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WVXU
Ohio manufacturing could be impacted by clean energy cuts in federal tax break package
...the solar industry, reports that will have devastating impacts on solar manufacturing, especially in Ohio. "Ohio has become the number one manufacturing state for solar and other solar products," said SEIA...
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06/16/2025 Online
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Journal-News​.‌com
SUDDES: Lawmakers should be listening to voters on the state budget
The Ohio Senate's GOP leaders want Ohio's voters to sit down and shut up when it comes to what's is (and what isn't) in the pending state budget bill. That cat leapt out of Republicans' bag last week when...
Thomas Suddes
06/16/2025 Online
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East Liverpool Review
Judges run in mid-terms to get around age limits
...looking to stay an Ohio Supreme Court justice for as long as possible. With some prompting from Gov. Mike DeWine, a fellow Republican, Fischer announced May 28 that he would challenge incumbent Democrat Jennifer...
David Skolnick
06/16/2025 Online
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Eaton Register-Herald
Rep. Creech applauds passage of Senate Bill 100
News COLUMBUS — State Representative Rodney Creech (R-West Alexandria) is pleased to announce that the Ohio House of Representatives this week passed Senate Bill 100, which creates an opportunity for members...
06/16/2025 Online
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ocj​.‌com
Ohio lawmakers tour northwest Ohio farms using conservation practices to improve water quality
Ohio lawmakers tour northwest Ohio farms using conservation practices to improve water quality Ohio legislators joined the Ohio Agriculture Conservation Initiative (OACI) on a farm tour earlier this month...
Bernadette Arehart
06/15/2025 Online
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ohio lawmakers step back from sweeping police secrecy measure
COLUMBUS, Ohio—Ohio lawmakers have moved to loosen controversial state budget language that critics feared would result in most police records being kept off-limits indefinitely from the public. The move...
Cleveland.com, Jeremy Pelzer
06/15/2025 Online
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Why choose to report on gun suicides?
...a decade as part of covering crime and public safety in Cincinnati. A study from last year claimed Ohio was one of the many states where gun deaths outnumber deaths due to motor vehicle crashes, which is...
Cameron Knight
06/15/2025 Online
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WOIO-TV NBC 3 - Cleveland
Security increased for Ohio lawmakers after Minnesota state representative, husband assassinated
Published: Jun. 14, 2025 at 10:27 PM EDT|Updated: 16 minutes ago Share on X (formerly Twitter) OHIO (WOIO) - The Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) is assisting in an increase in security for state lawmakers...
Noelle Haynes
06/14/2025 Online
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akronreporter​.‌com
emilia sykes comments on layoffs and mental health act passage
Emilia Sykes U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 13th district | Official U.S. House Headshot Emilia Sykes U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 13th district | Official U.S. House Headshot ...
06/14/2025 Online
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Dayton Daily News
Hundreds protest Trump, immigration raids at ‘No Kings' rally in Dayton
...were gathering signatures to place an issue on the ballot that would allow Ohioans to vote Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine in March signed Senate Bill 1 into Ohio law — a Republican-led higher education bill that will...
Samantha Wildow
06/14/2025 Online
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State Impact Ohio
Unclaimed funds claims skyrocketed after GOP Senate announced funding plan for Browns’ stadium
...Brook Park. The House budget included a $600 million bond package for the Browns stadium alone. Gov. Mike DeWine’s budget had included $600 for the Browns’ project to come from a new fund that would be created...
Jo Ingles
06/14/2025 Online
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State Impact Ohio
Ohio schools say job losses for teachers could be "cataclysmic" with new property tax bill
...struggling homeowners by lowering the amount of property tax they pay shows it could be a devastating hit to Ohio’s public schools. House Bill 335 is one of more than two dozen bills on property taxes and levies...
Karen Kasler
06/14/2025 Online
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ohio Senate proposes ending 90-year newspaper tax exemption
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Tucked in the thousands of pages of the Ohio Senate’s budget proposal is a provision that would repeal the sales and use tax exemption for newspapers, ending a practice that has been in...
Cleveland.com, Mary Frances Mcgowan
06/14/2025 Online
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Warren Tribune Chronicle
Online gaming rises as losing bet for Ohio
...are in, and they’re not looking very pretty for impassioned efforts to expand legalized gambling in Ohio. But that’s just fine with us, thank you, as passage and enactment of Senate Bill 197 to make Ohio...
06/14/2025 Online
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Spectrum News One Columbus
State officials gather for ceremonial signing of Senate Bill 24
...adopts the 1905 Wright Flyer III as Ohio's official airplane You can check it out at the park Gov. Mike DeWine, state Senators Terry Johnson and Steve Huffman and the staff at Carillon Historical park came...
Alese Underwood
06/14/2025 Online
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Cleveland MSNBC WEWS-TV Cable
Ohio lawmaker pushes for tougher rules on hospitals and immigration enforcement
State Rep. Josh Williams is calling for hospitals to end what he describes as "sanctuary" practices for undocumented immigrants. Author: 10TV Web Staff Published: 6:47 PM EDT June 13, 2025 Updated:...
10tv Web Staff
06/13/2025 Online
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WFMJ 21 - TV
Ohio House Rep. Nick Santucci appointed to House Finance Committee
This committee is responsible for overseeing legislation involving financials matters including the state budget, the Bureau of Workers' Compensation, Industrial Commission, Transportation, and Capital...
Tyler Schlosser
06/13/2025 Online
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State Impact Ohio
GOP bill requires a 24-hour wait for abortion, as Ohio courts review current waiting period
...News Bureau Abortion right supporters block the sign of an abortion rights opponent at a rally at the Ohio Statehouse on May 14, 2022 A Republican lawmaker has sponsored a bill to require a 24-hour waiting...
Jo Ingles
06/13/2025 Online
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WVXU
Ohio could boost sanctions for drivers who violate bus safety laws
...and seriously injured more than 20 others. Introduced by Reps. Bernie Willis (R-Springfield) and Cecil Thomas (D-Cincinnati), House Bill 3 boosts the penalties for illegally passing any school bus that...
Sarah Donaldson
06/13/2025 Online
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Columbus Dispatch
Ohio lawmakers trying to hook walleye as official state fish after it got away last year
Chad Murphy Columbus Dispatch Ohio lawmakers are trying again to make the walleye the official state fish, but some prefer bass for the honor. Walleye fishing generates significant revenue for Ohio, contributing...
Chad Murphy
06/13/2025 Online
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Dayton Daily News
Wright Flyer III becomes Ohio's official plane 1905 airplane deemed the world's first practical plane
In the shadow of the world's first practical airplane, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine recently celebrated with Wright family members legislation that makes the 1905 Wright Flyer the official state airplane. Standing...
Thomas Gnau
06/13/2025 Online
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Amy Acton targets GOP foes, issues rallying cry in first Ohio gubernatorial ad
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Dr. Amy Acton, Ohio’s former state health director and lone Democrat in the race for governor, launched the first ad of her campaign on Thursday with a blast at the presumptive Republican...
Cleveland.com, Mary Frances Mcgowan
06/13/2025 Online
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WOUB 89​.‌1 (Cambridge)
Ohio House Dems again push gun bills that have been mostly dismissed by the GOP supermajority
< < Back to COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Democrats in the Ohio House are touting gun bills they’ve proposed to regulate weapons, some of which have been introduced in previous sessions. And...
Aaron Payne
06/13/2025 Online
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Pike County News Watchman
Husted, Whitehouse lead bipartisan, bicameral bill to boost American nuclear energy
WASHINGTON - Sens. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, along with Reps. Bob Latta (R-Ohio) and Scott Peters (D-Calif.)...
06/13/2025 Online
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Highland County Press
Ohio House Dem leader Russo on plans: ‘There will be more time for this discussion at a later point’
By Megan Henry Ohio Capital Journal Ohio House Minority Leader Allison Russo is continuing to stay quiet about any potential future political plans she might have in wake of her announcement last week...
Megan Henry
06/13/2025 Online
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Martins Ferry Times Leader
Ensuring free, fair elections
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose has been working steadily to provide guidance meant to increase security for our elections. He has so far provided six security directives to county boards of elections....
06/13/2025 Online
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Portsmouth Daily Times
Pizzulli votes in support of the E-Verify Workforce Integrity Act
...Pizzulli (R-Scioto County) voted in support of the E-Verify Workforce Integrity Act, or H.B. 246, legislation to ensure all workers hired in Ohio for covered construction projects are legally authorized to...
06/13/2025 Online
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