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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
DeWine shares few thoughts about a bill to add nitrogen gas to Ohio’s death penalty options
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s last execution was in July 2018, six months before Gov. Mike DeWine took office. Attorney General Dave Yost, a fellow Republican, wants to… Read More
Republicans want to introduce a bill that would add nitrogen gas to Ohio’s execution protocol
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Two GOP members of the Ohio House, joined by Attorney General Dave Yost, said Tuesday they want to add nitrogen gas as a second method… Read More
The ACLU of Ohio says a lawsuit is coming soon over the law affecting trans kids
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The ACLU of Ohio said it’s preparing a lawsuit to try to stop Republican-supported legislation from going into effect that would limit health care… Read More
West Virginia advances a bill that would require age verification for internet pornography
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — People in West Virginia would need to present some form of state-sponsored age verification before accessing internet pornography under a bill that advanced Monday in the… Read More
A bill decriminalizing drug test strips in opioid-devastated West Virginia heads to the governor
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A bill that would decriminalize all dtrug test strips used to detect deadly substances in West Virginia, the state with the nation’s highest overdose rate, is headed to… Read More
An LGBTQ group says dozens of families are looking to leave Ohio because of the law on trans kids
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The ban on gender transition treatment for minors and on trans kids in girls’ sports will take effect in April, now that Republicans in… Read More
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