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Ohio will appeal the ruling that the state’s EdChoice voucher program is unconstitutional on Wednesday
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio is preparing its appeal of last month’s trial court ruling saying the program that offers taxpayer-paid vouchers for families to use at private… Read More
The Ohio House approves one veto override, but skips voting on the other two on the schedule
By: Jo Ingles | Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio House was set attempt a veto override on some of Gov. Mike DeWine’s 67 budget line-item vetoes—specifically, three related to property tax… Read More
Gov. Mike DeWine wants another working group on property taxes, but some Ohio lawmakers doubt it’s needed
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — When Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed four items related to property taxes in the new two-year state budget, he also announced he wants a working… Read More
Unclaimed funds in Ohio can go unrecovered, but not for lack of trying
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s unclaimed funds division is holding $4.8 billion from old bank accounts, utility bills, and other sometimes forgotten sources. Claims on that money are… Read More
The Ohio House has a veto override session next week, but no date has been set yet for the Senate to return
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio House plans to come back to the Statehouse next week for a veto override session involving three of Gov. Mike DeWine’s 67… Read More
Lawmakers plan a session to override three of DeWine’s Ohio budget vetoes later this month
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republican lawmakers frustrated at Gov. Mike DeWine’s 67 line-item vetoes in the new Ohio budget have planned to come back later this month to… Read More
A case asking who can dispense abortion-inducing drugs is likely headed for the Ohio Supreme Court
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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CINCINNATI, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A Hamilton County Court judge has blocked state restrictions on nurse practitioners and other advanced practice clinicians from prescribing or providing drugs that cause abortion…. Read More
Ohio public school leaders blast the state budget, saying it moves districts backward even with vetoes
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s new two-year budget has been signed by Gov. Mike DeWine, who also issued 67 vetoes. Among them was a measure that leaders of… Read More
The new two-year budget requires Ohioans under 21 to take driver’s education courses before getting a license
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The newly signed state budget requires Ohioans under 21 to take driver’s education training before getting a driver’s license. Right now, driver’s ed is… Read More
The group pushing end to property taxes in Ohio says it’s disappointed in the state budget, including an income tax cut
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s new budget contains a provision to flatten the income tax to 2.75%. But it doesn’t contain substantial changes to property taxes after Gov. Mike… Read More
The new anti-DEI law for Ohio’s public universities won’t block state aid at private and independent colleges
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s private and independent colleges won’t be held to some provisions of Senate Bill 1, the anti-diversity law that took effect at state universities… Read More
Ex-lawmakers filed a promised lawsuit over unclaimed funds for the Cleveland Browns stadium in Ohio’s budget
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As they promised late last month, two Democratic former lawmakers have filed a lawsuit on behalf of Ohioans who could have unclaimed funds with… Read More
Senate Bill 1 took effect last week. Here’s how Ohio universities have responded
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — A controversial higher education bill went into effect last Friday. Senate Bill 1, or the Advance Higher Education Act, prohibits diversity and equity programming, bans… Read More
Federal cuts to SNAP mean Ohio will have to bear some benefit costs for the first time
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Passed and signed into law last Thursday and Friday, the Republican-majority Congress’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” makes major changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program… Read More
Will Ohio lawmakers override Gov. Mike DeWine’s budget vetoes? Some say they want to
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed 67 line items when he signed the biennial state budget last week, far more than his last three budgets and outnumbering… Read More
Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed language in budget bill that would have forced homeless shelters to turn away trans youths
By: Megan Acker
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ATHENS, Ohio – Late Monday night, Gov. Mike DeWine used his veto power to strike language from the budget bill that prohibited funding from homeless youth shelters that affirm trans… Read More
An overhaul of Ohio’s cannabis laws stalled again to hemp retailers’ relief
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Another busy season for the Ohio General Assembly came and went without any success modifying cannabis laws. Early on in June, Republican lawmakers said… Read More
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
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