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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
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
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
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
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
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
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 are once again butting heads with the business community over workers’ compensation benefits for post-traumatic stress → Read More
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
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
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
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
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
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
Columbus-area House Democrats responded Saturday after Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder criticized gay pride events at public libraries, helping to → Read More
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
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
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
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
The Senate begins hearings on the legislation next week. → Read More