Ohio Statehouse News

The 1.4 million Ohioans in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, will see their food benefits end if the federal shutdown drags on through November.

A judge in Franklin County extended his restraining order Thursday pausing Gov. Mike DeWine’s ban of “intoxicating” hemp products.

The Ohio Redistricting Commission operated its first meeting without an approved set of rules because there wasn't bipartisan support for them.

Groups that work with low-income Ohioans receiving SNAP and WIC benefits are struggling to find ways to help them prepare.

If the shutdown continues into November, many SNAP, WIC, or TANF recipients in Ohio could lose funds they rely on to avoid going hungry.

The Republican who heads the Ohio Senate’s Education committee has a plan that he says will solve the over-reliance on local property taxes to pay for education.

The Ohio House overwhelmingly passed two property tax related bills that backers say will provide more than $2 billion in tax relief over the next three years.

Nearly half of Ohio lawmakers who are still alive from the General Assembly that passed the death penalty statute have signed onto a letter calling for a repeal of the law they helped create.

Ohio House lawmakers advanced long-stalled legislation Wednesday afternoon redoing cannabis laws and more strictly regulating other THC.

Ohio elected officials are now less than 10 days away from blowing a second deadline to pass a bipartisan Congressional map.