Law

The Ohio legislature sent Gov. Mike DeWine a bill on Wednesday increasing the sentencing range under certain conviction circumstances.

Although Gov. Mike DeWine signed the law in 2023, a six-month grace period meant penalties for distracted driving in Ohio weren't doled out until October 2023 at the earliest.

Gov. Mike DeWine signed Senate Bill 90 in May, entering Ohio into an agreement to allow social workers in participating states to get multistate licenses.

Ohio lawmakers voted to advance more than 50 bills between the House and Senate—a figure not including individual measures they folded together into omnibus bills.

Senate Bill 83 didn't pass the Ohio House before it adjourned for summer recess, but its sponsor said the proposal isn't dead.

Ohio lawmakers may be in Columbus late into Wednesday evening, with more than 50 bills likely to get a vote between the House and Senate chambers.

The bill to make the failure of a driver to wear a seat belt is not embraced by many Republicans in the Ohio Legislature.

Over the years, medical treatments have advanced to the point that people with HIV could live longer and healthier lives. Yet, advocates say the laws don’t recognize that reality.

Should these issues be up to local government or the state?

Ruth Gearhiser only began thinking seriously about her age in recent months. “Although chronologically I am ‘old,’ I have never considered myself as…