/tags/ohio-lawmakers Ohio Lawmakers en-US Copyright Tue, 22 Jul 2025 21:34:53 GMT /2025-07-22/ohios-poised-to-remove-rule-that-allows-residents-to-sue-air-polluters Ohio’s newly passed budget bill included an amendment that seeks to remove an air nuisance rule that let residents sue polluters. Tue, 22 Jul 2025 21:34:53 GMT /2025-07-22/ohios-poised-to-remove-rule-that-allows-residents-to-sue-air-polluters Adriana Martinez-Smiley /2025-06-02/ohio-lawmakers-want-to-make-it-tougher-to-pass-local-property-tax-levies The bill would affect local levels for safety forces, libraries and schools. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 19:58:13 GMT /2025-06-02/ohio-lawmakers-want-to-make-it-tougher-to-pass-local-property-tax-levies Jo Ingles /2025-05-29/more-than-100-pastors-ask-ohio-lawmakers-to-thwart-a-bill-to-expand-electronic-gambling The pastors say it will lead to dangerous outcomes. Thu, 29 May 2025 19:26:31 GMT /2025-05-29/more-than-100-pastors-ask-ohio-lawmakers-to-thwart-a-bill-to-expand-electronic-gambling Jo Ingles /2025-04-03/ohio-lawmakers-to-take-second-crack-at-online-age-verification Ohio lawmakers will try again to pass age verification provisions regulating major technology companies, this time targeting application stores rather than individual apps. Thu, 03 Apr 2025 21:38:03 GMT /2025-04-03/ohio-lawmakers-to-take-second-crack-at-online-age-verification Sarah Donaldson /2025-04-01/faith-groups-urge-lawmakers-to-fund-food-banks-medicaid-other-low-income-needs-in-ohio-budget Faith groups and social safety net advocates are urging majority Republicans in the Ohio legislature to view the two-year budget they’ll introduce Tuesday as a moral document. Tue, 01 Apr 2025 10:40:00 GMT /2025-04-01/faith-groups-urge-lawmakers-to-fund-food-banks-medicaid-other-low-income-needs-in-ohio-budget Karen Kasler /2025-04-01/nasa-hq-might-need-a-new-space-lawmakers-are-suggesting-ohio NASA headquarters lease ends in 2028. Ohio leaders are pushing for the office to relocate to Ohio. Tue, 01 Apr 2025 08:44:00 GMT /2025-04-01/nasa-hq-might-need-a-new-space-lawmakers-are-suggesting-ohio Kendall Crawford /2025-02-06/ohio-democrats-introduce-conception-begins-at-erection-as-answer-to-gop-backed-bills The Democratic sponsors of the bill say since the Ohio Legislature has passed many bills to regulate women's reproductive rights, it's only fair to regulate the reproductive freedom of men. Thu, 06 Feb 2025 17:39:03 GMT /2025-02-06/ohio-democrats-introduce-conception-begins-at-erection-as-answer-to-gop-backed-bills Jo Ingles /2025-01-21/will-ohio-lawmakers-really-change-recreational-marijuana-laws-this-session Ohio GOP legislative leaders have said they want to revive a proposal to change relatively new recreational marijuana laws. Wed, 22 Jan 2025 02:45:40 GMT /2025-01-21/will-ohio-lawmakers-really-change-recreational-marijuana-laws-this-session Sarah Donaldson /2024-12-30/some-last-bills-from-lame-duck-in-ohio-still-awaiting-action-including-parents-bill-of-rights Ohio lawmakers wrapped up the two-year session by passing a bunch of bills, but not all of them have been signed yet. Mon, 30 Dec 2024 17:35:46 GMT /2024-12-30/some-last-bills-from-lame-duck-in-ohio-still-awaiting-action-including-parents-bill-of-rights Karen Kasler /2024-12-30/2024-year-in-review-boneless-chicken-wings-case-was-big-but-others-may-have-more-impact Rulings on product liability, public records and election laws were among the dozens of decisions handed down by the four Republicans and three Democrats on the Ohio Supreme Court in the last year. Mon, 30 Dec 2024 15:16:55 GMT /2024-12-30/2024-year-in-review-boneless-chicken-wings-case-was-big-but-others-may-have-more-impact Karen Kasler