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Half of the 33 Ohio Senate seats are on the ballot Tuesday, and there are some contests that are getting attention.

The move comes as half of the Republicans in the Ohio House had called on him to resign following his second arrest in two months.

Political scientists weigh in on how having abortion rights and legal marijuana on the same statewide Ohio ballot this November might affect the outcome of both issues.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine struck lines prohibiting cities from banning flavored tobacco and on mandatory vaccine bans at universities. But the income tax cut and the exemption to the state's main business tax stay in, though he did veto provisions related to those items.

Immediately after U.S. District Judge Timothy Black sentenced Larry Householder to 20 years in prison, the Republican former Ohio House speaker was handcuffed and led from the courtroom.

Groups that represent Ohio's public schools say the budget passed by Republicans in the Senate cuts school funding from the House budget, while significantly increasing spending for taxpayer-paid private school vouchers.

The bill would make big changes in what colleges can teach; diversity programs they can use; prevent employees from joining unions; and more.

Lawmakers have until May 10 to pass a bill to create a special August election and pass a resolution for Ohioans to vote on that would make it harder to amend the constitution.

Right now, there are not any bills under consideration that would require staffing ratios in medical facilities in Ohio.

Among other things, lawmakers passed bills involving changes in voting, the way Ohioans can carry guns and the use cell phones in cars.