GOP's Carey, Democrats' Brown Win US House Seats In Ohio

Mike Carey bested a two-term state lawmaker to win a U.S. House seat and Shontel Brown coasted to victory, too.

Mapmakers: Redistricting Commission Saw Maps Before Deadline, Some Sought Compromise

In statements connected to lawsuits challenging Ohio's recently approved legislative redistricting maps, GOP and Democratic mapmakers la ...

How A 2005 Ohio ‘Tort Reform' Law Has Cost Child Rape Victims Millions

Placing limits on the money juries can award to lawsuit winners was “urgently needed to restore balance, fairness and predictability” in ...

House Lawmakers Review Coal Bailouts, Energy Efficiency Proposal

Major pieces of scandal-tainted legislation remain on the books in Ohio, and House lawmakers indicate they plan to keep it that way.

Shipments Of COVID-19 Shots For Kids 5-11 On The Way To States After FDA Gives Green Light

Regulators at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday granted emergency authorization to Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine ...

House Committee Passes Bill Allowing For Concealed Carry Of Guns Without Training

An Ohio House committee passed legislation Thursday that would allow most Ohioans who are 21 years of age and up to lawfully carry a con ...

Medicaid Chief Stresses Transparency, Won't Talk About Her Investments In Giant Contractors

Ohio Medicaid Director Maureen Corcoran repeatedly stressed the importance of transparency and avoiding conflicts of interest when she t ...

Redistricting Marches Toward Another Passing Deadline

Congressional redistricting is still headed for a missed deadline even as the official commission heard proposed maps from advocates and ...

Ohio School Boards Association Ends Affiliation With National Group Over Request To Probe Threats

The National School Boards Association is walking back its letter to President Joe Biden asking for federal help for school ...

‘Botched Abortion' Bill Passes Ohio Senate As Roe V. Wade Trigger Ban Gains Support

A bill seeking to regulate doctors' actions in statistically rare “failed abortions” was approved by the Ohio Senate on Wednesday, the s ...

Justice DeWine Defends Redistricting Recusal Decision Despite Murky Track Record

Since taking his seat on the Ohio Supreme Court bench, Justice Pat DeWine has recused himself from 37 cases. Perhaps most colorfully, he ...

GOP Megadonor Gives $10,000 To Small-Town Council Candidate

One of the biggest donors in Ohio politics wrote a $10,000 check to a candidate running for city council in Worthington, a Columbus subu ...

Senate Passes Bill Blocking Cities From Limiting Concealed Knife Carry

Last year, lawmakers passed legislation allowing Ohioans to carry of an array of concealed, non-firearm weapons like butterfly knives, s ...

Offshore Wind Industry Leaders Ask Congress To Back Long-Term Plans To Increase Production

The Biden administration is making a significant push for new offshore wind development to meet ambitious climate goals, bu ...

Ohio Representatives File New Anti-Trans Bill, Targeting Health Care Providers

Ohio House lawmakers are running back a fight over trans youth in the state. But this time, instead of focusing on school sports, the pr ...

Armed Teachers Bill Returns After Summer Break With Changes

A new version of a bill to allow personnel to be armed in schools has returned to the Ohio legislature, this time with slight changes th ...

Ohio's Prison Workforce Is 28% Vaccinated, Per State Data; Lowest Rate Among All State Agencies

Ohio's prison authority, the largest government agency in the state tasked with overseeing the 43,000 inmates in its custody, is the lea ...

Ohio Senator Joined Anti-Vaccine Panel Hyping Debunked, ‘Alternative' COVID Treatments

An Ohio senator joined a conference of anti-vaccine advocates hyping “alternative” COVID-19 treatments, several of which like ivermectin ...

Redistricting Deadlines Have No ‘Teeth,' Advocates Pessimistic

With less than two weeks before the next congressional redistricting deadline, anti-gerrymandering groups are still in the dark on progr ...

Dayton Incident With Paraplegic Man Shines Light On State, Local Police Reform Efforts

During a traffic stop, late last month, Dayton police officers pulled Clifford Owensby from his car by the hair. Owensby, who is paraple ...

Economists Pan Ohio Coal Subsidies

Coal subsidies passed in 2019 as part of a historically corrupt energy law are of no help to the state's economy, the vast majority of a ...

Company Hints That Medicaid Director Acted Improperly. It's Happened Before

A company that was passed over for a piece of the biggest set of contracts ever let by the state of Ohio hinted in court Wednesday that ...

As Ohio House's War On Vaccine Mandates Fades, Speaker Reticent On What's Next

Despite a political dead cat bounce late last week, the Ohio House's war on vaccine mandates ended in stalemate, if not a humble retreat.

Disappointed Medicaid Bidder Focuses On Inconsistencies

A Toledo company that's trying to stop a group of contracts worth billions from going forward on Wednesday focused on what it saw as inc ...

Ohio Republicans Push To Waive Training, Permit Requirements To Carry Concealed Guns

Both chambers of the Ohio General Assembly are plodding forward on legislation to waive training requirements to carry a concealed weapon.

Once Again, Ohio House Ices Vaccine Mandate Bill: ‘We Don't Have The Votes'

For the second time in three months, House Speaker Bob Cupp halted legislation Wednesday aimed to limit the ability of employers, colleg ...

Anti-Vaxxers Rally Outside Residence Of House Health Chairman

A cohort of roughly 15 anti-vaccine activists gathered around an apartment in Gahanna where they believed Ohio House Health Chairman Sco ...

Bias, Conflict Were Present In $22 Billion Ohio Medicaid Contract, Bidder Says

A Toledo-area health care provider says that it's received top ratings in the eight years it's provided managed-care services to the Ohi ...

Redistricting Court Challenges Move Forward

The fight over the legislative redistricting maps is ongoing in the Ohio Supreme Court, with a few wins already registered for opponents ...

State Says Medicaid Director Complied With Ethics Law, Won't Share Documents

The Ohio Department of Medicaid and the governor's office last week insisted that Medicaid Director Maureen Corcoran complied with state ...

Lawmakers Say They Planned To Fail On Strauss Sex Abuse Bill; Victims Weren't Told

Despite hearing public, firsthand accounts of sexual abuse from eight of at least 177 victims of Ohio State sports physician Dr. Richard ...

COVID-19 Surge Begins To Ease In Ohio

A two-month surge in COVID-19 infections in Ohio appears to be easing, state data shows.

‘Failed Abortion' Laws Already On The Books, Say Opponents Of New Bill

Opponents of a new abortion-related piece of legislation and one legislator on the committee reviewing the bill questioned why the bill ...

‘Backpack Bill' Sponsors Seek Way Forward Under New Funding Formula

The sponsors of a bill that would promote the use of private school vouchers and “school choice” came together on Wednesday with a relig ...

Ohio House Restarts Efforts To Ban Vaccine Mandates; Dem Calls It ‘Pandering'

It's déjà vu all over again, but with longer hearings this time.

Ohio's Medicaid Director Owns The Stock Of Some Major Contractors, But Won't Say How Much

Since she became director of the Ohio Department of Medicaid in January 2019, Maureen Corcoran has owned stock in some of the department ...

Man Whose Wife Sued Hospital To Force It To Administer Ivermectin Dies Of COVID-19

An Ohio man whose wife sued a Cincinnati area hospital for refusing to provide him ivermectin as he was intubated due to COVID-19 has di ...

Abortion Rates Rise In Ohio Despite Efforts To Ban It

Over the last year, state data shows that abortions have risen in Ohio despite several efforts to deepen regulations on the practice.

Medicaid Department Mum On Contacts With DeWine-Connected Lobbyist

A close, long-standing friend of Gov. Mike DeWine registered early this year to lobby on behalf of a giant Medicaid provider — just befo ...

Ohio's Top Elections Official Rejects Fraud Claims

A spokesman for Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose said the office didn't want to get dragged in last week when a fellow Republican ec ...