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Lawmaker wants some of Ohio’s Issue 2 marijuana revenue put toward police training
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The two-year state budget included $80 million to fund local police training, but when that runs out, Rep. Cindy Abrams (R-Harrison) wants to permanently finance… Read More
Ban on faculty strikes removed from Republican-backed Ohio higher ed bill, but concerns remain
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The bill that seeks to address what conservatives see as “cancel culture” and indoctrination at Ohio’s higher ed institutions is getting another makeover. It’s… Read More
A bill in Ohio elevates penalties for fentanyl and heroin dealing—and human trafficking too
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Testimony continued Wednesday on a Republican-backed bill that boosts the penalties for fentanyl, heroin and human trafficking, the fourth hearing held on the piece… Read More
Ohio’s House leader wants to tackle high school football playoff ticket prices
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The season of Friday night lights is in full swing, and as high school football playoffs kick off Friday, House Speaker Jason Stephens (R-Kitts… Read More
Ohio’s new education agency moves forward after a judge dissolves the order to stop K-12 overhaul
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The seven progressive-leaning elected state school board members who sued over the Republican-backed overhaul of K-12 education are considering their next move. A judge allowed… Read More
A bipartisan bill seeks to shield personal information about Ohio poll workers
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Boards of elections throughout Ohio are saying it’s getting more difficult to find enough poll workers to staff polling places in recent elections, because… Read More
A bill ending Ohio’s spousal rape ‘loophole’ makes it out of committee
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — More than a half-century after other states began overturning the same provisions, Ohio still treats spousal rape differently than non-spousal rape—but a bill to change… Read More
Lawmaker wants to ban Ohio’s public universities from putting sports only on streaming services
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Democratic state senator whose district includes Ohio State University’s main campus in Columbus is so frustrated that this past Saturday’s Buckeyes football game… Read More
Ohio’s Senate president says he thinks lawmakers will change the marijuana law if voters pass Issue 2
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Republican-dominated Ohio Senate passed a resolution opposing the two issues on the Nov. 7 ballot – Issue 1, an amendment on reproductive and… Read More
Internal conflicts and power struggles have become hallmarks of the modern GOP
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — After the Ohio GOP bolstered its statehouse majority last year due to their dominating showing in the midterm elections, it split into rival camps over who… Read More
A substitute Second Amendment ‘sanctuary’ bill has been introduced in Ohio with pared-back provisions
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The latest version of a Second Amendment sanctuary state bill, first brought forward in February, loosens some of the proposed restrictions on what federal… Read More
A lawsuit has been filed against Ohio’s Republican House Speaker over campaign funds
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Three Republican state representatives have filed a lawsuit against the speaker of the Ohio House over the administration and use of campaign funds. Republican representatives Derek… Read More
Ohio lawmakers reintroduce a bill to change police pension contributions
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — State lawmakers will take another crack at increasing local police department’s contributions to the Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund, after a bill to… Read More
Why Ohio’s House leader is in no hurry to fill former Representative Bob Young’s seat
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Bob Young is now a former state representative since his resignation became effective yesterday. And there isn’t replacement in the House for the Summit… Read More
Ohio’s new distracted driving law is now in effect
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohioans who text and drive can now be fined for doing that. The grace period for enforcing the new distracted driving law passed back… Read More
Ohio lawmakers hear questions and misinformation on the ‘bathroom bill’ for schools and universities
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An Ohio House committee heard from the Republican sponsors of a bill to require K-12 and college students to use bathrooms and locker rooms… Read More
Ohio lawmakers are again considering abolishing the death penalty
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Bills to abolish the death penalty in Ohio have been proposed for more than a decade. But the latest bill to do that appears… Read More
Dozens of unions in Ohio are coming together to oppose the controversial higher education bill
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A coalition of unions known as “We Are Ohio,” along with 73 additional unions sent a letter to Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill),… Read More
Ohio Democrats are backing bills for energy companies to change how they conduct business
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Democrats in the Ohio Legislature want to make changes to the state’s energy policy regarding energy companies. Those changes include limiting how energy companies… Read More
A new ban on the death penalty in Ohio brings in a longtime conservative lawmaker as a sponsor
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Democratic lawmakers have introduced a ban on the death penalty in Ohio a dozen times over the past dozen years — but a new… Read More
A new bill would close Ohio’s primaries and change the voter registration process
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — There’s a new bill under consideration by Ohio lawmakers that would make some key changes to the current voter registration process. Sen. Michele Reynolds… Read More
Ohio Democrats say the state needs to do more to become friendly to alternative energy
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio Democrats want the state to do more to make sure that a $3.5 billion electric vehicle battery plant in Fayette County isn’t the… Read More
Ohio state lawmaker Bob Young is arrested a second time
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A Republican state lawmaker from the Akron area who was charged with domestic violence in July has been arrested again. Rep. Bob Young (R-Green)… Read More
Some Ohio lawmakers, including Democrats, want to scrap E-Check
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Car owners in northeast Ohio have been required to get their vehicles tested for emissions every two years since 1996. But now there’s bipartisan support… Read More
A coalition wants the Ohio GOP to either pass common-sense gun reforms or ‘get out of the way’
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The showdown over guns continues at the Ohio Statehouse with more groups forming to shape gun reforms in the state. That’s why Democratic state… Read More
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