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House Speaker Paul Ryan said Tuesday: "The special counsel should be free to follow through his investigation to its completion without interference, absolutely."

Republican Lawmakers Say Mueller Needs No Protection

Top Republicans on Capitol Hill say they are confident that President Trump will not try to fire special counsel Robert Mueller.

A group of demonstrators wear black tape over their mouths to protest Senate Bill 83, the sweeping higher education bill that supporters say will address conservatives' concerns about a lack of intellectual diversity in classrooms but opponents say will quash free speech on campus.

Ohio Senate moves to ban diversity training mandates and faculty strikes

Republicans say the bill will ensure more "intellectual diversity" on campus, but opponents have turned out by the hundreds over concerns about its language on controversial issues and its ban on most mandatory diversity training and faculty strikes.

Is The Economy Coming Down With Something?

Planet Money's roundup of a crazy few days in economic news.

Rep. Phil Plummer (R-Dayton) speaks at microphone about a bill to make it easier to crack down on childcare fraud. Rep Thomas Young (R-Washington Township) and Ohio Department of Children and Youth Director Kara Wente look on in background

Ohio lawmakers introduce bill to combat childcare fraud

The legislation from two Ohio House Republicans would give more power to investigate possible fraud and allow more tools to fight it.

Freaky Weather

If you’re only happy when it rains, you’re in luck this summer in Central Ohio. The past thirty days have been the region’s wettest since 1878. All this…

Mourners gather for a vigil at the scene of a mass shooting, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019, in Dayton, Ohio.

In 2019, A Mass Shooting Sparked Talk But Little Action On Guns In Ohio

Even after a deadly mass shooting in Dayton appeared to flip the gun conversation in Ohio, 2019 comes to a close with legislators having done little on…

Anthea Hartig, director of the National Museum of American History, appears in front of the House DOGE subcommittee on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.

Smithsonian too focused on 'oppressors and the oppressed,' say House Republicans

In a House DOGE subcommittee hearing, GOP representatives excoriated the director of the National Museum of American History, following a White House report earlier this month that also criticized her.

No Gun Reform Progress A Year After Dayton Shooting

In this week's episode of Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast from WOSU, hosts Mike Thompson and Steve Brown discuss why little progress has been made…

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…

Ohioans should not expect a tax break at the gas pump

President Biden is asking Congress to suspend the federal gas tax for three months and proposing that states do the same. In this week's episode of Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast from WOSU, hosts Mike Thompson and Steve Brown discuss why Ohio is likely not going to join the effort.

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