted unanimously to pass the two-year transportation budget, funding construction projects on interstates, state routes and the Ohio Turnpike. The budget… Read More
Ohio lawmakers have asked Congress to take action on millions lost to SNAP benefits theft
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Thousands of recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP benefits in Ohio have found their benefits cards compromised by hackers during the past… Read More
West Virginia’s Senate OKs a bill allowing for religious and philosophical vaccine exemptions
By: Leah Willingham | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia senators voted to dismantle one of the nation’s strictest school vaccination policies Friday by greenlighting an exemption for families who say mandated inoculations conflict… Read More
A bill would require party affiliation on ballots for local, state school board candidates in Ohio
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — State and local school board elections in Ohio are non-partisan, like many municipal and local races. But a new bill in the Ohio Legislature would change… Read More
Voter registration and passenger rail provisions were added to Ohio transportation budget
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — House lawmakers made a slew of changes Tuesday to the proposal Gov. Mike DeWine has for the Ohio transportation budget, and among them, the… Read More
Gov. Mike DeWine’s budget includes less money for Ohio’s public schools, more for vouchers and charters
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine’s proposed budget would spend $23.4 billion on education, and DeWine said it would fully fund the final phase-in of the school… Read More
A new bill in Ohio would loosen the rules on Joint Economic Development Districts
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Joint Economic Development Districts were created in 1993 to allow Ohio municipalities and townships to work together to develop township land and share taxes that… Read More
Former OSU football coach Jim Tressel has been sworn in as Ohio’s 67th lieutenant governor
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Former Ohio State football coach and Youngstown State’s ex-president Jim Tressel is now Ohio’s 67th lieutenant governor. He was sworn into that office in a… Read More
Jim Justice says he turned West Virginia’s budget from cow dung to gold. New Gov. Patrick Morrisey disagrees
By: Leah Willingham | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Jim Justice said he transformed West Virginia’s financial policy from cow dung into gold during his time as governor. But one man’s gold is another man’s… Read More
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