Ohio Legislature

Ohio State President Ted Carter expressed concern over state and federal government action to overhaul higher education. He spoke Wednesday on WOSU's "All Sides with Amy Juravich."

Senate Bill 1 bans diversity programs and faculty strikes at Ohio's public colleges, but it didn't pass without protests.

Gov. Mike DeWine wants money for certain grants, however, and said he will go straight to the source, the Ohio Controlling Board, before budgeting begins next year.

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.

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.

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.

We talk with Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and two senate leaders about everything from higher education to billions of dollars for construction.

House Bill 68 is not the only bill the Republican-dominated legislature wants to formally break from DeWine, who is also a Republican, on in 2024.

Merrin, who has served in the Ohio House since August 2016, currently chairs the ways and means committee.

The commission will have 30 days to redraw the 15 congressional districts after the last map was ruled unconstitutional.