Ohio Lawmakers

Migrants from the country in east Africa, fleeing civil war, started calling the city of Columbus home in the 1990s.

The bill from a Republican senator from northeast Ohio is called the PEACE Act—Protect Elected Officials Against Coercion and Extremism.

Republican sponsors said the four property tax bills add up to $2 billion in tax relief, but opponents said they were rushed and lawmakers could do more for Ohio homeowners.

A six-member committee of Ohio lawmakers met to recommend a slew of changes to cannabis law as well as a ban on intoxicating hemp, including hemp-derived beverages.

Ohio lawmakers have overwhelmingly passed a spending bill that started as a way to make sure name image and likeness contracts end when college eligibility does.

The deal to reopen the federal government agreed to last week includes a ban on “intoxicating” hemp, similar to one ordered by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine last month.

1.4 million Ohioans currently rely on SNAP or food stamps.

Many prosthetics and orthotics that are now covered by insurance in Ohio cannot get wet and do not give the wearer enough flexibillity to run or swim.

Summer recess is in the rearview. The Ohio General Assembly faces a busy schedule this fall.

State lawmakers will miss the first benchmark for Congressional redistricting, meaning the Ohio Redistricting Commission must reconvene, facing an Oct. 30 deadline.