Statehouse and Around Ohio
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Ohio redistricting reform group submits more than 731,000 signatures, sets sights on November
BY: SUSAN TEBBEN – Ohio Capital Journal Reporting more than 731,000 signatures submitted to the Ohio Secretary of State’s Office, Citizens Not Politicians said it cleared a massive hurdle in their plan to reform the state’s redistricting process by replacing politicians with a citizen commission. The group hoping to get a citizen-led redistricting commission inserted as an amendment to…
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Ohio House passes transgender bathroom and locker room ban for K-12 schools and colleges
Getty Image House Bill 183 was added to Senate Bill 104 as an amendment on the House floor late Wednesday night, then S.B. 104 passed as amended with a 60-31 vote. BY: MEGAN HENRY – Ohio Capital Journal The Ohio House passed a bill late Wednesday night amid its last session before going on summer break that…
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The business case for rejecting Ohio gerrymandering
EDITORIAL, Latest Stories, Loveland & Local, News, Region and Beyond, Spotlight, Statehouse and Around OhioCOMMENTARY by Steven H. Steinglass This article delves into the history of redistricting of the Ohio General Assembly and presents the business case for rejecting partisan gerrymandering. It also identifies the Citizens Not Politicians amendment, which its supporters believe will end partisan gerrymandering by assigning redistricting to an independent 15-person commission composed of five Democrats, 5…
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Moreno blasted rivals over scandal. Now he’s welcoming a big player’s support
(From left) Sec. of State Frank LaRose, Bernie Moreno, and state Sen. Matt Dolan, R-Chagrin Falls, on the debate stage before the March primary. (Debate pool photo courtesy of WCMH-TV.) BY: MARTY SCHLADEN – U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown During the GOP U.S. Senate primary, Cleveland businessman Bernie Moreno went after his opponents over their connections to the…
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Another Ohio school district joins EdChoice lawsuit, despite Lt. Gov.’s attempt to dissuade
Stock image from Pixabay. BY: SUSAN TEBBEN – Ohio Capital Journal The Upper Arlington City Schools Board of Education chose to join a lawsuit seeking to eliminate Ohio’s EdChoice private school voucher program, despite Lt. Gov. Jon Husted telling the group it would be a waste of money. Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted threw in his two…
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Ohio’s leaders blocked (some) foreign money from issue campaigns. Advocates call it a dog-whistle
MARTY SCHLADEN Ohio Capital Journal Ohio’s Republican leadership last month refused to put Joe Biden on the presidential ballot unless the legislature adopted another measure that they claimed would protect against foreign money playing a role in the process by which citizens can initiate laws. But while some surely were concerned about malign foreigners improperly influencing state…
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71% of Ohio eighth graders not proficient in math, according to a new report
Ohio fared slightly better than the rest of the country — 74% of American eighth graders not proficient in math, according to the latest Annie E. Casey Foundation Kids Count Data Book BY: MEGAN HENRY – Ohio Capital Journal Almost three-fourths of Ohio eighth graders were not proficient in math and nearly two-thirds of Ohio fourth graders were not…
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Secretary of State Frank LaRose could purge more than 150,000 Ohio inactive voters before election
Photo of a voting booth by WEWS. BY: MEGAN HENRY – Ohio Capital Journal More than 150,000 Ohio voters could potentially not be eligible to vote in the upcoming Presidential election. Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose recently published a list of 158,857 inactive voter registrations who are eligible to be removed from the Statewide Voter Registration Database —…
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Ohioan who serves as US League of Women Voters co-CEO says voting is the baseline for democracy
Kelly McFarland Stratman, interim co-CEO and chief of staff for the League of Women Voters of the U.S., pictured in the offices of the LWV of Ohio. (Photo by Susan Tebben / Ohio Capital Journal) by Susan Tebben – Ohio Capital Journal Twenty years ago, Kelly McFarland Stratman was among the Ohioans working on reform…
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Governor DeWine Authorizes Emergency Ban of Nine Synthetic Opioids
Health & Wellness, Latest Stories, Loveland & Local, News, Region and Beyond, Spotlight, Statehouse and Around OhioOhio Governor Mike DeWine signed an executive order today authorizing the Ohio Board of Pharmacy to immediately classify nine synthetic opioids as Schedule I controlled substances, effectively banning their sale and use in the state. These nine synthetic opioids are known as nitazenes. Initially developed decades ago as potential alternatives for morphine that were never…
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