Ohio General Assembly

House Bill 363 would require consumer representation on the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. Its sponsor, Cleveland-area state Rep. Daniel Troy said the bill is necessary to bring more balance to the regulatory body that's grown too close to the industry it’s supposed to regulate.

The Ohio Senate unveiled $350 million worth of allocations for regional and local projects as a vote on the capital budget comes closer.

The actual Juneteenth holiday will be celebrated on June 19, but some Ohio lawmakers will be remembering it all month.

Ohio lawmakers reconvened after Gov. Mike DeWine told them to pass bills putting President Biden on the ballot and banning foreign nationals from contributing to ballot races.

Ohio lawmakers are being called back to work this week. Gov. Mike DeWine said he is tired of waiting for them to ensure President Joe Biden is on Ohio’s ballot this November.

A special session of the Ohio legislature begins today, called by Gov. Mike DeWine to change an election law deadline so President Biden can be on the fall ballot and to ban foreign contributions to ballot issue campaigns.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine ordered state lawmakers back to Columbus for a special session to pass legislation that puts U.S. President Joe Biden on the November ballot.

The newly submitted pay equity bills have been proposed before and gone nowhere in the Republican-dominated Ohio legislature.

The bill now heads back to the Ohio House of Representatives, which unanimously passed the measure earlier this year.

But the ACLU of Ohio's fourth "Statehouse-to-Prison-Pipeline" report shows lawmakers are passing fewer bills that lead to more incarceration.