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A sports betting venue in Las Vegas, Nevada

Why the sports betting bill in the Ohio Legislature is in limbo right now

A committee of Ohio House and Senate members that is considering the legislation has reached a sticking point.

Ohio's COVID cases are climbing.....again

And this comes after cases in the Buckeye state had plateaued and appeared to be waning a couple of weeks ago.

Supporters of a bill that would ban all mandatory vaccines, from childhood inoculations to the COVID vaccine, demonstrated outside the Statehouse in August 2021, as a hearing on the bill was set to begin inside the building.

Some Ohio Republicans wanted to tie votes for Congressional map to a deal on anti-vaccine mandate bill

A quarter of the Ohio House Republican caucus has signed on to bills that would ban mandates for COVID vaccines and other inoculations, including childhood shots.

Congressional mapmaking in Ohio heads into unknown territory

The joint committee has wrapped up hearings for new district maps for now.

Ohio House passes bill that allows adults to carry concealed guns without licenses

The controversial bill eliminates a training requirement to obtain a license that is in current law.

Ohio House okays lowering training requirements for armed teachers and school staff

The bill drops the 700 hours of training now required in state law down to 20 hours.

Voter rights advocates look over new Congressional map after it was introduced in a Senate committee.

Anti-gerrymandering advocates voice opposition to map with 'weird shapes and squiggly lines'

The Ohio House is set to vote Thursday on a new Congressional district map that could give Republicans as many as 13 of Ohio's 15 total Congressional seats.

A display of fireworks for sale in a central Ohio fireworks store - many of them are currently not legal to set off in Ohio, but can be purchased in Ohio.

DeWine says this time he may sign bill expanding Ohio's fireworks laws

A new bill to change fireworks laws has passed just a few months after a veto this summer.

Audit finds more details in unemployment overpayment, fraud

The report takes a deeper dive into the problem officials with ODJFS have been investigating.

House Speaker Bob Cupp (R-Lima) and Sen. Vernon Sykes (D-Akron), both co-chairs of the Ohio Redistricting Commission, discuss the next steps for the commission.

Redistricting commission holds one hearing before looming deadline

The task of drawing a new Congressional district map will go back to the Ohio House and Ohio Senate.

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