(The Center Square) – Ohio motorists are just a signature away from not having to worry about municipalities using tickets to prop up their budgets.
The House and Senate agreed on legislation banning law enforcement officials or agencies from... Read more
(The Center Square) – Ohio could soon prosecute voter fraud more often, and the state unit charged with investigating potential fraud could become permanent.
Secretary of State Frank LaRose applauded the Senate passage of Senate Bill 4 as a... Read more
(The Center Square) – The federal government plans to spend $10 million in taxpayer funds on a five-year study on the health impact from the 2023 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.
The money and the study came at... Read more
(The Center Square) – An accused “leader and perpetrator” of the Rwandan genocide has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Ohio.
ICE officials say Vincent Nzigiyimfura, 64, residing in Dayton, Ohio, is accused of lying on applications... Read more
(The Center Square) – Cleveland Clinic, one of the nation’s most prominent nonprofit hospital systems, is facing scrutiny from the watchdog group Consumers’ Research, which says the hospital prioritizes political ideology over patient care while benefiting from taxpayer funding.
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(The Center Square) – Ohio U.S. Sen. Jon Husted is continuing his years-long push to protect young people from social media.
His latest effort includes joining a bipartisan push in Congress to require mental health warning labels on social... Read more
(The Center Square) – Still seven years away from expected completion and four years after the project was included in the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Ohio and Kentucky officials unveiled the design of the Brent Spence Bridge on Wednesday.
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(The Center Square) – Property owners throughout Ohio likely will receive some type of property tax relief when lawmakers pass the state’s new budget, but how much and what type continues to be a point of contention.
At a... Read more
(The Center Square) – A former teacher turned lawmaker believes Ohio students need to learn character traits like honesty, loyalty, abstinence before marriage and patriotism to lead productive adult lives.
Rep. Kevin Ritter, R-Marietta, says students are struggling because... Read more
(The Center Square) - The Appalachian Regional Commission, an economic development partnership between the federal government and parts of 13 states including all of West Virginia, is poised to see a 93% reduction in funding with the “Big Beautiful Bill Act.”
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(The Center Square) – When Ohio lawmakers return to the state capitol Monday and Tuesday, they will see a heightened security presence following the weekend shooting of two Minnesota legislators.
In the wake of the shooting that killed Minnesota... Read more
(The Center Square) – Pennsylvania’s utility companies say they’re prepared for a summer of high electricity demand and weather-related threats, according to a new report.
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, or PUC, on Wednesday, released the 2025 Summer Readiness... Read more
(The Center Square) – Opponents of price controls brought on by the Biden administration and the $891 billion Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 have hope an Ohio chamber of commerce is successful in litigation they believe will ultimately land before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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(The Center Square) – A lawsuit by the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce challenging federal government drug price controls in the Inflation Reduction Act should be allowed to continue, attorneys argued Wednesday before a federal appellate panel in Cincinnati.
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(The Center Square) – Ohio is third in the East North Central, eighth in the Midwest and 26th in the nation for “pro-growth” reforms, according to a new report from the American Legislative Exchange Council.
ALEC 2025 States That... Read more
(The Center Square) – Democrats unveiled a legislative package pushing for safe gun storage, firearm education and gun safety tax credits in the Ohio General Assembly.
The package was announced at a Tuesday news conferences that included several Democratic... Read more
(The Center Square) – The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief requesting that the Ohio Supreme Court allow a lawsuit from resident Mark Miller to proceed because residents have the right to file a lawsuit on behalf of a public entity if that entity refuses to file the lawsuit itself.
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(The Center Square) – Despite a proposal to ban property taxes in Ohio, a group of economists believe the idea could create more problems for taxpayers.
A proposed amendment that would ban property taxes in the state took its... Read more
(The Center Square) – Ohio plans to send $60 million in taxpayer funds to 27 counties to clean up dilapidated buildings or vacant lots.
The money is part of the Ohio Brownfield Remediation Program, which has given out more... Read more
(The Center Square) – A northern Ohio veterans home employee who says he was forced to join a union has filed an unfair labor practice case against the Ohio Civil Service Employees Association.
Ryan Smith, a Marine veteran himself,... Read more
