Statehouse and Around Ohio
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Voter deadlines approaching for Ohio’s August special election
People enter a voting precinct to vote in the Michigan primary election at Trombly School Aug. 7, 2018 in Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images) BY: SUSAN TEBBEN – Ohio Capital Journal Deadlines are coming up quick for Ohio voters participating in the Aug. 8 special election over State Issue 1, which seeks to…
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Ohio Senate budget would shield opioid settlement foundation from public scrutiny
A man walks by a billboard for a drug recovery center. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) The budget rider seeks to overturn a unanimous Ohio Supreme Court decision last month that determined OneOhio Recovery Fund is subject to public records law BY: NICK EVANS – Ohio Capital Journal Last month, the Ohio Supreme Court ordered OneOhio Recovery…
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Ohio Senate budget attacks poor people on food assistance, affordable housing, and other programs
COMMENTARY by Rob Moore – Ohio Capital Journal The Ohio Senate Republican budget passed last week put forth a new vision for social safety net spending in Ohio. The proposal suggests reduced spending on food banks, housing for pregnant women, affordable housing, and school meals for poor children. It also proposes making it harder for low-income people…
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Child Care Crisis a Barrier to Economic Mobility for Ohio Families
From Public News Service Ohio ranks 29th among states in overall child well-being, according to the latest Annie E. Casey Foundation Kids Count Data Book. Child care continues to pose challenges for working parents, and the new data showed average child care costs for one child in 2021 topped $10,000 per year. Kelly Vyzral, senior health policy associate…
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In split decision Ohio Supreme Court allows Aug. 8 election to go forward
“Gavel,” a sculpture by Andrew F. Scott, outside the Supreme Court of Ohio. Credit: Sam Howzit / Creative Commons. BY: MARTY SCHLADEN – Ohio Capital Journal Along party lines, the Ohio Supreme Court on Friday gave the green light to an attempt by Republican leaders of the state’s gerrymandered legislature to make it much harder for voters…
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Ohio Chamber won’t discuss its allies in effort to lock down state Constitution
Ohio Chamber of Commerce President Steve Stivers. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images, 2017.) They include abortion foes, gun-rights groups, an election denier, and the gerrymandered legislature BY: MARTY SCHLADEN – Ohio Capital Journal The Ohio Chamber of Commerce is supporting a proposed amendment to the state Constitution that has huge implications for such issues as abortion, gun…
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Groups fighting hunger in Ohio disappointed by Senate budget draft
BY: SUSAN TEBBEN – OHIO CAPITAL JOURNAL Those on the ground trying to eradicate hunger in Ohio say the new budget proposal from the state Senate would only exacerbate the problem. After finding out that many of Ohio’s foodbank clients are forced to choose between paying for food and things like utilities and medicine, the Ohio Association of…
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K-12 advocates react to Ohio Senate’s state budget proposal
Getty Images BY: SUSAN TEBBEN – Ohio Capital Journal Public and private education supporters had a mixed bag of reactions to the state budget proposal released by the Ohio Senate GOP on Tuesday. Public school advocates criticized the bill’s provisions making private school vouchers almost universal at 450% of the federal poverty level, allowing those who may…
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COMMENTARY: Change to 88 counties under State Issue 1 would effectively kill Ohio grassroots amendment proposals
COLUMBUS, Ohio — MAY 31: Senate President Matt Huffman, R-Lima (left), talks to Senate Majority Floor Leader Rob McColley, R-Napoleon, after the Ohio Senate session, May 31, 2023, at the Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Graham Stokes for Ohio Capital Journal. Republish photo only with original story.) by DAVID DEWITT – Ohio Capital Journal…
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Gun rights advocates urge prohibition on firearm insurance, even though it’s not required
Photo by Aristide Economopoulos for New Jersey Monitor/States Newsroom. BY: NICK EVANS – Ohio Capital Journal The Ohio House Insurance Committee heard Wednesday from supporters of a bill that would prohibit insurance requirements for gun owners. No city in Ohio is actively contemplating — much less pursuing — such a requirement. Nationwide, there are vanishingly few examples…
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