Government/Politics

The abortion access and reproductive rights amendment Ohio voters approved with Issue 1 last month goes into effect today.

A House committee voted 8-7 to pass the bill that goes after complaints conservatives have had about what they call “liberal bias” at public universities, though Speaker Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill) has said Senate Bill 83 doesn’t have the votes to pass the full House.

With the Senate proposing big changes to the law created by Issue 2, Rep. Jamie Callender (R-Concord) is proposing his own plan to implement Ohio's new marijuana legalization statute.

To go into effect by Thursday, legislators would have to tack on an emergency clause—requiring a two-thirds vote in both the Ohio Senate and House.

Sam Randazzo, the former head of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, has been indicted on 11 federal charges in connection with the House Bill 6 scandal.

A committee assembled by Gov. Mike DeWine to assess school bus safety met for its sixth, and likely final, time Friday morning.

Ohio House Democrats say they've identified bills that are no longer constitutional since voters approved Issue 1 in November.

Former president Donald Trump, one of several candidates on the March primary ballot, has received the endorsement of the Ohio Republican Party.

Volunteers are now out throughout Ohio gathering signatures on a proposal for next year’s ballot that seeks to end gerrymandering with a new way to draw district lines.

Ohio's two top Republican executive officeholders have received subpoenas for information in the lawsuit investors brought against FirstEnergy after the House Bill 6 scandal broke in 2020.