Statehouse and Around Ohio
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Ohio Right to Life announces three new members on its board of directors
Anti-abortion demonstrators march. (Photo by Robert Zullo/ States Newsroom). BY: SUSAN TEBBEN – Ohio Capital Journal A former Cuyahoga County Republican Party leader and the chief of staff for the former speaker of the Ohio House have joined the state’s biggest anti-abortion rights lobby. Ohio Right to Life announced it was bringing three new members on…
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Bipartisan bill would legalize marijuana in Ohio
Loveland, Ohio and Columbus House Bill 168 would rename Ohio’s Medical Marijuana Control Program to the Division of Marijuana Control and it would be in charge of regulating the medical marijuana and adult-use programs. BY: MEGAN HENRY – Ohio Capital Journal Ohioans 21 and older would be able to cultivate, purchase and possess marijuana if a bipartisan…
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As Borges delay is denied, former FirstEnergy execs say “no doubt” the feds are after them
Litigation, prosecutions in massive corruption scandal move forward BY: MARTY SCHLADEN – Ohio Capital Journal Judges denied two delays in recent days that would have been key to a bribery and money laundering scandal that took place in Ohio between 2017 to 2020. Lawyers in one suit called it “one of the largest corruption and bribery schemes…
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New bill would ban transgender students from using bathroom that matches gender identity
House Bill 183 would require K-12 schools and colleges to mandate that students could only use the bathroom or locker room that matches their sex assigned at birth. State Rep. Jean Schmidt, a Clermont County Republican, is a co-sponsor of the bill. BY: MEGAN HENRY – Ohio Capital Journal A bill banning transgender students from being able…
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Ballot measure making it harder to amend Ohio’s Constitution facing second lawsuit
The organization One Person One Vote has filed a second lawsuit, challenging the language recently approved by the Ohio Ballot Board BY: NICK EVANS – The organization One Person One Vote has filed a new Supreme Court case related to an August amendment proposal looking to make it more difficult to change Ohio’s constitution. The organization has already…
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Sponsor of Ohio trans youth health care ban claims no religious motive. Sermon suggests otherwise.
BY: RILEY ROLIFF – Ohio Capital Journal A four-year-old recorded sermon given by Ohio state Rep. Gary Click, R-Vickery, may shine a light on the religious motivations behind Ohio’s proposed health care ban for trans youth. The sermon, which was posted on the YouTube channel of Fremont Baptist Church, where Click is a pastor, shows Click defending conversion therapy…
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Ohio preschool enrollment and spending goes up, but still ranks low in national study
Education, Latest Stories, Loveland & Local, News, Region and Beyond, Spotlight, Statehouse and Around OhioGetty Images Ohio ranked 36th in enrollment at age 4 and 27th at enrollment at age 3, according to Rutgers University’s National Institute for Early Education Research. BY: MEGAN HENRY – Ohio Capital Journal Despite preschool enrollment and state spending for programs increasing, Ohio ranked low in a new early childhood education report released last Thursday.…
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Ohio Ballot Board approves language for August amendment proposal despite objections
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose talks to reporters. (Photo by Susan Tebben, OCJ.) Republican lawmakers’ proposal would make it harder for voters to amend Ohio Constitution by raising bar to 60% BY: NICK EVANS – Ohio Capital Journal The Ohio Ballot Board has approved language for an August ballot measure from Ohio Republican lawmakers. The proposal…
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Gerrymandered Ohio Statehouse gives voters no recourse through initiated statute, only constitution
OPINION Citizens could work tirelessly to pass an initiated statute and the rigged Ohio legislature could then simply overturn it by David DeWitt – Ohio Capital Journal In order to understand the bad faith of the Republican arguments for attacking Ohio voters and asking us to enshrine 41% minority rule over our Ohio Constitution, voters need…
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License amnesty program nets big gains for low-income drivers
Two lines of cars wait for food assistance at the All People’s Fresh Market in Columbus. Photo by Marty Schladen, Ohio Capital Journal. BY: MARTY SCHLADEN – Ohio Capital Journal Nearly a quarter-million Ohio drivers have taken advantage of a program started at the end of 2020 that is intended to reduce license-reinstatement fees or waive them…
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