Statehouse and Around Ohio
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Ohio transgender bathroom ban bill heads to Gov. Mike DeWine’s desk
Education, Health & Wellness, Inclusion & Accessibility, Latest Stories, News, Spotlight, Statehouse and Around Ohio(Getty Images) Ohio transgender bathroom ban bill heads to Gov. Mike DeWine’s desk Southwest Ohio lawmakers, Senator George Lang and Representative Jennifer Gross are Cosponsors of the legislation. By: Megan Henry – Ohio Capital Journal A bill that would ban transgender students from using school bathrooms and locker rooms that align with their gender identity is going to…
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Ohio AG Yost allows voting amendment to proceed, other proposals might not be far behind
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost. (Photo by Morgan Trau, WEWS.) By: Nick Evans – Ohio Capital Journal Last week, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost allowed a state constitutional amendment to go forward after previously rejecting it. His approval was a formality — the Ohio Supreme Court recently ruled he could not reject the Ohio Voters Bill of Rights simply…
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What Ohio’s new GOP Senator and prominent Trump ally see ahead in 2025
By: Nick Evans – Ohio Capital Journal Senator-elect Bernie Moreno and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy are touting the Trump’s policy proposals in softer tones At an Ohio Chamber of Commerce conference last week Trump allies struck a conciliatory tone at odds with the increasingly hostile rhetoric of the president-elect. Donald Trump has promised sweeping deportations, to…
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Panel of Ohio lawmakers from both parties talk next moves for legislature in lame duck and beyond
The Oho Statehouse, Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Graham Stokes for the Ohio Capital Journal. Only republish photo with original story.) By: Susan Tebben – Ohio Capital Journal Following an election which brought two more Democrats to the Ohio Senate and Ohio House each, but struck down redistricting reforms and maintained Republican supermajorities, lawmakers are planning their next…
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Ohio Republican lawmaker wants to prohibit selling intoxicating hemp products
Getty Images By: Megan Henry – Ohio Capital Journal State Sen. Steve Huffman, R-Tipp City, introduced a bill that would ban the sale of intoxicating hemp products in Ohio. The Republican lawmaker introduced Senate Bill 326 on Thursday. State lawmakers are set to return to the Ohio Statehouse next week for the start of lame duck. S.B. 326 defines…
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Ohio Gov. DeWine won’t name names, but preparing to fill U.S. Senate vacancy
Gov. Mike DeWine speaking to reporters. (Photo by Nick Evans, Ohio Capital Journal.) By: Nick Evans – Ohio Capital Journal Ballots in some districts are still being tallied, but the broad strokes of the 2024 election are clear, and the results mean Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has a big decision to make. J.D. Vance is jumping from…
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What will happen to J.D. Vance’s Ohio U.S. Senate seat?
COLUMBUS, Ohio — OCTOBER 06: Republican Ohio U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance speaks during the Ohio March for Life rally against November’s Issue 1 reproductive rights amendment, October 6, 2023, outside the Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Graham Stokes for Ohio Capital Journal. Republish photo only with original article.) By: Megan Henry – Ohio Capital Journal Ohio…
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University of Akron poll shows comfortable lead for Trump in Ohio, dead heat U.S. Senate race
Getty Images. The 2024 Buckeye Poll depicts sharp partisan divisions, but U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown continues to draw votes from Republicans By: Nick Evans Ohio Capital Journal A University of Akron Bliss Institute poll released Thursday found Donald Trump running ahead of Kamala Harris in Ohio by seven points, and U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown holding a…
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Ohio economists strongly agree that sliding-scale public benefits are best
Photo by Scott Heins/Getty Images. By: Marty Schladen – Ohio Capital Journal It seems like it should be common sense: When you provide a benefit only up to a certain, hard income level, it creates a cliff that gives a strong disincentive for a person to try to earn more. The Ohio Department of Job and Family…
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Paid family leave benefits Ohio economy as well as families, group says
Thanasis Zovoilis/Getty Images By: Susan Tebben – Ohio Capital Journal An Ohio child advocacy group is making a push for paid family leave, one of many that have been made over the years as child care costs continue to rise. Groundwork Ohio used its newest report to encourage implementation of paid leave policies in a state where the vast majority…
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