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COVID-19 Protesters Gather Outside Ohio GOP Senate Leader’s Home, Seeking Veto Override
Protesters gathered outside GOP Senate President Larry Obhof’s personal home Sunday.
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Capital Budget Bill Carries Pieces Of Education Overhaul
The capital bill agreed to in a joint conference committee of the Ohio General Assembly includes a small part of the education overhaul ...
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DeWine Asked For Gun Control, Lawmakers Gave Him A ‘Make My Day’ Bill.
The Ohio Senate passed a “stand your ground” bill Friday, sending to Gov. Mike DeWine a proposal that would rescind a requirement that g ...
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Strained Capacity Is Not Keeping Covid Patients From Being Admitted, Officials Say
Ohio Hospitals have been strained for months by the coronavirus.
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House Passes ‘Stand Your Ground’ Expanding Right To Shoot To Kill In Self-Defense
The Ohio House passed legislation late Thursday evening that removes a legal requirement that people try to retreat from a confrontation.
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Telemedicine Abortion Ban Passed Out Of Committee, Moves To House Full Vote
A ban on the use of telemedicine in medication abortions passed through an Ohio House committee on Tuesday.
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Democratic State Lawmaker Files Lawsuit Against Own Party
An Ohio Democratic state lawmaker is suing her party’s leadership in federal court over a dispute related to her membership within a caucus.
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Legislators Consider Guns, Abortion, HB 6 Repeal And Health Department Powers In Last Scheduled Sessions
More guns. Fewer abortions. Delaying a nuclear bailout repeal and weakening the health department.
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Two House Democrats Hospitalized With COVID-19
Two Ohio House Democrats, both in their waning days as state lawmakers, have been hospitalized with COVID-19.
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Education Overhaul’s Fate Uncertain As Lame Duck Nears End
After years of work, an education overhaul bill that would have addressed the state’s public school funding formula could be put on hold.
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Ohio Celebrates The Start Of Covid Vaccinations, But It Could Have Had A Lot More
Gov. Mike DeWine called Monday “a great day” in the annals of the Buckeye State as the first doses of coronavirus vaccine were injected ...
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Ohio SupCo Chief Justice Asks Governor To Include Court Staff In Phase 1 Of COVID-19 Vaccines
The chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court has asked the governor to include court staff in the first phase of COVID-19 vaccinations, a ...
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More Than Half Of U.S. House Republicans Back Texas Suit Claiming Election ‘Irregularities’
More than 100 U.S. House Republicans on Thursday backed a long-shot Texas lawsuit that seeks to delay the certification of the election.
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Remembering Lessons From My Grandfather After Losing Him To COVID-19
This morning, I’m driving up to Ashtabula to deliver a remembrance of my grandpa after he passed from complications due to COVID-19
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Abortions Bills Move Through Lame Duck
As the end of the 133rd General Assembly swiftly approaches, abortion bills are making their way through committees.
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DeWine: It’s The Maskless At Fault, Not The Anti-Mask Messengers
It’s the people in the crowd who make choices at the individual level who are at fault, DeWine said.
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COVID Skeptics Look To ‘Weak Links’ In House On Bill To Gut The Health Department
Overriding the governor’s veto on legislation that would eviscerate the state health department’s legal power to respond to pandemics co ...
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New Electoral Districts Are Coming – An Old Approach Can Show If They’re Fair
When the results of the 2020 U.S. Census are released, states will use the figures to draw new electoral district maps for the U.S. Hous ...
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‘Destined To Be An Outbreak:’ House Dems Livid As Lawmakers Catch COVID-19
Nine months and 7,000 Ohioans’ deaths into the pandemic, House Republicans continue to shirk basic contact tracing protocols as three la ...
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State Suit Against Drug Middlemen Delayed
Ohio’s first lawsuit against middlemen accused of overcharging state agencies for prescription drugs has again been delayed. Ohio’s firs ...
