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Mark Ferenchik/WOSU Public MediaThe trustees met in closed executive session in a rare Saturday meeting just two days after a regular board meeting as pressure mounts to remove Leslie Wexner's name from buildings. -
Matthew Brown/APJoyce Beatty introduced H.R. 7785, which would mandate body cameras for ICE agents, require the officers to display clear ID, forbid masks and require de-escalation training. Beatty applauded President Donald Trump for removing Kristi Noem as Secretary of Homeland Security.
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President Trump has fired his homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, and said Markwayne Mullin, a senator from Oklahoma, would replace her. -
The court says people have been receiving fake notices to pay parking ticket fines or face a court date. -
Gov. Mike DeWine will deliver his final State of the State remarks from the Ohio House chamber Wednesday, and H2Ohio was one of his earliest initiatives as governor. -
Councilmember Tiara Ross won November's election citywide, while her opponent Jesse Vogel won the most votes in council district 7. That's what both proposals seek to change. -
President Trump has indicated he wants a national voting standard that does away with most mail-in, absentee voting, which has been allowed in Ohio since 2004. -
The decision puts a 12-month pause on any new data centers from being considered for construction in Urbana. -
A new Republican-sponsored bill would make changes to bail, saying they’re needed to keep dangerous repeat offenders from being released in Ohio. -
A bill would create a pass for residents and visitors to get discounts, promotions or other benefits from attractions around Ohio, from amusement parks to museums to historic sites. -
Several measures amended into House Bill 96, Ohio's biennial budget, sought to make adult content websites verify users’ ages before letting them access anything. -
The billionaire retail mogul and Ohio State mega donor has been absent from several meetings the last two years, despite his position as chair. Wexner faces scrutiny over his close relationship to convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
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The Columbus City Council amended the 2026 budget it passed on Monday to include $7.2 million for the Community Shelter Board. -
Columbus City Council came to an agreement that would put a ballot issue on November's ballot to create an alternative crisis response team. The city negotiated the terms with the Columbus Safety Collective on the group's proposal before coming to an agreement. -
Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther said the city will use $1 million in new funding to create a team of non-uniform experts who will respond to certain mental and behavioral health crises in place of the police. -
The ban on ranked choice voting in Ohio has both a Republican and a Democratic sponsor, but the vote in both chambers has split largely along party lines. -
If passed, the city's public health department would be required to oversee an alternative crisis response team, that would respond to certain emergencies instead of police officers. This could include mental health, welfare checks and calls about substance abuse. -
A Republican state lawmaker has proposed creating what he calls an enforcement mechanism to ensure colleges and universities are complying with Ohio's anti-DEI law. -
Ohio Immigrant Alliance Executive Director Lynn Tramonte said the city shouldn't have to be taking matters into its own hands due to a lack of action by state and federal government. -
Rebecca Auborn, 35, of Columbus, met men for sex in exchange for money, then overdosed them them to steal their possessions. She pleaded guilty to four counts of murder. -
The lawmaker was removed from his assignments and asked to leave the role last year over sexual misconduct allegations. He didn’t resign, and has since been reinstated. -
Columbus Department of Public Service released a report on shared mobility services, focusing on the city's 2025 deployment of Veo and Spin devices.
