Statehouse and Around Ohio
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COVID vaccination hits record lull in Ohio; less than 2 in 3 are vaccinated
A Columbus Fire Department member dons gloves while working at a mass vaccination site at the Celeste Center in Columbus. Photo by Jake Zuckerman, Ohio Capital Journal. BY: JAKE ZUCKERMAN – Ohio Capital Journal Ohio’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign has hit a new lull after two months of record low numbers of residents getting vaccinated. While the concept of…
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With inflation, supply-chain kinks, plight of Ohio food banks grows
Shelves of canned foods sit partially empty. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. BY: MARTY SCHLADEN – Ohio Capital Journal For millions of Ohioans, world events are making it harder to fill their pantries and refrigerators, an official who helps oversee the state’s food banks said on Wednesday. Those pressures will only increase pantries’ need for state assistance,…
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Ohio pensions have $38 mil in Russian-owned gas company; $147 mil more in region
BY: JAKE ZUCKERMAN – Ohio Capital Journal Two Ohio public employee pension programs currently have a combined $38 million invested a Russian state-owned natural gas company, while another pension program has $147 million invested in the region. The Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS) has about $25.1 million invested in Gazprom in a combination of stocks and bonds,…
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Ohio clinics sue to bar new abortion bill
Protesters of a bill to promote a total abortion ban with the overturning of Roe v. Wade demonstrate outside the Ohio Statehouse in September. Photo by Susan Tebben BY: SUSAN TEBBEN – Oho Capital Journal A lawsuit has been filed against the newest state abortion restriction and its regulation of doctors’ ability to practice medicine. The ACLU, Planned…
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House to vote on removing training, background check requirements for concealed carry
File photo from Wikimedia Commons attributed to St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office. “Guns don’t kill people, people kill people” House Speaker Bob Cupp BY: JAKE ZUCKERMAN – Ohio Capital Journal The Ohio House will vote, once again, on legislation to remove training and permitting requirements to carry a concealed handgun in the state. House Speaker Bob Cupp, R-Lima,…
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GOP congressional maps revealed, vote expected today
Senate President Matt Huffman, left, and House Speaker Bob Cupp, right, speak before the Tuesday meeting of the Ohio Redistricting Commission. GOP leaders may move for a vote on new congressional maps as early as Wednesday morning. (Photo: Susan Tebben, OCJ) BY: SUSAN TEBBEN – Ohio Capital Journal Congressional maps could be voted on as early as Wednesday…
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Ohio judge helped write a bailout that led to arrests; now he’s blocking outside probes
FirstEnergy’s headquarters in Akron. Source: Google Maps. BY: JAKE ZUCKERMAN – Ohio Capital Journal A judge who oversees utility cases was involved in writing a coal and nuclear bailout now at the center of what prosecutors have described as the largest public corruption case in Ohio history, subpoenaed documents show. That same judge, Greg Price, is…
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GOP majority passes third round of Ohio Statehouse maps in 4-3 vote
Democrats, Auditor Faber vote against maps BY: SUSAN TEBBEN – Ohio Capital Journal Four Republican members of the Ohio Redistricting Commission passed a third round of legislative maps Thursday, exactly one week after the Ohio Supreme Court’s deadline passed. The maps just introduced Thursday afternoon passed with a 4-3 vote, with both Democrats voting against as with previously…
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Utility regulators block watchdog’s requests for info about a buried audit of a $460 million fund
Photo by Getty Images. BY: JAKE ZUCKERMAN – Ohio Capital Journal An administrative judge blocked a watchdog’s attempt to obtain an audit that the Ohio utility regulatory agency’s former chairman, who has been accused of taking a $4.3 million bribe, allegedly tried to squash before publication. The ruling, released Friday evening, is a setback for the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel,…
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Revised Intentional Grounding, Chop Block Rules Headline 2022 High School Football Rules Changes
by Nate Perry, Indianapolis – A new rules exception that allows a passer to intentionally throw an incomplete forward pass for the purpose of conserving yardage, and the redefining of the term “chop block” – both of which are intended to minimize risk of injury – are the two most notable rules changes coming to…
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