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The Republican war for control of Ohio’s Statehouse is bringing in money and interest in primary races
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A battle among Republicans hangs over tomorrow’s primary races for Ohio House and Senate. 11 of the 22 Republicans who joined all 32 Democrats… Read More
The Kentucky House passed a bill meant to crack down on electronic cigarette sales to minors
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Legislation aimed at cracking down on illegal electronic cigarette sales to young people and keeping unauthorized vaping products out of stores won passage in the Kentucky House… Read More
A bill continues Ohio lawmakers’ crackdown on traffic cameras by requiring each to have a license
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Several cities are still running red light and speed cameras, even as lawmakers have tried to crack down on them. One of the legislature’s… Read More
Female representation remains low in US statehouses, particularly Democrats in the South
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Democrat Kayla Young and Republican Patricia Rucker frequently clash on abortion rights and just about everything else in West Virginia’s Legislature, but they agree on one… Read More
West Virginia legislative session ends with pay raises, tax cut and failure of social issue bills
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The Republican-dominated state Legislature in West Virginia on Saturday concluded a 60-day session marked by budget disputes and controversial social issue bills that advanced but ultimately… Read More
An Ohio bill calls for AI watermarks and criminalizes ‘simulated obscene material’ of kids
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio lawmakers have introduced a bill that would crack down on AI, including through requiring a watermark on anything that is generated by artificial… Read More
Kentucky’s Senate passes a bill to grant the right to collect child support for unborn children
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Republican-led Kentucky Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to grant the right to collect child support for unborn children, advancing a bill that garnered bipartisan support. The… Read More
Ohio’s legislative leaders weigh in on guidance to scrub race-based criteria from scholarships
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Attorney General Dave Yost told Ohio public university leaders in January he sees race as unconstitutional criteria for scholarship awards, nearly eight months after the U.S. Supreme… Read More
Ohio Democratic lawmakers call for the Department of Justice to probe into the HB 6 scandal
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Democratic leaders in the Ohio House and Senate want a federal investigation into what happened with the energy bill at the heart of a… Read More
West Virginia’s House OKs a bill to allow teachers with training to carry guns and removes local power to reject them
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s Republican-controlled House of Delegates voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to allow teachers and other school staff who undergo training to carry guns in K-12 public schools…. Read More
Democrats say West Virginia’s bill defining gender is transphobic and ‘political rubbish’
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia Republican-supermajority House of Delegates overwhelmingly passed legislation Wednesday to narrow the definitions of gender that Democrats label as a dystopian bill that would… Read More
DeWine says “I wish we hadn’t appointed” former PUCO chair Sam Randazzo
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Two former FirstEnergy executives and former head of the state’s utility regulator, Sam Randazzo, have pleaded not guilty to 27 state criminal charges in… Read More
A sweeping bill would expand childcare and early childhood education in Kentucky
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — When Jessie Schook shares the joyful news that she’s pregnant with her first child, she says the response is often the same — especially among other… Read More
An Ohio bill would require upgraded texting technology for the state’s mobile phone users
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Cell phone technology has improved greatly over the past three decades. But one Republican state lawmaker wants providers in Ohio to make sure texting… Read More
A Kentucky Senate committee advances a bill limiting diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky lawmakers plunged Thursday into the contentious issue of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts on college campuses as a GOP-led Senate panel advanced a bill over… Read More
Bills are being drafted for Ohio to rejoin a multi-state passenger rail commission
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio lawmakers from both parties and chambers are planning to introduce concurrent bills later this year to rejoin the Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Commission… Read More
Critics say a West Virginia ‘Women’s Bill of Rights’ is an effort to suppress transgender people
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Legislation in West Virginia to narrow the definitions of gender would give women no further rights and is a way for Republicans to suppress transgender people,… Read More
Revised state rules on gender treatment say they’ll affect only trans youth in Ohio, not adults
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The first round of revised rules on gender-affirming treatments for trans youth in Ohio have been released, after public comment on them closed last… Read More
The Ohio House passes its appropriations bill, to the protest of some GOP lawmakers
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio House lawmakers from both parties voted 75-19 to pass a nearly $2 billion package of appropriations for a slew of regional and local… Read More
A bill to create pilot projects to pay Ohio kids to go to school and to graduate appears stalled
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A bill to establish pilot projects that could pay Ohio students to attend school and graduate remains in an Ohio House committee. And it… Read More
Ohio lawmakers try to cap the cost of insulin again with bipartisan bills
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A million Ohioans depend on insulin to manage their diabetes. The federal government capped insulin costs at $35 in the sweeping Inflation Reduction Act… Read More
Kentucky’s House boosts school spending but leaves out guaranteed teacher raises and universal pre-K
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Republican-led Kentucky House endorsed higher school spending for education in its two-year state spending plan on Thursday but left out two of the Democratic governor’s… Read More
Opponents of the nitrogen executions bill cite Ohio’s ban on gas for pet euthanasia
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio outlawed putting down household pets by suffocating them with gas—or any non-anesthetic inhalant—less than a year ago, and all but a handful of… Read More
Democratic lawmakers continue their call to change Ohio laws to prevent corruption
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Democrats in the Ohio House continue to clamor for passage of bills they say would prevent future corruption with utilities, like what happened with… Read More
Republican lawmakers in Kentucky offer legislation to regulate adult-oriented businesses
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican lawmakers proposed making adult-oriented businesses off-limits within a block of places frequented by children as they offered legislation on Tuesday that includes a renewed effort… Read More
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