Statehouse and Around Ohio
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Ohio Ballot Board fights back against abortion amendment lawsuit
Voters casting ballots. | Mario Tama/Getty Images BY: SUSAN TEBBEN – Ohio Capital Journal The Ohio Ballot Board submitted its comments to the Ohio Supreme Court, pushing back against claims they abused their power in verifying a proposed abortion amendment to the state constitution. The Ohio Attorney General’s Office wrote a brief on behalf of the ballot…
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AEP doesn’t have much to say about its support for corrupt utility bailout
Larry Householder speaks after guilty verdict. Photo by: WEWS/WCPO. BY: MARTY SCHLADEN – Ohio Capital Journal Columbus-based utility giant AEP wasn’t at the epicenter of a historic bribery and money-laundering scandal in 2019. But it also wasn’t very far away as a corrupt deal was hatched in the Ohio Capitol to use $61 million in bribes to…
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Think tank blasts Ohio flat tax proposal
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Oho Statehouse, Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Graham Stokes for the Ohio Capital Journal. Republish photo only with original story.) The way that the law is written would only complicate the state’s school-funding woes, take money from libraries, and increase property taxes for farmers and homeowners, it added. BY: MARTY SCHLADEN – Ohio Capital Journal It…
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Starting Today, April 4: New Ohio rules for cell phone use while driving
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/Mma5DkAYsCo”][vc_column_text] Loveland, Ohio – As of April 4, 2023, it is illegal to use or hold a cell phone or electronic device in your hand, lap, or other parts of the body while driving on Ohio roads. If an officer sees a violation, they can pull you over. Below is what the Ohio Department…
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Ohio BMV will refund disabled veterans after incorrectly charging for license plates
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Photo from Wikimedia Commons by “Mister Upstate.” BY: MEGAN HENRY – Ohio Capital Journal The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles will issue refunds to nearly 2,000 disabled veterans who were wrongly charged for specialty license plates. The BMV recently realized it did not implement a change in Ohio law that went into effect in October 2019 that…
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Ohio Right to Life makes spurious, anti-trans argument in favor of supermajority amendment
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Ohio Right to Life CEO Peter Range speaking before the Senate General Government committee in favor of SJR 2. (Screen grab from the Ohio Channel) [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Right to Life officials claim a reproductive rights amendment would allow youth to receive gender affirming care without parental notification BY: NICK EVANS – Ohio Capital Journal Late last year,…
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Ohio Senate begins hearings for supermajority amendment, August elections
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]BY: NICK EVANS – Ohio Capital Journal Ohio state senators began hearings Tuesday for their measure to impose a 60% supermajority to pass constitutional amendments. If the proposal passes both chambers with the support three-fifths of members, it goes to the ballot. The sponsors of the resolution are also backing a bill to revive August elections —…
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New bill would eliminate retention under Ohio’s Third Grade Reading Guarantee
[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] Getty Images House Bill 117 is almost identical to a previous bill that died in the last General Assembly. BY: MEGAN HENRY – Ohio Capital Journal A new bill would eliminate retention under Ohio’s Third Grade Reading Guarantee and is almost identical to a previous bill that died in the last General Assembly. House Bill…
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Ohio senators working to resurrect recently eliminated August elections to fight abortion amendment
“If we save 30,000 lives as a result of spending $20 million,” Senate President Matt Huffman argued, “I think that’s a great thing.” BY: NICK EVANS – Ohio Capital Journal Only about three months ago, Ohio lawmakers passed a wide-ranging elections bill that will require voters present a photo ID when they cast a ballot. But it didn’t…
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Ohio Ballot Board sued over approval of proposed abortion rights constitutional amendment
Gavel,” a sculpture by Andrew F. Scott, outside the Supreme Court of Ohio. Credit: Sam Howzit / Creative Commons. Meanwhile, Ohio Senate president eyes August for proposal to raise threshold for voters to pass constitutional amendments BY: SUSAN TEBBEN – Ohio Capital Journal A new lawsuit claims the Ohio Ballot Board made the wrong call when they approved…
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