Statehouse and Around Ohio
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Ohio Supreme Court invalidates legislative maps for second time
BY: SUSAN TEBBEN – Ohio Capital Journal The Ohio Supreme Court has sent back the state’s legislative redistricting maps yet again, rebuffing GOP claims that they attempted to bring about a partisan balance. “The (Ohio Redistricting Commission’s) choice to avoid a more proportional plan for no explicable reason points unavoidably toward an intent to favor the Republican…
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Ohio Supreme Court allows Dems’ redistricting objection
Attorney Phillip Strach speaks before the Ohio Supreme Court, arguing for the constitutionality of legislative district maps. The court heard arguments on three cases asking it to reject the maps approved in September. (Photo: Susan Tebben, OCJ) BY: SUSAN TEBBEN – Ohio Capital Journal The Ohio Supreme Court has rejected a request by the state’s Attorney General to…
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House advances marijuana banking bill, though final passage uncertain
BY: JENNIFER SHUTT – Ohio Capital Journal WASHINGTON — Cannabis dispensaries throughout the country came one step closer to using banks the way many other businesses can when the U.S. House on Friday cleared a bill with sweeping changes to banking regulations. Colorado Democrat Ed Perlmutter and Ohio Republican Dave Joyce, co-sponsors of the legislation, said Friday their…
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Who funded Ohio Statehouse politics in 2021?
Getty Images. BY: JAKE ZUCKERMAN – Ohio Capital Journal Education and construction unions, natural gas utilities, the beer and wine industry, optometrists, car dealers, telecommunications firms, nursing home operators, doctors’ associations and others dumped money into lawmakers’ accounts in 2021. These funds set the stage for the maiden elections on yet-to-be finalized maps setting the district lines. (The…
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DeWine can’t run from energy bailout bribery scandal as dirty laundry keeps piling up
COMMENTARY by MARILOU JOHANEK – Ohio Capital Journal Follow the money. Its corrupting influence runs through all the great scandals piling up in Ohio under Republican rule. From the biggest online charter school rip-off of tax dollars to the largest public corruption indictment in state history, money has paved the way to epic wrongdoing under…
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What’s at stake for Ohio families as the monthly child tax credit payment ends?
EDITORIAL, Latest Stories, Loveland & Local, Region and Beyond, Spotlight, Statehouse and Around OhioCommentary by Will Petrik – Ohio Capital Journal As we start the new year, parents are planning for the future and working hard to provide their kids a great quality of life. They’re facing challenges head on, including a surging pandemic, school closures and at-home schooling, and fewer affordable child care options. No child should…
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Ranking Dem says GOP attorney general blocked her from lawyers in redistricting suit
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost. (Photo by Justin Merriman/Getty Images) BY: JAKE ZUCKERMAN – Ohio Capital Journal Columbus, Ohio – The ranking Democrat in the Ohio House said Attorney General Dave Yost has blocked her from legal representation as the Ohio Supreme Court reviews the latest redistricting proposal from state lawmakers. The Ohio Redistricting Commission voted…
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Deja Vu: Republicans use simple majority to pass 4-year maps
Republican mapmakers Ray DiRossi, at podium, and Blake Springhetti present the GOP legislative map proposals to the Ohio Redistricting Commission on Saturday. The commission passed the GOP maps on a 5-2 simple majority. (Photo: Susan Tebben, OCJ) BY: SUSAN TEBBEN – Ohio Capital Journal After two more days of discussion and debate, the GOP majority on the Ohio…
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Ohio Redistricting Commission begins again after court order
House Speaker Bob Cupp, center right, and state Sen. Vernon Sykes, far right, co-chairs of the Ohio Redistricting Commission, speak to media after Tuesday’s meeting to restart the legislative redistricting process. (Photo: Susan Tebben, OCJ) BY: SUSAN TEBBEN – Ohio Capital Journal The Ohio Redistricting Commission began anew on Tuesday, though the details of their newest legislative mapping…
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OHSAA Adds Women’s Wrestling and Men’s Volleyball to Ohio’s High School’s Sports!
Education, Latest Stories, Loveland & Local, Region and Beyond, Sports, Spotlight, Statehouse and Around Ohioby Cassie Mattia Loveland, Ohio – Times are a-changing in the sports world! History was made in Columbus last Thursday when the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) Board of Directors voted to add Women’s Wrestling and Men’s Volleyball officially as “emerging sports” in the 2022-2023 school year. “The OHSAA recognizing men’s volleyball is a…
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