Ohio Senate

One bill would provide a tax credit for donations to so-called “pregnancy distress centers” in Ohio, and the other would ban cities from keeping a list of guns and gun owners.

Republican Stanley Aronoff was a veteran legislator known as an advocate for the arts, and was dedicated to development in his hometown of Cincinnati.

Republicans in the Ohio Senate voted 24-8 to override Gov. Mike DeWine's veto of a ban on municipalities from prohibiting sales of flavored tobacco.

Sen. Jerry Cirino (R-Kirtland) wrote to university presidents, telling them they should be prepared to explain the need for their capital budget projects, but they should also bring a summary of how they're spending their money.

Later this month, the Ohio Senate could override Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto and ban some healthcare for transgender children and bar transgender girls from some sports. That would leave families with transgender kids one fewer state where gender-affirming care is legal.

But the Ohio Senate Democrats say their page has a key difference from the one the GOP members have been promoting for nearly a year.

On Friday, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed a bill passed in December by his fellow Republicans that would limit certain medical care for trans kids and ban them from competing on girls' sports teams.

State Sen. Andrew Brenner (R-Delaware) says he thinks his two properties were targets of fake emergency calls, because he helped pass legislation increasing penalties for such actions.

An initiated statute to legalize marijuana passed in November but Ohio lawmakers are divided on the intent of the voters and where to go from here.

Ohio lawmakers voted Wednesday to both ban transgender youth from school athletics and limit their access to medical care related to their gender identity.