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Under an Ohio bill, drivers who disobey crossing guards could be fined more
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Two Ohio legislators say they want drivers disobeying orders by school crossing guards to face stricter sanctions, and have introduced legislation creating two new related… Read More
AI use in high schools, in identity theft and in porn among the proposed bills from Ohio lawmakers
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As the use of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to grow, and social media becomes more of a daily influence in the lives of Ohioans,… Read More
Cancer survivors are among those who want Ohio to ban insurance accumulators
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An Ohio bill introduced in 2025 would require health insurance agencies to recognize all payments, including coupons or copay assistance, as going to a patient’s… Read More
Lawmakers have teamed up on a bill banning marriage for anyone under 18 in Ohio
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio law still allows minor girls to be married, though the law on child marriage was changed in 2019. A bipartisan bill seeks to do… Read More
Ohio officials fear a steep surge in sales taxes if property taxes are abolished
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As volunteers work to gather hundreds of thousands of signatures to ask voters to make Ohio the first state to abolish property taxes, concerns… Read More
The effort to repeal Ohio’s intoxicating hemp ban is underway as the clock ticks
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Next month, Ohio will ban all intoxicating hemp, including hemp-infused THC and CBD beverages, if Senate Bill 56 goes into effect as scheduled. Some… Read More
The action window closed for an ethics complaint against Ohio Sen. Brian Chavez
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The 14-day window to advance an ethics complaint against an Ohio senator came and went absent any action by the state’s Joint Legislative Ethics Committee… Read More
Ohio schools could lose funding if they sue over state funding
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A bill introduced in the House last week would allow the state to pull the money it sends to a public school district if that… Read More
Democratic candidates condemn a controversial comment by an attorney general hopeful
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Democratic candidates are seeking to distance themselves from one of the contenders in the May primary, as Republicans blast him for a social media… Read More
Several immigration-related bills await Ohio lawmakers when they come back to work
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — There are several Republican-backed bills that deal with immigration awaiting Ohio lawmakers when they return to work in the next few weeks. All are Republican… Read More
A complaint alleges a state senator representing southeast Ohio failed to disclose his ties to companies
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio environmental advocates have filed an ethics complaint against Sen. Brian Chavez (R-Marietta), alleging he failed to disclose financial ties to at least five oil and gas… Read More
The state’s health chief says Ohioans should talk to their doctors about contagious illnesses
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Vaccines against communicable illnesses are a hot-button issue in politics that Ohio Department of Health Director Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff avoids. “I’m not a politician… Read More
Ohio delays when some counties will next reappraise properties
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Sixteen of Ohio’s 88 counties—including Franklin, Cuyahoga and Hamilton, which are its three largest—will delay their property tax reappraisals by one year. Franklin and Hamilton… Read More
Ohio Republicans propose a second bill on child care fraud, saying state efforts aren’t enough
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Two Republican lawmakers said they’ll introduce a bill to fight fraud in publicly funded child care centers, saying the state isn’t doing enough to… Read More
Ohio lawmakers are rallying against lower FirstEnergy reliability standards
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A major Ohio electric utility is asking state regulators to loosen its reliability standards, with a hearing scheduled for late February. Lawmakers say FirstEnergy’s request… Read More
A new study reveals how bots influence Ohio elections on social media
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A new study of Ohio’s 2022 elections concluded social media bots were able to influence what candidates were messaging about online, and the issue… Read More
Amy Acton announced her running mate in the Ohio governor’s race, hours after Vivek Ramaswamy confirmed his
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The leading candidates for Ohio governor have picked their running mates a little less than a month before they have to file their official… Read More
Ohio leaders are weighing in on the viral allegations of child care and benefits fraud
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine defended the state’s existing safeguards currently vetting child care centers Monday afternoon, amid viral accusations of fraud at facilities getting federal… Read More
2025 Year in Review: Ohio gets another new congressional map
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Once again, Ohio starts the upcoming election year with a new congressional map. While it’s projected to tip more toward the GOP than the… Read More
A transfer of unclaimed funds for the Cleveland Browns stadium project won’t go forward for now
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The state can’t take $600 million in unclaimed funds and give it to the Cleveland Browns for a domed stadium development in Brook Park… Read More
2025 Year in Review: Ohio lawmakers made major changes to marijuana and hemp regulations
By: Sarah Donaldson
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — This year, as Ohio’s still-young recreational marijuana industry bloomed, the Ohio House and Senate negotiated and finalized its omnibus bill changing state cannabis statute…. Read More
A civil rights group is ‘disappointed’ Gov. Mike DeWine signed a law cutting Ohio’s absentee ballot grace period
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine’s decision to sign a bill eliminating the four-day grace period for mailed-in absentee ballots to arrive at boards of elections has angered… Read More
2025 Year in Review: Bills that state lawmakers didn’t pass, but they still could
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Around a thousand bills were introduced in the Ohio General Assembly this year, and 52 were passed and signed into law. The bills that didn’t… Read More
Ohio’s law on vicious dogs has been beefed up after testimony from a young survivor
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — In a flurry of bills signed on Friday was one that makes big changes in Ohio’s law on vicious dogs. It’s a victory to the family of… Read More
Gov. Mike DeWine “reluctantly” signed a bill cutting the grace period for mail-in ballots in Ohio
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A bill that eliminates the four-day grace period for mail-in ballots to arrive at boards of elections will become law, though Gov. Mike DeWine… Read More
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