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Ohio’s Secretary of State Frank LaRose plans to standardize election data in an aim to boost trust
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose unveiled legislation Wednesday that would clarify and standardize the way election data is organized, stored and shared across the state,… Read More
Railroads push back on potential regulations changes in Ohio’s transportation budget
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The head of the lobbying group representing railroads that operate in Ohio said some changes to train regulations in the $3.7 billion transportation budget… Read More
Groups backing abortion rights unite to put the issue before Ohio voters this November
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A group of doctors and a coalition of abortion rights advocates are coming together to put an issue on the ballot this November that… Read More
Ohio’s Republican House Speaker sets his legislative priorities. His GOP opponent agrees but pushes back
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — After weeks of no bills formally introduced with bill numbers, the Ohio House Speaker and his leadership team has introduced their legislative priorities, ranging… Read More
An Ohio budget proposal requires parental permission for kids to use social media
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s two year state budget always has things in it that aren’t related to state spending. For instance, the budget unveiled last month by… Read More
Ohio budget work begins with questions about Medicaid and suggestion of income tax cut
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Months of work on the two-year state budget is under way with the first hearing on the spending plan before the Ohio House Finance… Read More
Ohio House members to tackle Mike DeWine’s proposed $87B state budget
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The long state budget process begins Tuesday with hearings in the Ohio House Finance Committee on Gov. Mike DeWine’s proposed $87 billion two-year spending… Read More
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
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