Before leaving Washington, Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown restores …
Dec 30, 2024 · On his way out of town, Ohio Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown was able to notch one final long-sought legislative victory with The Social Security Fairness Act, which …
Recreational marijuana is now legal in Ohio. Here are some do's …
Dec 12, 2023 · Morgan Trau is a political reporter and multimedia journalist based out of the WEWS Columbus Bureau. A graduate of Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of …
Members of Congress rolled a pay raise for themselves into big …
Dec 18, 2024 · Members of Congress are in line for their first pay raise since 2009 if they pass a massive stopgap spending measure that would avert a partial government shutdown.
Ohio lawmakers pass forced-outing bill with religious release time ...
Dec 19, 2024 · Education; Politics & Gov; Ohio lawmakers pass forced-outing bill with religious release time amendments during lame duck Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine will have 10 days to sign …
Ohio Senate moves antisemitism definition on same day it’s …
Dec 12, 2024 · The Ohio Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would use an international group’s definition of antisemitism in state law, a move that garnered strong opinions both in support …
Bill to charge public for police video sits on governor’s desk
Dec 23, 2024 · Morgan Trau is a political reporter and multimedia journalist based out of the WEWS Columbus Bureau. A graduate of Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of …
Ohio’s Medicaid work requirements are back from the dead
Jan 23, 2025 · With a new administration in Washington, state policymakers are reviving their zombie policy of Medicaid work requirements. Work requirements have been a bit of a political …
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Ohio law aims to reduce license suspensions
Dec 27, 2024 · The Ohio Poverty Law Center is praising a law passed in the lame-duck session of the Ohio General Assembly that is intended to reduce the huge number of Ohioans whose …
Ohio lawmakers comfort the already-comfortable and afflict the …
Dec 27, 2024 · Folded into the right-wing invention of state Reps. D.J. Swearingen, R-Huron, and Sara Carruthers, R-Hamilton, was an unrelated amendment that mandates local schools …