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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
Public school advocates worry DeWine’s budget will take money away from students
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Groups that advocate for public school interests are leery of Gov. Mike DeWine’s newly-proposed budget for K-12 schools because it includes an expansion of… 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
Ohio lawmakers react to Governor Mike DeWine’s State of the State address
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio lawmakers in the House and Senate sounded off after Gov. Mike DeWine’s State of the State address in the Ohio House chamber Tuesday…. 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 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
DeWine to focus the State of the State address on his budget priorities
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s Republican governor said Wednesday that his 2023 State of the State address will focus on his budget priorities for the next two years. Gov. Mike… Read More
West Virginia’s governor goes on the road to tout his income tax cut proposal
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is going on the road to tout his proposal to reduce the state’s personal income tax by 50%. The Republican governor… Read More
A rift among Republican lawmakers leads to an uproar on the Ohio House floor
By: Karen Kasler | Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Uproar broke out on the Ohio House floor Tuesday after House Speaker Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill) refused to hear a motion from a member… Read More
Stephens chooses a mix of his supporters and Merrin backers for his Ohio House leadership team
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — On Tuesday, the Ohio House holds its first session since Rep. Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill) won the vote for speaker over Rep. Derek Merrin… 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
Ohio House ex-speaker’s trial in $60M bribery probe is set to begin
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder goes on trial next week in the highest-profile reckoning yet to arise from a $60 million federal bribery investigation that federal prosecutors call the… 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
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
A look at the political wrangling over house speakerships in state legislatures
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — While Republicans in the House were fighting over the vote for speaker, two states faced their own high-stakes tensions as they chose who to lead their… Read More
Voting rights groups oppose reintroduced resolution to make it harder to change the constitution
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A resolution to require constitutional amendments receive 60% of the vote to pass is receiving renewed opposition from voting rights groups and community organizations…. Read More
West Virginia’s GOP-controlled Senate fast-tracks “CRT” and health bills in first day of session
By: Leah Willingham | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The Republican-dominated Senate in West Virginia fast-tracked two monumental health proposals and another bill that would restrict how subjects like race are taught in the classroom… Read More
House Republicans rally around Merrin, reintroduce constitutional amendment resolution
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Rep. Derek Merrin (R-Monclova) addressed dozens of his fellow Republican legislative supporters in the Ohio Statehouse to discuss his goals for the upcoming session… Read More
West Virginia’s governor pitches 50 percent income tax cut over 3 years
By: Leah Willingham | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice unveiled his most ambitious personal income tax proposal yet Wednesday: a 50 percent reduction over the next three years. The Republican… Read More
State lawmaker reintroduces a bill to limit the power of the Ohio State Board of Education
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A bill to take power away from elected members of the Ohio State Board of Education has been reintroduced after falling short in the… Read More
Inmates challenge a law that could keep them locked up longer
By: Samantha Hendrickson | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio prison officials shouldn’t be able to extend certain inmates’ time behind bars because the law that enabled that is unconstitutional, attorneys for two imprisoned men… Read More
Time is ticking for Ohio lawmakers to act on marijuana legalization to preempt ballot initiative
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The clock is ticking for state lawmakers to pass an initiated statute that would allow marijuana use and sales for anyone over 21 in… Read More
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