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Opposition from Ohio schools and communities is building against a GOP lawmaker’s property tax bill
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Opposition is growing against a Republican state lawmaker’s bill that would cut property taxes by eliminating the 1% of property tax value that schools and… Read More
Once the budget is done, Ohio lawmakers will return to Congressional redistricting again
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio lawmakers are hashing out the final details of the biennial state budget this week under an early summer heat wave, and once it’s… Read More
Advocates want the $1k child tax credit back in the budget as Ohio lawmakers continue hashing out the details
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Six lawmakers on the conference committee are trying to work out the differences between the House and Senate versions of the budget, anticipating a… Read More
Opponents of the anti-DEI bill aimed at Ohio’s public universities will submit repeal petitions Thursday
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The first step is over in the campaign by Ohio educators to overturn the bill that seeks to stop diversity efforts and faculty strikes… Read More
A lawmaker has a unique proposal to improve the Ohio Legislature: add more lawmakers
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Some Ohioans complain the Ohio Legislature doesn’t represent their interests or pass laws they support. Sen. Bill Blessing (R-Colerain Twp.) has a response and it… Read More
A bill to ban abortion, criminalize IVF and some contraceptives is being proposed in Ohio
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — While advocates continue to back legislation that would outlaw or limit abortion though Ohio has a constitutional amendment protecting reproductive rights, a new bill… Read More
Ohio’s pro teams urge lawmakers to approve the unclaimed funds plan for a Cleveland Browns stadium and others
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As state lawmakers consider budget proposals to provide $600 million to a domed stadium development for the Cleveland Browns in Brook Park, Ohio’s other… Read More
Voting rights advocates vocal against more Ohio election law changes
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Voting rights advocates have flagged identical state House and Senate bills that would make another host of changes to Ohio election law, just over… Read More
Ohio schools say job losses for teachers could be “cataclysmic” with the new property tax bill
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An analysis of a Republican-backed bill that seeks to help struggling homeowners by lowering the amount of property tax they pay shows it could… Read More
Ohio House Dems again push gun bills that have been mostly dismissed by the GOP supermajority
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Democrats in the Ohio House are touting gun bills they’ve proposed to regulate weapons, some of which have been introduced in previous sessions. And… Read More
Ohio teachers say the state budget makes them feel that ‘public education is just a punching bag’
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Public school teachers once again voiced their opposition to the latest version of the state budget as senators voted on the spending plan Wednesday…. Read More
Ohio could boost sanctions for drivers who violate bus safety laws
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio House unanimously advanced the bipartisan School Bus Safety Act on Wednesday, which has gone through many revisions in the almost two years since… Read More
A GOP bill requires a 24-hour wait for abortion, as Ohio courts review the current waiting period
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A Republican lawmaker has sponsored a bill to require a 24-hour waiting period before an abortion, though the existing law requiring that wait is… Read More
The Ohio Senate sends its budget back to the House, kicking off conference committee
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Senate sent its version of the GOP-majority biennial state budget back to the House on Wednesday afternoon by a vote of 23-10,… Read More
Ohio income tax revenue bounced back in May, and more money from pre-tariff auto sales came in too
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — May was a great month for state tax collections, with sales and income tax revenue coming in above estimates. Ohio has a budget surplus for… Read More
A bill would require the Pledge of Allegiance daily in Ohio public schools
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As schools are letting out for the summer across Ohio, state lawmakers are looking ahead to the next academic year with the Pledge of… Read More
Democrats in the Ohio Legislature want to put marriage equality on the ballot in 2026
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Democratic state lawmakers are taking steps to put marriage equality on the ballot in 2026 so voters could decide whether to recognize gay marriages… Read More
Ohio lawmakers want to make it tougher to pass local property tax levies
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Some Republican state lawmakers are getting ready to introduce a bill that would change the threshold for being able to pass local property tax levies… Read More
Ohio House Minority Leader Allison Russo will step down from leadership
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio House Minority Leader Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington) announced she is stepping down from the Ohio House Democratic Leadership team at the end of June…. Read More
States are rolling out red carpets for data centers. But some lawmakers are pushing back
By: Marc Levy | AP
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The explosive growth of the data centers needed to power America’s fast-rising demand for artificial intelligence and cloud computing platforms has spurred states to dangle incentives… Read More
Ohio lawmakers introduced a bill intended to lower property taxes
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republicans in the Ohio House are introducing legislation that they say would deliver $3.5 billion of relief on property taxes to Ohioans. The comprehensive… Read More
An Ohio budget proposal links fracking royalties to state parks’ bottom lines
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) —The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) was poised to benefit from more than $30 million in bonus fracking royalties from drilling under state parks,… Read More
Ohio’s Senate calls for changes to the Ohio Governor’s scholarship program
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Senators are considering requiring top students who get an Ohio Governor’s scholarship to stay in the state for at least three years after they… Read More
Ohio Senate budget has flat income tax rate, still funds Brook Park construction
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio Senate lawmakers unveiled hundreds of amendments Tuesday afternoon to House Bill 96, the biennial state budget, which is due June 30. Among them, the… Read More
The carryover limit on public schools is among the possible Senate changes to Ohio’s budget
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — With another week of back-to-back marathon hearings nearly behind them, members of the Ohio Senate Finance committee are getting ready to release their initial… Read More
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