Statehouse and Around Ohio
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Newest abortion bill heads to governor’s desk
Anti-abortion demonstrators march. (Photo by Robert Zullo/ States Newsroom). BY: SUSAN TEBBEN – Ohio Capital Journal The newest abortion regulation in the state is now headed to the Ohio governor’s desk after the Senate agreed to technical House amendments. Senate Bill 157, the so-called “born alive” abortion bill, passed the Senate 24-7 on Wednesday. The bill expands the…
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Gov. DeWine deploys National Guard to hospitals as COVID deaths surpass 2020
Photo by John Moore | Getty Images. BY: NICK EVANS – Ohio Capital Journal Gov. Mike DeWine is deploying more than 1,000 national guard troops to Ohio hospitals ahead of a busy holiday season that could swell the number of COVID-19 patients. The state is also in talks with a hospital staffing agency that could bring in…
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Ohio Supreme Court dismisses lawsuit targeting vaccine lottery
Pictured is the Thomas J. Moyer Ohio Judicial Center where the Ohio Supreme Court meets. Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons.. BY: JAKE ZUCKERMAN – Ohio Capital Journal The Ohio Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit Thursday that alleged the state’s COVID-19 vaccine lottery program was an illegal spend and that mask mandates violate a Holocaust-era ethics doctrine around experiments with human…
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Abortion bill passage could bring clinic closures in Cincinnati and Southwest Ohio
BY: SUSAN TEBBEN – Ohio Capital Journal DECEMBER 9, 2021 12:50 AM The newest abortion bill to pass the Ohio House could spell the closure of Southwest Ohio clinics and the criminalization of doctors. Despite multiple Democrat attempts to amend the bill and remove the language that would affect doctors’ ability to transfer patients from abortion facilities, Senate…
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Newest abortion restricting bill heading to full House vote after committee approval
BY: SUSAN TEBBEN – Ohio Capital Journal DECEMBER 8, 2021 12:55 AM Anti-abortion demonstrators march. (Photo by Robert Zullo/ States Newsroom). The Ohio House will consider a new abortion regulation that would keep some doctors from being able to work with abortion clinics and could cause felony charges for doctors working on complicated pregnancies. Russo furthered an argument made…
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At-home COVID tests to be covered by insurance — but details still to come
BY: LAURA OLSON – OHIO CAPITAL JOURNAL An at-home COVID-19 test kit. Photo by Laura Olson, States Newsroom. Washington, D.C. – State health officials on Thursday welcomed the Biden administration’s plan to require private health insurers to reimburse Americans for the cost of rapid, at-home COVID-19 tests — though the officials also raised questions about whether the process…
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Ohio first state to implement two technology tools from Connect Our Kids to help children services professionals
Columbus, Ohio – Lt. Governor Jon Husted and Ohio Department of Job and Family Services Director Matt Damschroder announced Tuesday that Ohio is the first state to implement two technology tools from Connect Our Kids. The tools will help children services professionals connect Ohio’s 3,100 foster youth with their forever family. They were joined by…
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Opponents: ‘Failed abortion’ bill impacts pregnancies, not abortions
Abortion rights advocates. (Photo by Astrid Riecken/Getty Images). “Failed attempt to stigmatize abortion providers” for a situation that is rare if present at all.” – Dr. Erika Boothman BY: SUSAN TEBBEN and Ohio Capital Journal A bill involving resuscitation of infants after birth with an attachment targeting abortion providers is being criticized for the impact some…
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Supreme Court sets redistricting lawsuit schedule
Pictured is the Thomas J. Moyer Ohio Judicial Center where the Ohio Supreme Court meets. Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons.. BY: SUSAN TEBBEN – Ohio Capital Journal The Ohio Supreme Court has released the schedule for court filings in the congressional redistricting lawsuit, potentially alleviating some timeline pressures for elections slated for next year. Though the court has not scheduled…
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Recreational marijuana nearing enough signatures to force lawmakers’ hands
BY: JAKE ZUCKERMAN – Ohio Capital Journal A direct-democracy attempt to force the state legislature to act on recreational marijuana will have enough signatures by the month’s end to set a plan in motion, an organizer projected Friday. Ohio attorney Thomas Haren, a representative of the “Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol,” said he expects that enough signatures…
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