Marijuana legalization

The state is more than doubling the number of dispensaries where medical marijuana will be available.

Rep. Casey Weinstein (D-Hudson) said Republican leaders in Ohio pushed to delay a legal marijuana ballot initiative to avoid an uptick in voter turnout for the November election.

A settlement agreement to put off the ballot issue came not long after a lawsuit was filed by the marijuana legalization group disputing a ruling of the Ohio Secretary of State.

The clock is ticking for the Ohio Legislature to pass an initiated statute to keep the issue from going to the ballot this fall.

Gov. Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) and legislative leaders say they won't move bills to legalize marijuana

Two conservative groups have different perspective on this issue

The bill is the third measure to allow people to use pot for personal use proposed this year.

After clearing this hurdle, the task of gathering hundreds of thousands of signatures begins.

Two Democratic State House members held a town hall last night.

Dave Yost says the group behind the effort needs to make changes to its petitions.