The Ohio Capital Journal, a hard-hitting, independent, nonprofit news organization, connects Ohioans to their state government and its impact on their lives. The Capital Journal combines Ohio state government coverage with relentless investigative journalism; deep dives into the consequences of policy; political insight; and principled, progressive commentary. The Ohio Capital Journal is part of States Newsroom, a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit supported by grants and a coalition of donors and readers.
For the last year, election officials at every level of government nationwide have felt like it's “Groundhog Day,” with some people stil ...
A new ruling by the Ohio Supreme Court narrows the definition of rape in the state, and the focus on language in sex crime laws is somet ...
Legislators aren't set to discuss congressional redistricting publicly until at least next week, but anti-gerrymandering groups took the ...
A new ruling by the Ohio Supreme Court narrows the definition of rape in the state, and the focus on language in sex crime laws is somet ...
The Ohio Department of Medicaid plans to radically change the way it does business in July, but a group that helped motivate the reform ...
Former Speaker of the Ohio House Larry Householder asked a federal judge to toss out a case against him that prosecutors have called the ...
Ohio House Republicans are trying to ban so-called “big tech censorship” within state lines. The move comes as a response to social medi ...
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost last week touted a successful effort he led among state attorneys general to get the U.S. Supreme Court ...
If lawmakers can't or won't pass a proposed bill, recreational marijuana in Ohio could be a matter for the people to decide.
Elizabeth Brown-Ellis and Dr. Philathia Bolton spent the last two years watching the pandemic put a damper on their communities.
The GOP members of the Ohio Redistricting Commission have said objections to their maps have no merit because they made their best attem ...
Pastor Dan Wolvin flipped a coin to decide the order of speakers. His church, North Columbus Baptist hosted a debate Thursday night betw ...
As the state awaits the Ohio Supreme Court's decision on the second round of legislative maps, the state legislature is on a timeline to ...
Ohio led the nation in COVID-19 deaths over the last seven days.
Federal prosecutors indicated Wednesday they expect the public corruption trial of former House Speaker Larry Householder will take abou ...
The ranking Democrat in the Ohio House said Attorney General Dave Yost has blocked her from legal representation as the Ohio Supreme Cou ...
In 2018, Gov. Mike DeWine told the gun lobby, in writing, that he'd deliver as governor on two major firearms bills if they reached his ...
A panel of economists overwhelmingly thinks that a proposal to cut Ohio's gas tax is a bad idea — both because it will sap state funds f ...
Regulators found infection control violations in at least three dozen Ohio nursing homes placed the health and safety of patients in “im ...
For most American cities, a project that lays down a new asphalt walking/biking trail that is less than a mile long and has no one too a ...
