Statehouse and Around Ohio
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Ohio lawmakers introduce bipartisan bill that would help college students combat food insecurity
Stock image of a food pantry courtesy Hurlburt Field. Ohio House Reps. Sean Patrick Brennan, D-Parma, and Jim Hoops, R-Napoleon, introduced Enact the Hunger Free Campus Act earlier this year. By: Megan Henry – Ohio Capital Journal A proposed bipartisan bill would help Ohio college students struggling with food insecurity. Ohio House Reps. Sean Patrick Brennan,…
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Backers urge Ohio lawmakers to pass AI restrictions
State Sen. Louis Blessing, III, R-Colerain Township (Photo by Graham Stokes for Ohio Capital Journal. Republish photo only with original article.) The measure focuses on prohibiting deepfake child pornography but also require watermarks and punishes AI identity fraud By: Nick Evans – Ohio Capital Journal Ohio senators heard from supporters Wednesday of a proposal establishing guardrails around…
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Opponents speak out for more than three hours against making changes to Ohio’s marijuana law
Stock photo from Getty Images. House Bill 160 would reduce the THC levels in marijuana extracts from a maximum of 90% down to a maximum of 70%, cap the number of marijuana dispensaries to 350, and reallocate the bulk of marijuana revenue to the state’s General Revenue Fund. By: Megan Henry – Ohio Capital Journal More than…
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Study: Ohio among hardest hit if Congress, Trump cut Medicaid
A poll released Thursday, May 1 showed 76% of Americans oppose cuts to Medicaid. (Photo via Getty Images) By: Marty Schladen – Ohio Capital Journal Ohio is among five states whose economies will be most harmed if huge proposed Medicaid cuts become reality, the Commonwealth Fund said in an explainer this week. Medicaid, the federal-state health insurer for low-income…
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Ohio House lawmakers introduce companion bill that would ban DEI in K-12 schools
(Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images) By: Megan Henry – Ohio Capital Journal Ohio House Republicans are trying to ban diversity and inclusion in K-12 schools. House Reps. Beth Lear, R-Galena, and Josh Williams, R-Sylvania Township, recently introduced House Bill 155. This is a companion bill to Ohio Senate Bill 113, which has had two hearings so far in the Senate…
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Ohio housing advocates want lawmakers to nix budget language that alters affordable housing funding
Stock photo from Getty Images. By: Megan Henry – Ohio Capital Journal Housing advocates are urging Ohio senators to remove an amendment from the state’s two-year operating budget that would significantly affect a source of funding for local homelessness and affordable housing programs. The Ohio House added language to their version of the budget that would change the…
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‘We’re on a knife edge’: Alex Gibney warns about the dangers of dark money
Art and Culture, Latest Stories, Loveland & Local, News, Region and Beyond, Religion, Statehouse and Around OhioPhotograph: HBO In two HBO documentaries, the acclaimed film-maker shines a light on corrupt political spending in America When the Rev Robert Schenck saw Donald Trump secure the Republican presidential nomination in Cleveland, Ohio, in 2016, he turned to a fellow evangelical and asked: “Are we really going to do this? We’re going to choose…
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Ohio’s HB 6 utility scandal gets true-crime treatment in HBO film
Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder gives the thumbs up as he enters a federal courthouse in Cincinnati. (Photo from WEWS.) By: Kathiann M. Kowalski, Canary Media and Dan Haugen, Canary Media – Ohio Capital Journal This story was originally published by Canary Media. One of the largest utility scandals in U.S. history has remained largely unknown outside Ohio — until…
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Ohio Senate committee advances energy compromise
Getty Images By: Nick Evans – Ohio Capital Journal With a final few tweaks, Ohio senators advanced a major piece of energy legislation. The Senate Energy Committee vote was unanimous. With both chambers in session Wednesday, it’s likely lawmakers could sign off on the legislation and send it along to the governor. The most substantive change had…
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House budget document will hurt Ohioans
Education, Health & Wellness, Health-Wellness-Disability, Latest Stories, Loveland & Local, News, Religion, Statehouse and Around OhioOhio House Speaker Matt Huffman. (Photo by Morgan Trau, WEWS.) by Marilou Johanek – Ohio Capital Journal Just as Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was never really about improving government efficiency – quite the opposite, in fact – the 5,000-plus page biennial budget rewrite the Ohio House slapped together and sent to…
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