The Ohio Senate is preparing to deliberate a House-passed measure to prohibit Ohioans from using food stamps on "sugar-sweetened beverages" when the higher chamber takes up state budget considerations ...

The House version of the budget had many significant changes from the governor's original budget. When the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010, the Obama Administration and Democrats in Congress ...

The impact on school district stability could be immediate and significant if bogus 'property tax relief' plan passes.

A provision folded into an over 5,000-page budget bill would eliminate elections for county coroners, with industry professionals citing concerns the proposed change could ...

More than a dozen states are seeking federal permission to add work requirements to their Medicaid programs. Three states — ...

The Mississippi Legislature adjourned without passing a $7 billion budget or a local project funding bill. Disagreements between the House and Senate, particularly over local project funding and a ...

The Ohio Senate is expected to unveil its version of the state budget by early June. One local Republican says the Bengals ...

Thomas Suddes is a former legislative reporter with The Plain Dealer in Cleveland and writes from Ohio University. [email protected]. Officially, it’s called Amended Substitute House Bill 96. The way ...

Environmental advocates are among thoes opposing the Ohio House proposal to cut H2Ohio by nearly 45%. This possible change ...

The Ohio House’s version of the two-year state budget only acknowledge two sexes, male and female, excluding transgender people and intersex people born with a mix of chromosomes or just one ...

The Ohio Senate will soon consider a House-passed initiative that would add Ohio to a growing list of states that require porn sites to either verify the age of their users or face legal consequences.

Ohio’s latest budget proposal would continue a $100 million tax credit program for mixed-use projects, like $33 million for Capitol Square’s ...