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State workers might not be able to work from home as much if a Senate budget provision passes
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Some state employees have been working from home since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. But a provision tucked in the Ohio Senate budget would… Read More
The Senate’s budget passes with no Democratic support. Now Ohio lawmakers will have to compromise
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Republican-dominated Ohio Senate passed a $94 million, two-year state budget along party lines, with all seven Democrats voting against it. The Senate budget… Read More
LaRose says the Ohio law banning most August special elections doesn’t apply to state lawmakers
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Supporters and opponents of Issue 1, the amendment to make it harder to change the constitution, are waiting on a big Ohio Supreme Court… Read More
Advocates urge Ohio’s Republican senators to restore money for affordable child care in the budget
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Advocates for affordable child care and early childhood education programs hope Ohio’s Republican senators will reconsider funding changes to a program they say helps… Read More
The Ohio Ballot Board rewrites Issue 1 language on constitutional change for August election
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Just a day after the Ohio Supreme Court told the Ballot Board it must rewrite language for a proposed constitutional amendment set to be on the August… Read More
Ohio’s Senate Democrats don’t like many elements of the supermajority Republicans’ budget plan
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — When Republican leaders of the Ohio Senate introduced the draft version of that chamber’s proposed two-year state budget last week, longtime Sen. Vernon Sykes (D-Akron)… Read More
A ban on kids under 16 using social media is back in Ohio Senate’s version of the state budget
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine’s (R) ban on social media use by minors under 16 without parental permission is back in the Ohio Senate’s version of… Read More
Ohio’s Senate leader hints its two-year budget plan includes changes to education funding
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio senators have been holding hearings on the two-year state operating budget and are making changes to the version the House passed. The leader… Read More
The state-level battles brewing in America over LGBTQ+ rights
By: Geoff Bennett | Courtney Norris | Gabrielle Hays | Adam Kemp | Frances Kai-Hwa Wang | PBS NewsHour
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WASHINGTON (NewsHour) — More than a dozen GOP-led states have passed bans with limits ranging from healthcare to sports participation, while Democratic-controlled states have sought to shore up protections for… Read More
Sparks fly in a hearing on the bill to make Ohio a “Second Amendment sanctuary state”
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — State lawmakers are considering a bill its Republican sponsors say will protect Ohio gun owners from federal laws and policies that they think go… Read More
Ohio’s natural resources agency says proposed budget cuts could mean less safety at state parks
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The busiest time of year for Ohio’s 75 state parks is approaching – summer. But the agency that operates them didn’t get a warm… Read More
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Ohio Senate Republicans want to know how much money schools have put toward voucher lawsuit
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republicans in the Ohio Senate have asked the state auditor to find out how much money public school districts have put toward a lawsuit over… Read More
Ohio legislators want to update school social studies. Two House bills propose dueling approaches
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Democrats in the Ohio House are sponsoring a bill to bring multiculturalism to social studies lessons in the state’s K-12 classrooms. This comes as… Read More
Universal school vouchers supporters seek Ohio lawmakers’ attention after a Statehouse rally
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As the Senate is preparing to release its version of the two-year state budget, supporters of universal vouchers for Ohio’s K-12 students gathered to… Read More
Shorter terms for Ohio public university trustees in ‘free speech’ bill has DeWine concerned
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Republican bill designed to address conservatives’ concerns about free speech in higher education in Ohio includes a change in university governance about trustees… Read More
Ohio Republicans OK 60% amendment approval ballot text. Democrats say it’s ‘sneaky’
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Ballot Board has approved the ballot text voters could see when they vote on a Republican-backed proposal to make it harder to… Read More
A GOP bill regarding ‘free speech’ on college campuses passes the Ohio Senate
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A bill that seeks to address conservatives’ concerns about what they say is a lack of free speech on college campuses has passed the Ohio… Read More
Ohio elections officials run into issues as they prepare for the August vote they opposed
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s boards of elections are getting prepared for an August special election they didn’t anticipate, after a state law that took effect last month… Read More
The proposed Pay Stub Protection Act requires Ohio employers to provide workers with pay stubs
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An Ohio House committee is considering a bill to require employers provide their workers with written copies of their pay stubs. The bill is meant to help… Read More
A bill could put appointees of Ohio lawmakers and the governor in charge of K-12 social studies standards
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A Republican-sponsored bill seeks to create new standards for social studies in K-12 schools in Ohio through a task force appointed by state lawmakers and… Read More
A key pro-choice group in Ohio gets a new leader as the battle over a reproductive rights amendment heats up
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As pro-choice groups gather signatures for a possible constitutional amendment on reproductive rights in November, there’s a new leader at one of the state’s… Read More
Should Ohio have closed primaries? Some key Republicans are pushing for that change
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Right now, Ohio voters do not have to declare a party when they register. And they can vote in Republican or Democratic primaries by… Read More
Former Ohio Attorneys General oppose the resolution to make it harder to pass constitutional amendments
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A bipartisan group of former Ohio attorneys general is echoing concerns expressed last week by bipartisan former governors over the proposed resolution to make… Read More
A PAC backed by an Illinois billionaire pushes for the vote on making it harder to amend Ohio’s constitution
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A PAC has been set up to push for the constitutional amendment requiring 60% voter approval for future amendments, before a vote on a… Read More
The fight over expanding Ohio’s school voucher program heats up
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An expansion of Ohio’s school voucher program to include nearly all K-12 students would cost more than $1 billion dollars in its the first… Read More
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