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![President Joe Biden speaks about student loan debt forgiveness, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Oct. 4, 2023, in Washington. Biden has a lot of unfinished business from his first term that he intends to continue if reelected.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/biden-e1699803616556-900x422.jpg)
Biden will be on the ballot in Ohio if a bill change the deadline passes in the statehouse
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio House is expected to vote on a bill that would fix a problem in state law that could keep Democratic President Joe… Read More
![Protesters gather at Mirror Lake on Ohio State University's campus demanding the university disinvest from funding sources related to Israel and their war in Gaza against Hamas](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/npr.brightspotcdn-2-e1715182637280-900x422.webp)
Pro-Palestine protesters want universities to divest from Israel, but that can’t happen in Ohio
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Pro-Palestine protesters at universities around the country have been demanding those institutions withdraw investments in Israel or companies with ties to Israel. But they… Read More
![$15 on an American flag](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/npr.brightspotcdn-1-e1715024309818-900x422.webp)
An Ohio GOP lawmaker proposes a $15/hour minimum wage to head off a possible ballot issue
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Democratic lawmakers in the Ohio Legislature have tried for years to raise the minimum wage, but their bills went nowhere in the Republican-dominated General… Read More
![Rep. Phil Plummer (R-Dayton), a supporter of Rep. Derek Merrin (R-Monclova Township) for speaker, talks to reporters after House session](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/download-5-e1714702740954-900x422.webp)
A Republican lawmaker who donated to GOP challengers says the action by Ohio’s House speaker is illegal
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The battle among supermajority Republicans continues in one chamber, as the Ohio House speaker has removed six members from the committees they chaired. House… Read More
![Senate President Matt Huffman (R-Lima) and House Speaker Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill) face each other after Gov. Mike DeWine's 2024 State of the State speech.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/npr.brightspotcdn-e1714668223288-900x422.webp)
Ohio’s House speaker removes Republican committee chairs who helped challengers in GOP primary
By: Karen Kasler | Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio House leadership battle rages on, with the House speaker taking action. House Speaker Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill) has removed six Republicans from… Read More
![Rep. Cindy Abrams (R-Harrison) sits in committee in April 2024.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/download-40-e1714403471851-900x422.webp)
An Ohio House passes bill with harsher human and drug trafficking penalties
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A proposal to boost the penalties for human and drug trafficking cleared the Ohio House on Wednesday by a 80-13 vote. Introduced last June by… Read More
![The Ohio Senate votes on a budget](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/download-7-e1686889346573-900x422.webp)
Ohio’s Senate unanimously passes a bill to eliminate the loophole on spousal rape in state law
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — After decades of efforts to change a provision of state law shielding people who rape their spouses from prosecution, the Ohio Senate has voted… Read More
![A child care room has a rainbow on the wall with a pot of gold. There are cubbies to keep things up against the same wall. The tables nearby are well organized with cubs of coloring materials in them.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/child_care__credit_aleksander_krsmanovic__shutterstock.com_-scaled-e1659451504479-900x422.jpg)
Child care advocates praise DeWine’s proposed vouchers but say more needs to be done
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine said he wants to expand eligibility for vouchers for state-funded child care. During his State of the State speech, DeWine proposed… Read More
![Sen. Michelle Reynolds speaks at a podium in the Harding Briefing Room.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/download-37-e1713533873852-900x422.webp)
Ohio lawmakers roll out housing bills, but movement likely won’t come this session
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — There are only 40 affordable units for every 100 Ohio households, according to a report last year from the Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in… Read More
![The Kentucky Statehouse](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Kentucky_State_Capitol_-_DSC09141-e1519222997224-900x422.jpg)
A Kentucky lawmaker says he wants to renew efforts targeting diversity initiatives at colleges
By: Bruce Schreiner | AP
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FRANKFORT, Kentucky (AP) — A Republican lawmaker has signaled plans to mount another effort to limit diversity, equity and inclusion practices at Kentucky’s public universities after GOP supermajorities failed to… Read More
![Rep. Juanita Brent, Cuyahoga County Councilmember Meredith Turner, Rep. Sara Carruthers and Maria York with the Ohio Domestic Violence Network talk to reporters at a press conference.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/npr.brightspotcdn-8-e1713468656920-900x422.webp)
An anti-domestic violence bill has been introduced in the Ohio legislature — for the third time
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Backers of a bill meant to protect survivors of domestic violence are hoping the third time will be the charm for their legislation. Reps…. Read More
![The voting board shows the Ohio House votes to override a veto of HB 68.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-e1704922602169-900x422.webp)
A judge puts a short-term pause on HB 68 in Ohio prior to its effective date
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A judge in Franklin County put a short-term pause Tuesday on House Bill 68, a statewide ban on gender-affirming care for trans minors that… Read More
![The Kentucky Statehouse](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Kentucky_State_Capitol_-_DSC09141-e1519222997224-900x422.jpg)
A bill meant to improve math skills passes as Kentucky lawmakers reach the end of the legislative session
By: Bruce Schreiner | Dylan Lovan | AP
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Legislation aimed at improving the math skills of Kentucky students won final passage Monday as lawmakers considered the final stacks of bills before concluding this year’s… Read More
![Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., left, stands with Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, right, during a ceremony in the Rotunda at the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/AP24103798089558-e1713197351609-900x422.jpg)
Kentucky GOP lawmakers remove Democratic governor’s role in filling US Senate vacancies
By: Bruce Schreiner | AP
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kentucky on Friday removed the Democratic governor from any role filling future U.S. Senate vacancies — a move supporters said was unrelated to… Read More
![Gov. Mike DeWine (center) stands with Republican and Democratic leaders from the Ohio House and Senate outside the House chamber before his State of the State speech](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/download-35-e1712847664678-900x422.webp)
DeWine gets some praise and some pushback on State of the State from both parties
By: Karen Kasler | Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine’s sixth State of the State got some positive reviews, but also received pushback from legislators in his own party. Both Speaker… Read More
![House Speaker Jason Stephens stands at the dais in front of the Ohio House](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/npr.brightspotcdn-8-e1708026954515-900x422.webp)
Ohio’s legislature won’t take on marijuana law tweaks: ‘There’s just not that consensus’
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — With adult-use marijuana sales in Ohio on track to start in early fall, the window for state lawmakers to retool the state’s pending recreational program… Read More
![The inside of the statehouse rotunda](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/npr.brightspotcdn-4-e1709923886361-900x422.webp)
An Ohio state lawmaker’s hostile behavior justified his legislative punishments, according to a report
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An independent state-ordered investigation has concluded that Ohio legislative leaders were justified in disciplining a state lawmaker who was removed by House Democratic leadership from committees… Read More
![Governor Mike DeWine holds a pair of solar eclipse glasses to his eyes and looks up. He is indoors.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/download-32-e1712419890913-900x422.webp)
Ohio agencies outline their solar eclipse preparations and suggestions
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio is in the final phase of preparations for the total solar eclipse Monday, and a handful of agencies said it’s all hands on… Read More
![Andy Beshear](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/AP_17067616210055-e1505736668382-900x422.jpg)
Kentucky’s governor vetoes nuclear energy legislation due to the method of selecting board members
By: Bruce Schreiner | AP
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear on Thursday vetoed legislation promoting nuclear energy in coal-producing Kentucky, but stressed his objections dealt with an advisory board and not with the use of… Read More
![Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear speaks to a joint session of the legislature to deliver his State of The Commonwealth address in the House chambers at the Kentucky State Capitol](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AP24004047769205-e1704395980822-900x422.jpg)
Governor Beshear says a budgetary cap would limit his immediate response to natural disasters in Kentucky
By: Bruce Schreiner | AP
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear was at a podium Wednesday for a familiar scene: to discuss damage from the latest round of storms that battered Kentucky. But this time… Read More
![Ohio State Supreme Court building](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/another_shot_of_ohio_supreme_court_gavel__credit_dan_konik_-e1566946449440-900x422.jpg)
A lawsuit has been filed against Ohio over abortion restrictions remaining after constitutional change
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The ACLU of Ohio, along with others, has filed a lawsuit on behalf of abortion providers who say several state laws on the books… Read More
![The West Virginia Capitol dome is seen through some trees with a blue sky and a few clouds behind.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/AP24052731483459-e1708638484411-900x422.jpg)
A West Virginia bill that adds work search to unemployment and freezes benefits is made law without signature
By: Leah Willingham | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — People receiving unemployment benefits in West Virginia will need to do more to prove they are searching for jobs to collect state benefits under a new… Read More
![Opponents of HB 68 hold a press conference prior to an Ohio Senate vote on the bill, which bars transgender youth from participating in school athletics and accessing certain medical care.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/npr.brightspotcdn-8-e1711483993618-900x422.webp)
Ohio is being sued over a new law that limits health care for transgender kids
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The ACLU of Ohio, along with global law firm Goodwin, has filed a lawsuit against the state, trying to halt legislation from going into… Read More
![West Virginia Governor Jim Justice](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/091918Justice3-e1538772746314-900x422.jpg)
West Virginia’s governor signs a vague law allowing teachers to answer questions about origin of life
By: Leah Willingham | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Republican Gov. Jim Justice signed a law Friday that supporters say promotes the free exchange of ideas in science classrooms, despite objections from opponents… Read More
![Newly elected House Speaker Jason Stephens (left) and Senate President Matt Huffman (right) talk in the House chambers during a break on January 3, 2023, the first day of the 135th General Assembly.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/npr.brightspotcdn-6-e1710788435376-900x422.webp)
Primary results raise questions about the upcoming contest to become Ohio House speaker
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A dozen Republican Ohio House incumbents who supported Jason Stephens for speaker faced primary challengers, and four of them lost those races Tuesday. And that… Read More
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