Statehouse and Around Ohio
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After other risky investments, Ohio pension system won’t say what it lost on failed bank
BY: MARTY SCHLADEN – Ohio Capital Journal The entrance to the Ohio State Teachers Retirement System headquarters in Columbus. Photo by Marty Schladen, Ohio Capital Journal. The Ohio State Teachers Retirement System still hasn’t said exactly how much of its members’ money it lost when Silicon Valley Bank failed last weekend. The system is already under fire…
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How the bid to make it harder to amend Ohio’s constitution fell apart
Secretary of State Frank LaRose (speaking) alongside Rep. Brian Stewart, R-Ashville, introducing a constitutional amendment requiring a 60% supermajority for all future citizen-led ballot amendments. (Photo by Nick Evans, OCJ.) BY: NICK EVANS – Ohio Capital Journal Just before lawmakers took off for Thanksgiving last year, Secretary of State Frank LaRose and state Rep. Brian Stewart, R-Ashville, held…
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Ohio Ballot Board moves abortion amendment initiative forward
Supporters now set sights on collecting enough signatures by July to put the measure to Ohio voters in November Dr. Amy Burkett, OB/GYN and member of Ohio Physicians for Reproductive Rights, speaks to media Monday following the Ohio Ballot Board’s vote to verify the language of a proposed constitutional amendment on abortion. Photo: Susan Tebben,…
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Former Ohio speaker, GOP chair found guilty of racketeering
Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder gives the thumbs up as he enters the courthouse where he is expected to testify Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Photo from WEWS. BY: MARTY SCHLADEN – MARCH 9, 2023 2:03 PM Ohio Capital Journal CINCINNATI — After more than nine hours of deliberation, a jury on Thursday found former Ohio House Speaker…
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Deliberations begin in epic corruption trial
BY: MARTY SCHLADEN – Ohio Capital Journal MARCH 9, 2023 4:50 AM CINCINNATI — A jury was sent home Wednesday after about six hours of deliberation in Ohio’s massive public corruption trial. Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and state Republican Party Chairman Matt Borges are accused of racketeering in a scheme to use more than $60 million in…
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Strategies emerge as abortion rights fight ramps up
BY: SUSAN TEBBEN – Ohio Capital Journal As abortion rights groups prepare to collect the amount of signatures needed to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot, anti-abortion rights groups may have shed light on statements they plan to use against the initiative. In three separate press releases sent by anti-abortion groups after the Ohio Attorney General approved…
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Ohio citizen-led abortion rights amendment takes next step after petition language certified
Getty Image BY: OHIO CAPITAL JOURNAL STAFF The Ohio Attorney General’s Office has certified petition summary language for a proposed amendment to protect abortion rights in the state constitution, which organizers hope to place on the November ballot. The Ohio Ballot Board will now determine whether or not the initiative only involves changing only one amendment,…
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Ohio child labor hours could change under State Senate bill
BY: SUSAN TEBBEN – Ohio Capital Journal A bill to allow children to work later hours was passed through an Ohio Senate committee Thursday with bipartisan support. Senate Bill 30, which passed the committee after three hearings and with no testimony against the bill, would allow a 14 or 15-year-old to work until 9 p.m. year round. Current law prohibits…
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Householder denies D.C. dinners, tying donations to legislation
BY: MARTY SCHLADEN – Ohio Capital Journal Former House Speaker Larry Householder, R-Glenford. Source: Ohio General Assembly. CINCINNATI — Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder on Wednesday claimed that he never promised any legislative action to FirstEnergy in exchange for the tens of millions the company paid into a 501(c)(4) dark money group he controlled. He also denied…
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Ohio Senate passes education department overhaul
BY: SUSAN TEBBEN – Ohio Capital Journal The Ohio Senate passed a bill to overhaul the administration of the state’s education system in a Wednesday vote along party lines. The 26-7 party-line vote on Senate Bill 1 came with fierce urgency from GOP supporters that the chances must be completed to improve the way in which education is…
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