public health orders

Ohioans still won’t be allowed to legally shoot off fireworks this New Year’s Eve but thanks to a new law passed this year, they will be able to do that when the Fourth of July rolls around. And that's not all. There are many new laws on the books this year.

In this week's episode of Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast from WOSU, hosts Mike Thompson and Steve Brown discuss Gov. DeWine's million-dollar ploy to encourage reluctant Ohioans to get vaccinated.

The Ohio Department of Health Director has signed some new orders dealing with the care of older Ohioans.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Monday announced a new, consolidated health order. DeWine joins us to talk COVID numbers, the new messaging and what happens when state lawmakers take over.

Ohio is issuing a new, streamlined health order that encompasses its guidance on mass gatherings and other COVID-19 restrictions. Gov. Mike DeWine announced the new order at a press conference Monday, calling it a return to "basics."

The Republican leader of the Ohio Senate says state lawmakers will be ready to use their new power to lift any remaining public health orders, like the mask mandate, if Gov. Mike DeWine doesn’t.

The Republican-controlled Ohio General Assembly last week took control of how public health orders are issued in the state during an emergency.

Critics of the law that will allow state lawmakers to overturn Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s health orders say that could be costly when it comes to federal funding. Lawmakers overrode DeWine’s veto of that measure this week.

Ohio's Republican-dominated legislature has voted to override Gov. Mike DeWine's veto of a bill that allows lawmakers to overturn public health and…

Gov. Mike DeWine has officially vetoed a bill that would give Ohio lawmakers the power to overturn his public health orders and states of emergency.…