Karen Kasler

Ohio votes down Issue 1, rejecting conservative lawmakers' attempt to change the constitutional amendment process ahead of a vote on reproductive rights this November.

Voters in Ohio will decide on Tuesday whether to make it harder to pass future constitutional amendments, including one on the ballot in November that would codify abortion access.

Two-term Rep. Bob Young (R-Green) is accused of domestic violence and a felony disrupting public service charge for what allegedly happened following a fundraiser Thursday.

Research from Policy Matters Ohio shows a provision in the budget related to income taxes and inflation will mean a tax increase for some middle-class taxpayers.

With hours to go before the deadline, Ohio lawmakers passed the budget on a mostly party-line vote and sent it to Gov. Mike DeWine, along with a temporary extension of the current budget to give him time to sign and perhaps issue vetoes.

The sentence was handed down after Householder and former Ohio Republican Party chair Matt Borges were found guilty in a corruption trial back in March.

This week could be do-or-die for Ohio House Republicans, who must decide by Wednesday if they’ll ask voters to make it harder to amend the constitution in a statewide special election in August.

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.

The political action committee Save Our Constitution is running ads to pressure lawmakers and Speaker Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill) for the resolution requiring 60% voter approval for amendments.

A supermajority of Ohio's bipartisan elections officials voted to formally oppose the plan to allow an August special election to vote on the resolution to require 60% voter approval for future constitutional amendments.