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The Metropolitan's Opera's new production of Lulu, by Alban Berg will be shown live from New York in movie theaters world-wide, as part of the Met's Live…

A rally in support of flavored vapor products was held at the Ohio Statehouse on Tuesday, October 1, 2019.

Vapers Make Their Case

In this week's episode of Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast from WOSU, hosts Mike Thompson and Steve Brown discuss the state's efforts to regulate the…

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, overseeing the Election Night Reporting Center, in Columbus, Ohio, calls for the closing of the polls in the Ohio primary election, Tuesday, April 28, 2020.

An Imperfect Election

In this week's episode of Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast from WOSU, hosts Mike Thompson and Steve Brown discuss how Ohio handled its primary…

Anti-abortion supporters rally as the Indiana Senate Rules Committee met to consider a Republican proposal to ban nearly all abortions in the state during a hearing at the Statehouse in Indianapolis, Tuesday, July 26, 2022.

Indiana abortion fight provides a preview of what's to come in Ohio

Activists on both sides of the abortion issue this week swarmed the Indiana Statehouse to rail against or cheer on a bill that would ban most abortions in our neighbor to the west. The debate provides a preview of what’s to come when Ohio lawmakers take up the issue.

Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, left, raises his hand while taking the ceremonial oath of office, with Vice President JD Vance, right, officiating, and his wife Tina Husted, center, standing beside him in a vibrant purple outfit. The ceremony takes place at the Capitol surrounded by ornate red drapes and marble columns.

Husted heads to the US Senate

After months of speculation, Gov Mike DeWine announced that Jon Husted was his pick to be the next U.S. Senator from Ohio. Of course, Husted is replacing short-timer J.D. Vance, who job-hopped into the Vice Presidency.

FILE – In this Feb. 1, 2012, file photo, Ohio Gov. John Kasich arrives at a JobsOhio board meeting in Cincinnati. Kasich and the Republican governor's chief of staff Beth Hansen, spokesman Jim Lynch and security detail depart for Germany and England on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, for business and policy discussions with corporate and world leaders, planned by the governor's privatized job-creation office JobsOhio. (AP Photo/Al Behrman, File)

Transparency at JobsOhio

JobsOhio is in the news not because of a big new project, but because of the role, however small, it played in the sudden resignation of Ohio State University President Ted Carter.

FILE - Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, speaks, Jan. 31, 2023, at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Key Takeaways from the Ohio Primary

The candidates are set for Ohio's general election in November. There were no big surprises in this week’s primary.

Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator of the United States Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services speaks at a press conference in Columbus about state and federal efforts to combat fraud on June 4, 2026.

Inside the allegations of Ohio Medicaid fraud

For weeks, DeWine has faced criticism from his fellow Republicans over allegations of widespread fraud in the state’s Medicaid system. It started with a report in the conservative outlet The Daily Wire, which accused home health agencies of fraudulently billing the system that pays for healthcare for low-income and disabled people.

A photo shows a man with glasses standing at a podium. The wood-grained podium has a sign that reads: “The Great Seal of the State of Ohio.” Behind him is an American flag and a flag of the state of Ohio.

Death penalty politics

DeWine’s change in position seems little more than symbolic. Republican leaders in the Legislature support the death penalty. There is no movement ready to put it on the ballot.

The agreement also would allow the federal government to acquire an additional 500 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine.

U.S. To Get 100 Million Doses of Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine In $1.95 Billion Deal

If the company's vaccine candidate pans out, Americans can receive it for free under the deal. The arrangement is part of the U.S. government's push to have a vaccine widely available by January.

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