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An Ohio bill boosts the penalties for suspects who barricade themselves to avoid arrest
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Sometimes, when police are trying to arrest someone, they’ll barricade themselves from police, sometimes bringing others along. A bill at the Ohio Statehouse is aimed… Read More
Ohio’s Senate advances a proposal to restrict hemp sales to dispensaries
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Senate voted unanimously Wednesday to advance a bill that strictly limits where Ohioans can purchase most products containing hemp cannabinoid derivatives, like delta-8… Read More
The omnibus energy bill is off to Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine after months of hearings
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The legislature sent Gov. Mike DeWine an extensive bill Wednesday that lawmakers and lobbyists have said will prompt new energy generation and otherwise overhaul… Read More
A House bill would require Ohio cities to cooperate with the feds on immigration or lose funding
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — House lawmakers are considering a Republican-sponsored bill that would require cities in Ohio to cooperate with immigration officials and if they don’t, they could… Read More
Owners of the Cleveland Browns disagree with the state memo and analysis blasting their $600 million stadium bond package
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The owners of the Cleveland Browns fired back Monday night after the state’s budget director and researchers for state lawmakers blasted the team’s proposal… Read More
Ohio budget director says the state “does not have the capacity” for $600m in bonds for the Cleveland Browns stadium
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Just hours after researchers for state lawmakers released their analysis of the tax revenue estimates for the Cleveland Browns domed stadium development in Brook… Read More
Ohio’s treasurer is not sold on the state cryptocurrency strategic reserve idea
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s treasurer and secretary of state want state agencies to start taking Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency for certain fees and services, such as the… Read More
Legislative researchers say tax revenue estimates for a new Cleveland Browns stadium are “overly optimistic”
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The bipartisan office that reviews legislation for state lawmakers says the tax revenue estimates provided by the owners of the Cleveland Browns for a… Read More
Some officials say they’ve looked into estimates for the Cleveland Browns stadium project, though no analysis has been released yet
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The House budget includes $600 million in bonds for a $3.4 billion domed stadium and surrounding development for the Cleveland Browns in Brook Park. Republican… Read More
Under Ohio’s proposed budget, subsidized child care eligibility remains stagnant
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Only a small amount of state dollars would go to child care in the latest version of the biennial budget, and Ohio House lawmakers… Read More
A report indicates the Ohio House budget will cost Appalachian K-12 schools over half a billion dollars
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republicans in the Ohio House have said their budget will give all school districts an increase over current funding. But a new report shows… Read More
Gov. Mike DeWine is unsure why Ohio student visas were pulled but says there’s more to discuss on the issue
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Sixty-two international student visas at 15 Ohio colleges were revoked by the federal government, and those schools have said they weren’t told in advance about… Read More
Ohio’s AG approves the qualified immunity ballot issue he opposes after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A four-year battle between Ohio’s Republican attorney general and a group that wants voters to end qualified immunity for government employees, including police officers, is… Read More
Kentucky’s auditor announces an investigation of the state’s medical cannabis program
By: Bruce Schreiner | AP
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s auditor said Thursday that her office will investigate the state’s medical cannabis program after receiving complaints about the lottery system used to award highly sought-after licenses to… Read More
The possible track toward passenger rail in Ohio is in the GOP budget approved by the House
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A proposal that rail advocates say will move Ohio toward reviving passenger rail service for the first time since the 1970s is back on track…. Read More
Gov. Mike DeWine wants the child tax credit restored in the Ohio budget that’s now in the Senate
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Federal and state individual income tax returns were due Tuesday, but as Ohioans close the books on a year’s worth of earnings, tax researchers and… Read More
Unionized faculty start the process of asking Ohio voters to repeal the anti-DEI higher ed law
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Union groups have begun an effort they hinted at when Republican lawmakers passed Senate Bill 1 earlier this year. That’s the legislation that Republicans… Read More
The Ohio House budget changes abortion reporting requirements to get more patient information
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Department of Health produces the Ohio Abortion Report each year that gives information about abortions being performed during a calendar year. A new provision in… Read More
The Ohio House passed its budget, mostly along party lines. What made the cut?
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio House lawmakers sent the state budget to the Senate by a 60-39 vote Wednesday afternoon, following two months of testimony and negotiations. The… Read More
An Ohio House Committee makes last-minute changes to K-12 funding in its budget
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio House Finance Committee passed its version of the state budget Tuesday afternoon but not before making a few tweaks to it. And one… Read More
Ohio libraries get a mixed bag in the latest House budget as Republicans make changes in the formula
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio libraries will see an increase in funding in changes to the two-year budget omnibus passed by the Ohio House Finance Committee Tuesday. But… Read More
Ohio officials are watching U.S. economic volatility as the state budget moves through its legislative process
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Business owners, retirees, investors and economists are all watching the extreme economic volatility in the U.S. economy following President Trump’s sweeping tariffs. State officials… Read More
Ohio school leaders say the GOP plan for a 25% cap to trigger tax refunds could cost districts $5 billion
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio school groups are asking lawmakers to cut from the state budget a provision that Republicans say will provide immediate property tax relief, but… Read More
The latest Ohio budget proposal recognizes only two sexes and relocates LGBTQ content at libraries
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The state House GOP folded hundreds of changes into the two-year Ohio budget Tuesday, including several non-fiscal items further legislating sex and gender issues…. Read More
Ohio lawmakers will take a second crack at online age verification
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio lawmakers will try again to pass age verification provisions regulating major technology companies, this time targeting application stores rather than individual apps. Sen…. Read More
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