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Newly elected House Speaker Jason Stephens (R) addressees the Ohio House.

Surprise upset in leadership vote in the Ohio House raises questions about legislative priorities

Rep. Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill) defeated Rep. Derrick Merrin (R-Monclova) in the vote to serve as House Speaker for the 135th General Assembly.

Ohio public university trustees meet, discuss bill that makes big changes in higher ed

The first-ever statewide trustees symposium was organized by the Republican sponsor of a bill that would make big changes at Ohio's public colleges and universities, including banning most diversity training and faculty strikes.

L-R Rep. Juanita O. Brent (D-Cleveland), Rep. Beryl Brown Piccolantonio (D-Gahanna), Rep. Beth Liston (D-Dublin), president of the Ohio Democratic Women's Caucus Rep. Munira Abdullahi (D-Columbus), House Minority Leader Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington), Rep. Michele Grim (D-Toledo), and Rep. Veronica Sims (D-Akron) hold a press conference to talk about issues facing Ohio women in March 2024.

Ohio House Democratic women say the state needs to do more to help all women

The representatives used Women's History Month as a backdrop for their plans to help more Ohio’s women.

The Ohio House votes to override HB 68 in January 2024.

Judge puts short-term pause on HB 68 in Ohio prior to effective date

Attorneys with the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio and Ohio Attorney General’s Office laid out their cases Friday morning in Franklin County.

Elizabeth Grieser (center) and Amber Decker (right) gather signatures for Citizens Not Politicians near the Riffe Center in downtown Columbus.

Group hoping to change how lawmakers’ districts are drawn to file petitions for fall ballot

"Citizens Not Politicians" plans to file petition signatures to the Ohio Secretary of State's office later this morning.

President Joe Biden at Intel groundbreaking ceremony in Licking County on September 9, 2022.

Ohio's political leaders react to President Biden’s decision to drop out of the race

Some Ohio Democrats had called on President Biden to drop out, but others had said they stood behind him.

Backers of an amendment to change redistricting pack a hearing room for the Ohio Ballot Board meeting, where the panel would decide the ballot summary language that voters would see.

Lawsuit coming over controversial ballot language adopted by Republican-led panel

Citizens Not Politicians, the group bringing the ballot issue, said the Republican-dominated Ohio Ballot Board "manipulated" language before approving it.

Bernie Moreno, Matt Dolan and Frank LaRose at the final Republican U.S. Senate debate, hosted by Miami University and produced by WLWT-TV in Cincinnati.

Final Ohio GOP U.S. Senate debate features familiar positions on issues and some personal attacks

The three men vying for votes in the Republican primary for US Senate met for their last debate before March 19, when one of them will win the chance to face incumbent Democrat Sherrod Brown this fall.

Newly elected House Speaker Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill, left) and Senate President Matt Huffman (R-Lima) talk in the House chambers during a break on January 3, 2023, the first day of the 135th General Assembly.

Republican leaders can't agree on bill to ban foreign money in Ohio ballot campaigns

A Republican effort to ban contributions from foreign nationals to ballot issue campaigns in Ohio is being pushed before a constitutional amendment on redistricting likely comes before voters this fall.

The Ballot Board meets at the Ohio Statehouse on May 18, 2023.

Ohio Republicans OK 60% amendment approval ballot text; Democrats say it's 'sneaky'

The language for the ballot issue in August that proposes changing the constitution to make it tougher to pass amendments was approved by the Ohio Ballot Board along party lines.

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