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Jim Siegel

The Columbus Dispatch

Columbus, OH, United States

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Past articles by Jim:

5 key questions as Ohio Senate revamps state budget bill

After weeks of testimony and a closed-door review of about 2,000 proposed amendments, Ohio Senate Republicans will roll out their initial round of changes → Read More

Budget director readies new estimates as Ohio tax receipts climb $1 billion over prior year

State tax collections continue to come in strong, increasing the likelihood that Ohio lawmakers will have additional money to play with later this month → Read More

Without opposition, House passes bill to improve foster care capacity

A bill aimed at streamlining state foster care training in hopes of increasing capacity of an overburdened system passed the Ohio House unanimously Thursday.Foster care needs have increased 25% in recent years, largely because of Ohio’s opioid epidemic, and addressing the shortage of caregivers is long overdue, said Rep. Susan Manchester, R-Lakeview, a prime sponsor of House Bill 8.“This bill… → Read More

Ohio lawmakers want insurance companies to cover hearing aids for kids

Ellie Warren was diagnosed with hearing loss before her fourth birthday, and the junior at Hilliard Davidson High School said her first pair of hearing → Read More

Ohio lawmakers want insurance companies to cover hearing aids

Ellie Warren was diagnosed with hearing loss before her fourth birthday, and the junior at Hilliard Davidson said her first pair of hearing aids cost about $2,500.Insurance paid nothing.She also has three siblings, and two of them also have hearing loss. The cost for her family, including audiology visits, ear molds and batteries, she said, can exceed $13,000 a year because her father’s… → Read More

Ohio lawmakers want insurance companies to cover hearing aids

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ellie Warren was diagnosed with hearing loss before her fourth birthday, and the junior at Hilliard Davidson said her first pair of → Read More

Workers' Comp budget may exclude immigrants making injury claims

Undocumented workers in Ohio who are injured on the job would have to declare their citizenship status before getting workers' compensation benefits under → Read More

Ohio first responders closer to new PTSD claims; business groups still opposed

Ohio first responders are once again butting heads with the business community over workers’ compensation benefits for post-traumatic stress → Read More

Lawmakers hope to enact tougher ride inspections before Ohio State Fair

Nearly two years have passed since 18-year-old Tyler Jerrell was sent flying to the pavement when an amusement ride at the Ohio State Fair broke apart., → Read More

Ohio Senate swears in first female sergeant at arms

A retired Granville Police lieutenant Monday became the first female sergeant at arms for the Ohio Senate.Senate President Larry Obhof, R-Medina, swore in → Read More

Message sent: ‘Do something or we’ll sue you.’

COLUMBUS, Ohio — After years of being denied millions of dollars as a result of arbitrary state funding caps, some school districts are preparing to → Read More

Long odds for Ohio bars, bowling alleys to add sports betting

Ohio bars and bowling alleys are urging Ohio lawmakers to let them in on the action as elected leaders debate how to legalize sports betting across the → Read More

Biden shows unwavering support for LGBTQ community in Ohio State visit

Hoping to replace an administration that he calls a “human rights disaster,” former Vice President Joe Biden told a pro-LGBTQ crowd in Columbus on Saturday that, if elected, the first thing he’d ask for is passage of anti-discrimination protections known as the Equality Act.“You can get married because the Supreme Court now says that. But you can walk into your place of employment in so many… → Read More

Bars, bowling alleys in uphill fight to be included as sports-betting sites in Ohio

Ohio bars and bowling alleys are urging Ohio lawmakers to let them in on the action as elected leaders debate how to legalize sports betting across the → Read More

Area Democrats respond after House Speaker criticizes LGBTQ library events

Columbus-area House Democrats responded Saturday after Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder criticized gay pride events at public libraries, helping to → Read More

Buckeye Forum Politics podcast: Ohio and the abortion controversy

Dispatch public affairs editor Darrel Rowland speaks with reporters Jim Siegel and Ben Deeter regarding the topic of abortion. During this we discuss the → Read More

Buckeye Forum Politics podcast: The great grad debate

Dispatch public affairs reporter Jim Siegel speaks with state superintendent Paolo DeMaria and Chad Aldis, VP for Ohio policy and advocacy for the Thomas → Read More

DeWine favors giving sports betting to Casino Control Commission

Gov. Mike DeWine has let legislative leaders know that he favors having the Ohio Casino Control Commission put in charge of regulating sports betting, → Read More

Columbus Democratic lawmaker says she won't return to work, accuses staff of hostile acts

A Democratic state representative from Columbus says she will not be returning to the Statehouse or her office until House leaders address what she calls → Read More

Ohio House passes rescue plan for nuclear plants

The Senate begins hearings on the legislation next week. → Read More