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Republican senators propose extensive changes to the recreational marijuana program
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — With just days until recreational marijuana would be legal in Ohio, Republican state senators have unveiled what they want to see modified within the state’s… Read More
Democratic Ohio Reps introduce a bill they say will repeal unconstitutional abortion laws
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A few weeks after nearly 57% of Ohio voters approved a constitutional amendment on abortion access in Issue 1, House Democrats have introduced a… Read More
Lawmakers still plan changes before Issue 2’s recreational marijuana law takes effect next week
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The state’s new recreational marijuana passed by nearly 57% of Ohio voters takes effect next Thursday. Republican lawmakers have said they want to tweak… Read More
The Ohio bill to ban diversity training requirements in higher education stalls in the GOP House
By: Samantha Hendrickson | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A GOP-sponsored bill that would ban nearly all diversity and inclusion training requirements at Ohio’s public colleges and universities and bar public universities from taking stances on “controversial”… Read More
Documents of Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and lieutenant governor subpoenaed in the lawsuit over HB6 bribery scheme
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s governor and lieutenant governor have been drawn into a FirstEnergy Corp. investors lawsuit connected to the $60 million bribery scheme concocted by the Akron-based energy giant and… Read More
Ohio’s Supreme Court votes along party lines to uphold maps giving supermajorities to GOP
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — New House and Senate district maps approved unanimously by the Ohio Redistricting Commission will stand, after a late afternoon decision by the Ohio Supreme Court…. Read More
Ohio’s House votes to stop the state from banning gas-only car sales, even though that’s never been proposed
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Senate will consider a bill to ban the state from demanding vehicles sold in Ohio meet clean air standards tougher than the federal… Read More
Ohio’s House will consider a bill to allow communities to permit guns in buildings with courtrooms
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — When state lawmakers return from the Thanksgiving break, the House could take up a bill that further expands gun rights in Ohio, by allowing… Read More
Ohio’s Senate may make the first move on package of recreational marijuana modifications
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio Senate President Matt Huffman (R-Lima) said Tuesday the chamber is on board with Gov. Mike DeWine’s pitch to modify the recreational marijuana initiated statute… Read More
Lawmaker wants some of Ohio’s Issue 2 marijuana revenue put toward police training
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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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
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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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
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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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
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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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
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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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
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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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
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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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
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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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
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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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
By: Julie Carr Smyth | Nicholas Riccardi | AP
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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
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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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
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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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
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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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
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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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
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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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
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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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
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