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Ohio workers who claim they’re owed $900m in unemployment COVID funds win again in court
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An appeals court has ordered Gov. Mike DeWine to take $900 million in federal funds Ohioans needed for unemployment during the COVID pandemic and… Read More

Advocates for low-income Ohioans urge the state to be flexible to brace for Medicaid cuts
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — One in four Ohioans rely on Medicaid to see a doctor or go to the hospital, including 1.3 million children. The federal budget contains… Read More

An amendment to abolish property taxes in Ohio won’t be on the fall ballot this year
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A constitutional effort to abolish property taxes in Ohio won’t be on this year’s ballot. Backers of that proposal say they won’t turn in… Read More

How is Ohio infrastructure doing? An analysis flags water, rail systems
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Council of the American Society of Civil Engineers released its report card for critical state infrastructure last week, just hours before floor votes… Read More

An Ohio lawmaker who used weight loss drug has a plan for state workers losing GLP-1 coverage
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A Republican state lawmaker who lost hundreds of pounds through a popular weight loss drug said he’s concerned that state health insurance coverage for… Read More

Gov. Mike DeWine approves a flat income tax and $600m for a Cleveland Browns’ stadium in the two-year Ohio budget
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine has signed the two-year Ohio budget, which creates a 2.75% flat income tax and gives a $600 million grant to the… Read More

Ohio’s higher education overhaul law Senate Bill 1 goes into effect as a repeal effort falls short
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Senate Bill 1, the new extensive law overhauling programs and practices at Ohio institutions of higher education, is in effect today. A repeal effort… Read More

The two-year, $60B Ohio budget with a flat income tax and Browns stadium money is off to Gov. Mike DeWine
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Both chambers of the Ohio General Assembly greenlit the final version of the GOP-majority biennial state budget Wednesday, mostly along partisan lines. That means… Read More
![A classroom is seen at the new East Elementary school, in Athens, Ohio, on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021. [Joseph Scheller | WOUB]](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/081021_NewSchools_064-scaled-e1629925951933-900x422.jpg)
Opposition from Ohio schools and communities is building against a GOP lawmaker’s property tax bill
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Opposition is growing against a Republican state lawmaker’s bill that would cut property taxes by eliminating the 1% of property tax value that schools and… Read More

Once the budget is done, Ohio lawmakers will return to Congressional redistricting again
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio lawmakers are hashing out the final details of the biennial state budget this week under an early summer heat wave, and once it’s… Read More

Advocates want the $1k child tax credit back in the budget as Ohio lawmakers continue hashing out the details
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Six lawmakers on the conference committee are trying to work out the differences between the House and Senate versions of the budget, anticipating a… Read More

Opponents of the anti-DEI bill aimed at Ohio’s public universities will submit repeal petitions Thursday
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The first step is over in the campaign by Ohio educators to overturn the bill that seeks to stop diversity efforts and faculty strikes… Read More

A lawmaker has a unique proposal to improve the Ohio Legislature: add more lawmakers
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Some Ohioans complain the Ohio Legislature doesn’t represent their interests or pass laws they support. Sen. Bill Blessing (R-Colerain Twp.) has a response and it… Read More

A bill to ban abortion, criminalize IVF and some contraceptives is being proposed in Ohio
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — While advocates continue to back legislation that would outlaw or limit abortion though Ohio has a constitutional amendment protecting reproductive rights, a new bill… Read More

Ohio’s pro teams urge lawmakers to approve the unclaimed funds plan for a Cleveland Browns stadium and others
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As state lawmakers consider budget proposals to provide $600 million to a domed stadium development for the Cleveland Browns in Brook Park, Ohio’s other… Read More

Voting rights advocates vocal against more Ohio election law changes
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Voting rights advocates have flagged identical state House and Senate bills that would make another host of changes to Ohio election law, just over… Read More

Ohio schools say job losses for teachers could be “cataclysmic” with the new property tax bill
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An analysis of a Republican-backed bill that seeks to help struggling homeowners by lowering the amount of property tax they pay shows it could… Read More

Ohio House Dems again push gun bills that have been mostly dismissed by the GOP supermajority
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Democrats in the Ohio House are touting gun bills they’ve proposed to regulate weapons, some of which have been introduced in previous sessions. And… Read More

Ohio teachers say the state budget makes them feel that ‘public education is just a punching bag’
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Public school teachers once again voiced their opposition to the latest version of the state budget as senators voted on the spending plan Wednesday…. Read More

Ohio could boost sanctions for drivers who violate bus safety laws
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio House unanimously advanced the bipartisan School Bus Safety Act on Wednesday, which has gone through many revisions in the almost two years since… Read More

A GOP bill requires a 24-hour wait for abortion, as Ohio courts review the current waiting period
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A Republican lawmaker has sponsored a bill to require a 24-hour waiting period before an abortion, though the existing law requiring that wait is… Read More

The Ohio Senate sends its budget back to the House, kicking off conference committee
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Senate sent its version of the GOP-majority biennial state budget back to the House on Wednesday afternoon by a vote of 23-10,… Read More

Ohio income tax revenue bounced back in May, and more money from pre-tariff auto sales came in too
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — May was a great month for state tax collections, with sales and income tax revenue coming in above estimates. Ohio has a budget surplus for… Read More
![A classroom is seen at the new East Elementary school, in Athens, Ohio, on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021. [Joseph Scheller | WOUB]](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/081021_NewSchools_064-scaled-e1629925951933-900x422.jpg)
A bill would require the Pledge of Allegiance daily in Ohio public schools
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As schools are letting out for the summer across Ohio, state lawmakers are looking ahead to the next academic year with the Pledge of… Read More

Democrats in the Ohio Legislature want to put marriage equality on the ballot in 2026
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Democratic state lawmakers are taking steps to put marriage equality on the ballot in 2026 so voters could decide whether to recognize gay marriages… Read More
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