(The Center Square) – The end to nearly $500,000 in taxpayer daily subsidies for two coal-fired power plants, one in Indiana, has taken a major step forward.
Despite objections from a Washington, D.C.-based conservative energy group, the Ohio Senate... Read more
(The Center Square) – Low-income children in nine Ohio counties could soon get access to taxpayer-funded dental care.
Gov. Mike DeWine announced a $6 million pilot program in his proposed state budget that targets dental care in Clinton, Crawford,... Read more
(The Center Square) – A conservative national energy group is at odds with a Columbus-based free market think tank and Republican lawmakers over a proposed new Ohio energy policy.
Power The Future, a Washington, D.C.-based organization, says two GOP... Read more
(The Center Square) – A court ruling overturning Ohio’s ban on gender-affirming health care for minors only impacts one of three bans included in the 2024 law.
A three-judge panel of the 10th District Court of Appeals left in... Read more
(The Center Square) – An appeals court Tuesday stopped Ohio’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors.
The ruling comes after a Franklin County judge refused in August to permanently block House Bill 68, which banned transgender-affirming care for minors... Read more
(The Center Square) – Higher taxes on marijuana, gambling and tobacco in Ohio would likely cut down on negative impacts but could push consumers to illegal markets, a group of Ohio economists says.
Gov. Mike DeWine recently proposed raising... Read more
(The Center Square) – Ohio’s push to remove noncitizens from voter rolls continues.
Secretary of State Frank LaRose announced a directive to local boards of election to continue to review and remove voters shown as noncitizens by the Ohio... Read more
(The Center Square) – A Dayton woman banned from being a Medicaid provider six years ago pleaded guilty Monday to $1.5 million in more fraud.
Janay Corbitt pleaded guilty to second-degree theft and three counts of third-degree identity theft,... Read more
(The Center Square) – Students in Ohio are in the middle of competing legislation from Republicans.
One bill would keep them in school longer, possibly eliminating things like field trips, teacher work days and absences for things like 4-H.... Read more
(The Center Square) – Small business optimism is falling, and uncertainty is rising, a new survey from the National Federation of Independent Business shows.
NFIB's Small Business Optimism Index fell by 2.1 points in February, 4 points below its... Read more
(The Center Square) – A former education specialist in southern Ohio will spend four years on probation and repay nearly $16,000 after pleading guilty to theft.
Megan Catalogna, a former intervention specialist for the Educational Service Center Council of... Read more
(The Center Square) – It might be tough to convince Ohio drivers dodging potholes currently, but a new report ranks the state with the 10th best highway system report.
The Reason Foundation’s 28th annual Highway Report, released Thursday, evaluates... Read more
(The Center Square) – Business groups, policy organizations and Democrats found things to like about Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's State of the State Address on Wednesday. But there were concerns, as well.
During Wednesday's address, DeWine focused squarely on... Read more
(The Center Square) – Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s recently proposed budget focused on children. His annual State of the State Address on Wednesday touted economic development and pushed for more.
Calling the state’s workforce its greatest opportunity and greatest... Read more
(The Center Square) – Two northeast Ohio village employees were overpaid by more than $7,000 after officials did not approve additional money.
State Auditor Keith Faber announced findings for recovering against the village of Woodmere treasurer and the fire... Read more
(The Center Square) – Attorney General Dave Yost wants Congress to allow every state to join Ohio with year-round access to an ethanol-gasoline fuel blend.
Yost, along with 15 other state attorneys general, sent a letter to Congress urging... Read more
(The Center Square) – Ohio’s job market took two big hits in January.
First, the state’s unemployment rate continued to rise. Secondly, revised numbers from the federal Bureau of Labor and the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services... Read more
(The Center Square) – A pair of Ohio Republican lawmakers want the state to stop paying for death.
Reps. Jean Schmidt, R-Loveland, and Adam Mathews, R-Lebanon, are pushing a new bill that would stop the death penalty, prohibit taxpayer... Read more
(The Center Square) – Tougher penalties, mandatory prison time and new school curriculum are some of the new ways Ohio lawmakers want to attack fentanyl and human trafficking in the state.
Sponsors Reps. Cindy Abrams, R-Harrison, and Phil Plummer,... Read more
(The Center Square) – Ohio farmers forced to work a second job or go without health insurance could get another option.
Under proposed legislation in the Senate, the nearly 70,000 members of the Ohio Farm Bureau would get access... Read more
