Men dominate the Ohio Statehouse, as they do in nearly every other state legislature in the United States. Almost three-fourths (73%) of the combined members of...
FirstEnergy is trying to distance itself from a massive corruption scandal that has gripped the Statehouse since July, but it’s unclear whether federal or state officials...
In what could be the last full legislative day before November elections, boozy ice cream, grocery bags and gun stores drove the Ohio General Assembly’s agenda....
Former state representative candidate and current Seneca County Commissioner Shayne Thomas (R-Clinton Twp.) is calling on state Rep. Bill Reineke (R-Tiffin) and other state lawmakers to...
The criminal complaint against Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and four political operatives lays out alleged bribes made to signature collectors for a voter referendum on...
A Republican legislator wants the legislature to stand up for police budgets, while also condemning excessive force done by “the slimmest margins” of police officers around...
Two Ohio lawmakers introduced a bill Monday that would designate February 26 as “Dr. Amy Acton Day” to honor the former director of the Ohio Department...
Two administrative staffers entered Thomas Horan’s office at the Statehouse on Tuesday with a simple message: Go home, you’ve been exposed to COVID-19 at work. On...
As protests continue around the state asking for changes to policing, several police reform bills will be waiting for the state legislature to return from its...
State Rep. Stephanie Howse announced Monday afternoon she had tested positive for COVID-19, the first known Ohio legislator to have contracted the virus. Howse, a Democrat...
A resolution declaring racism a public health crisis did not receive a hearing before the Ohio House of Representatives left for their summer break. The Ohio...
Two Republican state lawmakers are proposing new legislation that would strip the state’s health director position of much of its power to respond to a pandemic....
Ohio House Republicans on Wednesday approved legislation that would limit the authority of the director of the Ohio Department of Health in what is being called...
While State Rep. Bill Reineke (R-Tiffin) is already known as one of the most ineffective legislators in the Ohio General Assembly, the car salesman is taking...
For nearly two months now, Gov. Mike DeWine has pulled the levers of government power via executive orders, announced in real time at televised briefings every...
