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Members of the General Assembly from the Toledo area plan to hold a public hearing Monday evening for residents in that area of the state to comment on the working redistricting maps under consideration by the Ohio Redistricting Commission.
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The Ohio Redistricting Commission held its first public hearing Friday at Deer Creek State Park Lodge and the panel will hold two, maybe three, in various places next week.
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Majority Republicans on the Ohio Redistricting Commission reject maps drawn by Democrats and choose to go with their own working maps at next week's public hearings.
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Seven of the Democratic members of Ohio's state board of education are suing to stop a provision in the state budget that transfers the authority to make many important decisions from the board to the governor.
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The pro-Issue 1 side had sued over the language approved by Republicans on the Ohio Ballot Board, but this Supreme Court ruling was not exactly what they wanted.
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Republican infighting over leadership of the Ohio Redistricting Commission has caused its meetings to be delayed for a week but a deal appears to have been reached.
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The latest campaign filings show the major groups on both sides of Issue 1 received a small fraction of their funding from Ohio sources.
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An Ohio Department of Natural Resources panel voted to let companies bid on rights to drill in four parcels of state-owned land, but it put off similar votes on drilling in state parks to its next meeting.
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Petition language for the amendment to put redistricting in the hands of a citizens commission is rejected a second time, on the same day as a meeting of the panel that currently draws maps for Ohio lawmakers' districts is postponed.
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Ohio's new report cards offer a mixed bag, showing public schools are doing a little better but there's still a long way to go to get back to levels before the pandemic.