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A state lawmaker wants Ohioans to have another choice if they want to be cremated after they die. It’s called alkaline hydrolysis. A Columbus funeral home…

Some state lawmakers want to make it easier for Ohioans to buy cars that run on compressed natural gas, or CNG.Many bills were left on the cutting room…

More than a dozen important bills got halfway through the Ohio legislature this year and then died. One big reason ? Republicans controlled the state…

For more than two hours the legislature's top budget adviser cited hundreds of numbers of how state government raises money and spends it. But the three…

Something strange is happening with that upcoming referendum vote by Ohioans on whether to endorse or kill a plan that the governor and legislators passed…

The issue of gambling dominated much of the news in state government and politics this year in Ohio. There were actually TWO gambling issues --- a plan…

One recurring problem dominated the agenda of Ohio legislators in 2009 --- huge holes in the state budget. The red ink actually came in THREE WAVES. At…

It appears more likely that Ohio voters - next November -- will decide the fate of a plan to install thousands of slot machines at race tracks. A group…

A state budget compromise that calls for Ohioans to pay more in 2009 taxes than expected has cleared the state Legislature.After eking through the Senate…

Ohio lawmakers have reached a deal to resolve an impasse over a budget deficit by combining Gov. Ted Strickland's tax cut delay with a pilot project for…