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Ohio’s state budget director says the state is in good economic shape heading into budget season
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio is in good shape going into the upcoming two-year budget season, which ends when the budget comes out by the first week of… Read More
Ohio’s new House Speaker names his committee chairs, which don’t include the ex-speaker
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — House Speaker Matt Huffman (R-Lima) rolled out chair and vice chair assignments Tuesday as the 136th Ohio General Assembly gets underway in Columbus. And… Read More
![A classroom is seen at the new East Elementary school, in Athens, Ohio, on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021. [Joseph Scheller | WOUB]](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/081021_NewSchools_064-scaled-e1629925951933-900x422.jpg)
A law expanding school expulsion in Ohio gets signed, but not without some worries
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A new law that allows school districts to expand their expulsion polices will go into effect later this year, but not everybody is embracing… Read More
A new Ohio law seeks to stop damage from meritless SLAPP suits and protect speech
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio has a new law to battle strategic lawsuits against public participation, known as SLAPP suits. Supporters of the law say these suits are designed… Read More
Changes are coming to Ohio driver’s license suspension process under a new law
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohioans can lose their driver’s license for periods of time for plenty of reasons, but Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill Wednesday that overhauls parts… Read More
Ohio’s new House Speaker says the current formula for funding public K-12 schools might be “unsustainable”
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The new speaker of the Ohio House said the current bipartisan method of funding the state’s public K-12 schools that has been used in the… Read More
Former Senate Minority Leader Ben Espy is remembered as a barrier-breaker in Ohio politics
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Former local and state Democratic leader Ben Espy will be laid to rest Monday, a week before an event he was known for creating in… Read More
Ohio ‘Parents Bill of Rights’ among dozens of bills Gov. DeWine signs
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine signed a stack of bills Wednesday from the lame duck legislative session, including House Bill 8, the so-called “Parents Bill of Rights” that… Read More
Lawmakers expect the Cleveland Browns to ask for stadium money, possibly in state budget
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — State lawmakers will likely be asked by the owners of the Cleveland Browns to help fund part of a $2.4 billion domed stadium and a… Read More
A business and community coalition wants big action on Ohio housing laws
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — With the new Ohio General Assembly sworn in, different interests have already rolled out what they plan to push lawmakers for this year and next…. Read More
A bill to allow some virtual public meetings could become law, but it wouldn’t affect Ohio lawmakers
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The first meeting of each two-year session of the Ohio General Assembly is constitutionally required on the first Monday of an odd-numbered year, regardless of… Read More
Here’s what to watch for in Ohio’s next legislative session
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Monday marked a fresh start for Ohio legislators. It’s the beginning of Ohio’s 136th legislative session, which means a flurry of ideas – both… Read More
There were no surprises as Ohio lawmakers started a new session and the new House speaker made history
By: Sarah Donaldson | Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — With some southern Ohio counties accumulating as much as 10 inches of snow Sunday into Monday, new and returning Ohio lawmakers in the House… Read More
Media and the public will have to pay up to get video of police bodycams under a new Ohio law
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Police agencies will be able to charge members of the public and the media $75 an hour for footage from bodycams, dashcam video or surveillance… Read More
The outgoing speaker says he didn’t block a controversial Ohio higher ed bill – it didn’t have the votes
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A bill that conservatives say is needed to combat what they view as liberal ideology in higher ed didn’t get through the last session of… Read More
2024 Year in Review: Ohioans decided on its sixth redistricting ballot issue in 50 years
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Activists frustrated at the multi-year saga of the maps created by the Ohio Redistricting Commission took their plan for an independent map-drawing panel to voters… Read More
The committee reviewing Ohio’s property tax laws released a list of 21 recommended changes
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — State legislators come back to work Monday to start a new two-year session of lawmaking. Many have said they want to take up property… Read More
Gov. Mike DeWine signs a law to protect Ohio patients from sexual abuse by doctors, but plans to veto another bill
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Patients will be better protected from sexual abuse by doctors and other medical professionals under a law signed by Gov. Mike DeWine. And he… Read More
Ohio Republicans passed two controversial measures combined into the “Parents’ Bill of Rights” as the lame duck session closes
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse New Bureau) — What’s been called the “Parents’ Bill of Rights” passed the Ohio legislature on the last day of the lame duck session. The bill that… Read More
Ohio lawmakers addressed an NIL update, police videos and hearing aids all in one “Christmas tree” bill
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — At the end of the two-year session of the Ohio legislature, there’s a rush to push through bills that will die on December 31…. Read More
Ohio’s House kills an off-label prescriptions proposal at the final stage
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio House last week shot down its own off-label drug prescriptions bill, which was one floor vote away from Gov. Mike DeWine’s desk…. Read More
An Ohio Senate committee adds a religious education bill to the “Parents’ Bill of Rights”
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The so-called “Parents’ Bill of Rights” could move forward with a big and unexpected change. House Bill 8, which opponents say is Ohio’s equivalent… Read More
The House passed an enhanced property tax credit for some older and disabled Ohioans
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio House lawmakers voted last week 78-10 to pass an enhanced property tax credit for some older and disabled Ohioans, but it is headed… Read More
The bill’s sponsor to make flag-planting at Ohio Stadium a felony says its not just a “sore loser” action
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — News of a bill punishing anyone for flag-planting in the center of Ohio State University’s football stadium has gone viral, with posts from sports… Read More
Gov. Mike DeWine says he’ll sign Ohio’s parental notification bill but he wants some changes and additions
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A bill that’s been a priority of Republican lawmakers seems to be one of the hundreds of measures that may get to Gov. Mike… Read More
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