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A Republican bill would require 60% voter approval for property tax levies in Ohio
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A Republican-backed bill would raise the voter approval threshold for property tax levies for schools and local services from a simple majority to 60%. It’s… Read More
A Republican-backed bill would require photo ID for Ohio voters casting ballots by mail
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Just a week after the Ohio Senate approved a bill to eliminate the four-day grace period for accepting mail-in ballots, a Republican in the… Read More
Ohio is closer to adding an emergency alert for missing autistic kids
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio is now closer to establishing an emergency alert system for children with autism who are missing. By a unanimous vote, lawmakers in the Ohio… Read More
As the government shutdown ends, Ohioans still worry over soaring health care costs
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Health care costs were at the epicenter of the federal government shutdown that ended Wednesday. More than half a million Ohioans rely on subsidies to… Read More
An Ohio bill would regulate carbon sequestration projects of major polluters
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An Ohio bill making its way through the legislature regulates carbon sequestration, or taking and storing CO2 emissions underground to mitigate the effects of climate… Read More
Taxing land values? One Ohio Republican introduces a constitutional amendment
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio voters greenlit almost two-thirds of the local property tax levies on ballots across the state Tuesday, according to the Ohio School Boards Association…. Read More
The Ohio House has sent Gov. Mike DeWine two measures to change child labor laws
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio House has sent Gov. Mike DeWine two measures that encourage extending the hours 14-year-olds and 15-year-olds in the state can work. Senate Bill… Read More
An Ohio agency warns that the federal shutdown could mean furloughs for state workers
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — It’s not just federal employees affected by the shutdown of the U.S. government, which is 33 days old and approaching the record of 35 days… Read More
Gov. Mike DeWine says the MLB and sportsbooks are close to a deal to ban micro ‘prop bets’
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine has been battling to ban micro proposition or prop bets, which are wagers on one-off actions athletes take during a game,… Read More
The Ohio Redistricting Commission, tasked with approving a bipartisan voting map, can’t agree on rules
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Critics have been saying the state’s redistricting process is broken. An effort to overhaul it last year failed, but there are new calls for… Read More
‘Intoxicating’ hemp sales are now legal in Ohio until December, absent a new law
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A judge in Franklin County extended his restraining order Thursday that pauses Gov. Mike DeWine’s ban on sales of “intoxicating” hemp, like edibles and… Read More
Ohio Democrats are pushing a bill to force the state to pay for benefit programs if federal shutdown drags on
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As the federal shutdown continues, people who rely on the services it provides are worried they won’t be able to put food on the… Read More
A Republican senator proposes an Ohio-wide property tax to replace local school taxes
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Republican chair of the Ohio Senate Education Committee is working on a massive overhaul of school funding, which would eliminate local property taxes and… Read More
Half of the living lawmakers who passed Ohio’s 1981 death penalty law say they now support a repeal
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Over half of lawmakers who were in the state legislature when Ohio’s death penalty statute was passed in 1981 have died. But nearly half… Read More
The Ohio House overwhelmingly passes two bills backers say will provide $2B in property tax relief
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio House overwhelmingly passed two property tax related bills that backers say will provide more than $2 billion in tax relief over the next… Read More
The Ohio House passes a plan to overhaul cannabis and delta-8 laws. Senators have issues with it
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio House lawmakers, by an 87-8 vote, advanced long-stalled legislation Wednesday afternoon revising cannabis laws and more strictly regulating other THC products, like those… Read More
A bipartisan bill in Ohio would require health insurers to pay for prosthetics
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — When someone loses a limb, they often get a prosthetic device. But many of those devices cannot get wet or are made in a way… Read More
Legal internet gambling in Ohio? Unlikely anytime soon
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio is not likely to legalize online gambling this legislative session, according to House Speaker Matt Huffman (R-Lima). In May and June, during the… Read More
Ohio’s House leader is once again floating the idea of limiting judges’ ability to block state laws
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An Ohio legislative leader has again indicated he wants to limit the authority of county judges to block state laws before the end of the… Read More
Meta and Google are pushing two different age verification policies in Ohio
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio lawmakers have been debating two different versions of legislation requiring app stores, like the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store, to… Read More
A judge blocks Gov. Mike DeWine’s ‘intoxicating’ hemp ban in Ohio for two weeks
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A judge in Franklin County has for now blocked Gov. Mike DeWine’s short-term “intoxicating” hemp ban for products with psychoactive ingredients, such as delta-8… Read More
Ohio lawmakers considering Republican-proposed bill to cut back unemployment benefits
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — State lawmakers and other experts have been discussing for years the best way to shore up the fund that pays Ohioans unemployment benefits, after… Read More
Property tax reform bills similar to vetoed budget provisions get bipartisan support in the Ohio House
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio House voted overwhelmingly to approve two property tax related bills similar to provisions Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed in the state budget in June…. Read More
Ohio smoke stores and manufacturers sue over Gov. Mike DeWine’s hemp ban
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Three businesses affiliated with the hemp industry have sued Gov. Mike DeWine over his announced short-term hemp ban for products with psychoactive ingredients, like… Read More
Gov. Mike DeWine pauses the sale of delta-8 THC and similar products in Ohio
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine took administrative action Wednesday afternoon, putting a pause short-term on sales of a slew of unregulated products containing cannabinoid derivatives, like… Read More
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