Statehouse and Around Ohio
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Ohio lawmakers wrestle with how to make amends for land denied the Randolph Freedpeople
CHICKASAW, OH — JANUARY 24: Seventh-generation Randolph Freepeople descendant Paisha Thomas, January 24, 2025, on Virginia Street in Chickasaw, Ohio. (Photo by Graham Stokes for Ohio Capital Journal. Republish photo only with original article.) By: Nick Evans – Ohio Capital Journal This story is the second in a two-part series on mapping land denied the Randolph Freedpeople…
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Hamilton County judge blocks Ohio law regulating abortion remains
Photo by Getty Images. By: Susan Tebben – Ohio Capital Journal A Hamilton County judge blocked a 2020 Ohio law on Thursday that required the burial of fetal or embryonic remains after an abortion. Hamilton County Judge Alison Hatheway ruled in favor of abortion clinics in the lawsuit, filed in 2021, saying Senate Bill 27 has “unconstitutional provisions”…
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Controversial ‘private corporation’ JobsOhio gets billions more without paying more to state
Under the original agreement, JobsOhio was given control of the liquor franchise until 2039 in exchange for $1.41 billion to be paid to the state. The Ohio Controlling Board on Wednesday extended the agreement to 2053 for no additional money. By: Marty Schladen – Ohio Capital Journal The Ohio Controlling Board on Wednesday awarded JobsOhio billions more…
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Ohio Senate passes higher ed overhaul bill less than a day after eight hours of opponent testimony
Brielle Shorter, a 20-year-old Ohio State University student, protests against Senate Bill 1 on Jan. 22, 2025. (Photo by Megan Henry, Ohio Capital Journal). Senate Bill 1 was passed by a 21-11 vote. All nine democrats and two republicans — Bill Blessing and Tom Patton — voted against the bill. By: Megan Henry – Ohio Capital Journal…
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Former Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel confirmed as Ohio lieutenant governor
By: Megan Henry Ohio Capital Journal Former Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel has been officially confirmed by the General Assembly as Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s lieutenant governor. DeWine announced Tressel, 72, as his pick for lieutenant governor on Monday and needed the House and the Senate to confirm the pick. Tressel has never held a…
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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announces former Ohio State coach Jim Tressel as next lieutenant governor
Former Ohio State football coach and Youngstown State University President Jim Tressel, left, who Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine, right, has just selected to serve as the state’s next lieutenant governor. (Photo provided by Ohio governor’s office.) By: Ohio Capital Journal Staff – Ohio Capital Journal Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine announced his selection Monday morning of…
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Ohio House begins discussions of state education budget proposed by governor
Ohio Department of Education and Workforce Director Stephen Dackin speaks to the Ohio House Finance Committee on a new education operating budget. Photo courtesy of Ideastream/The Ohio Channel By: Susan Tebben – Ohio Capital Journal Hearings have begun in the Ohio House Finance Committee to dissect Gov. Mike DeWine’s executive budget proposal, including a lengthy discussion on…
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Child care cost-sharing model brought back to the Ohio General Assembly
Child care worker Marci Then helps her daughter, Mila, 4, put away toys. (File photo by Elaine S. Povich/Stateline.) By: Susan Tebben – Ohio Capital Journal Ohio lawmakers are trying again with measures to attack the child care crisis that advocates are warning continue to hurt the state’s families and economy, including with a bill that spreads…
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Loveland man, Bryan Hambley Announces Campaign for Ohio Secretary of State
Loveland, Ohio – Bryan Hambley, a cancer doctor who cares for leukemia patients, has announced his campaign for Ohio Secretary of State. Hambley and his wife Jana, a trauma surgeon, live in Loveland with their five and seven-year-old children. While practicing medicine, Bryan has also organized communities, “To fight against pharmaceutical companies that use their…
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Ohio Humanities’ programs, grants, and operations – “This situation is unprecedented.”
Dear friends, I am writing to share an update about Ohio Humanities’ programs, grants, and operations. Last week, an array of Executive Orders and memos were released by the White House Office of Management and Budget that impacted all federal funding, including grants that Ohio Humanities receives from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).…
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