Ohio House

The bill named for Charlie Kirk, the conservative Christian commentator assassinated in September, got strong reaction in an Ohio House committee before the vote.

While there are certain limits on where convicted sex offenders can live in Ohio, they don't include any restrictions on them living near their victims.

A day after Ohio became the 45th state to allow high school athletes to strike name, image and likeness deals, a Republican lawmaker is working on a bill to ban that.

The bill puts unnamed abortion medications into a group of drugs, based on side effects and more, that would require an in-person visit before a doctor in Ohio could prescribe them.

The bill from Rep. Ron Ferguson (R-Wintersville) would require absentee voters in Ohio to present a copy of their photo ID when returning their voted ballots.

The state can’t make the change without the federal government rolling back an almost 90-year-old law, the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Among them, medical practitioners would have to conduct private interviews and document possible abuse-related injuries to add to the patient’s medical records.

If the shutdown continues into November, many SNAP, WIC, or TANF recipients in Ohio could lose funds they rely on to avoid going hungry.

The Ohio House overwhelmingly passed two property tax related bills that backers say will provide more than $2 billion in tax relief over the next three years.

Ohio House lawmakers advanced long-stalled legislation Wednesday afternoon redoing cannabis laws and more strictly regulating other THC.