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The Ohio Senate cancelled a voting session for Thursday, after the House scrapped its Wednesday session. But the Republican House Speaker is refusing to…
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At least three Ohio lawmakers have tested positive for the coronavirus, as the legislature rushes to get bills passed before the two-year session ends in…
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A school funding overhaul that’s been in the works for five years passed the Ohio House by a huge margin Thursday and is on its way to the Senate.…
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Gov. Mike DeWine says he vetoed a controversial bill that would limit the health department's ability to issue public health orders during…
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The Ohio legislature is expected to overhaul the state’s school funding formula by the end of its lame-duck session this month, the most recent attempt to address a system declared unconstitutional by the state Supreme Court four times. The state’s highest court found the existing system of relying on property taxes for school funding unfairly favored districts with higher property values. That system, in conjunction with Northeast Ohio’s history of redlining, disproportionately hurts majority-Black communities and school districts.
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The term-limited sponsor of a plan to overhaul Ohio’s school funding system says he is hopeful it will pass before he leaves the House at the end of this…
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Akron-based FirstEnergy is at the center of a bribery scandal that has rocked Ohio politics as well as the company’s front office.In late October,…
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The Ohio House is planning another hearing on a potential repeal of HB6, the legislation that brought big changes to Ohio energy laws and bailed out two…
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SnollygosterIn this week's episode of Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast from WOSU, hosts Mike Thompson and Steve Brown discuss the effort to repeal and replace HB…
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The president of the Ohio Senate says he is on board with efforts to repeal the state's nuclear bailout law, as a House committee studies how it could be…