Ohio Legislature

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.

Just a day after Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose announced he tested positive for COVID and exposed members of the Ohio Redistricting Commission to the virus, lawmakers are taking action to allow state agencies and boards to conduct remote meetings again.

The state of Ohio will end the fiscal year with tax revenues exceeding expenditures. Governor Mike DeWine has a plan to spend that down.He has asked state…

A mistake in writing up an Ohio bill could inadvertently ban several types of already legal guns and must be fixed quickly, gun rights advocates say.At…