Statehouse and Around Ohio
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Jane Gonzales and Patty Lawrence return and talk about the “new” Issue 1
Health & Wellness, Latest Stories, Loveland & Local, Loveland Magazine TV, News, Region and Beyond, Spotlight, Statehouse and Around Ohio“Right to Make Reproductive Decisions Including Abortion” by David Miller Loveland, Ohio – Jane Gonzales from Loveland and Patty Lawrence from Miami Township returned to the LOVELAND MAGAZINE TV studio last week to talk about current politics and the activities they have been engaged in in recent months in the community. They discussed and…
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Ohio politicians used redistricting for gerrymandered horse-trading. Kick them out of the process
COMMENTARY by David DeWitt It should be abundantly clear to all fair-minded Ohioans at this point that politicians have no business being involved in the redistricting process after lawmakers used the latest round of Ohio House and Senate district mapmaking to strike a bipartisan deal that amounts to little more than gerrymandered horse-trading. Fittingly under the…
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Ohio bill to raise minimum wage to $15, eliminate tipped worker distinction has sponsor testimony
Democratic Ohio Sens. Kent Smith and Hearcel Craig introduce measure to gradually increase state’s minimum wage in $1 increments BY: MEGAN HENRY – Ohio Capital Journal A bill that would raise Ohio’s minimum wage was rolled out for the first time to the Senate Workforce and Higher Education Committee Wednesday afternoon during sponsor testimony. Ohio Sens. Kent Smith, D-Euclid,…
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Ohio Redistricting Commission co-chair defends Dem teamwork, despite process issues, criticism
BY: SUSAN TEBBEN – Ohio Capital Journal Redistricting concluded on Tuesday with the adoption of new Statehouse maps that had unanimous approval from all members of the Ohio Redistricting Commission. The vote represents the first bipartisan agreement on maps, though the bipartisan agreement was lopsided, with only two Democrats on the current seven-member commission. The maps give the…
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After two rejections, is Ohio attorney general slow-walking anti-gerrymandering amendment?
BY: MARTY SCHLADEN – Ohio Capital Journal One might think that a movement associated with a former state Supreme Court chief justice could draft a petition summary that passes legal muster. But twice already, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has rejected summaries of a petition to put an anti-gerrymandering amendment on Ohio’s November 2024 ballot. So far,…
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COVID-19 Information Moving to ODH, DataOhio Websites
Ohio Department of Health (ODH) Director Bruce Vanderhoff, M.D., MBA, has announced that all COVID-19 information from coronavirus.ohio.gov is moving to the ODH website. All COVID-19 statistics and weekly reports are moving to the DataOhio COVID-19 reporting page. Visitors to coronavirus.ohio.org will be automatically redirected to the ODH website. After the federal government declared the…
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Franklin County judge orders temporary restraining order to stop overhaul of Ohio K-12 education
Seven members of the Ohio State Board of Education filed a lawsuit to stop the transfer of power from the Board to the governor’s office. BY: MEGAN HENRY – Ohio Capital Journal A Franklin County judge has issued a temporary restraining order to block lawmakers’ attempts to overhaul Ohio’s K-12 education system. Seven members of the Ohio State Board…
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Ohio Supreme Court approves abortion rights amendment Ballot Board summary for voters with one tweak
BY: OHIO CAPITAL JOURNAL STAFF The Ohio Supreme Court has ordered one tweak to summary language approved by Republicans on the Ohio Ballot Board for voters to see in November on a proposed reproductive rights amendment. The split state supreme court rejected using the full text of the proposed amendment and declared that that summary language that voters…
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Ohio Secretary of State signs voter data sharing agreements with three states
BY: NICK EVANS – Ohio Capital Journal Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose has struck a deal to share voter data with three other Republican-led states. The agreement comes roughly six months after LaRose chose to exit a much larger, bipartisan interstate compact known as ERIC. Ohio’s new agreements give the state access to interstate voter information…
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What’s different about this year’s effort to legalize marijuana in Ohio?
A proposed constitutional amendment in 2015 would have granted “exclusive rights” for commercial marijuana growth, cultivation and extraction to 10 predetermined parcels of land. It was defeated 64% to 36%. BY: MEGAN HENRY – Ohio Capital Journal Ohio voters will once again have the chance to legalize marijuana on Nov. 7 — eight years after Ohioans overwhelmingly rejected…
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