(The Center Square) - U.S. Rep. Abe Hamadeh, R-Arizona, introduced a bill that would add a dual citizenship question to the U.S. Census.
The census is conducted every 10 years and helps to reshape congressional districts across the country.
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(The Center Square) – A central Ohio man’s challenge of the federal government’s claim someone must break the law to test a law got heated in an appeals courtroom.
The lawsuit centers around Licking County’s John Ream, owner of... Read more
(The Center Square) – Ohio Democrats have made significant gains in 2026 races for governor and U.S. Senate, according to a new poll released Thursday by Emerson College.
Gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton and U.S. Senate candidate Sherrod Brown, both... Read more
The Ohio House of Representatives drafted an elegant solution to one of Ohio’s thornier property tax problems – how to cut property taxes without hurting local public schools.
The House’s answer – reduce the state’s annual sales tax holiday... Read more
(The Center Square) – Ohio public sector unions spent nearly $9 million during the 2024 election cycle, with more than half of it going to proposed constitutional amendments.
The state’s union election spending of $8.8 million is one of... Read more
(The Center Square) – Optimism continued its roller coaster in November, but challenges in hiring remained a sticking point for small businesses around Ohio.
The National Federation of Small Business Optimism Index climbed 0.8% last month to 99%, above... Read more
(The Center Square) – An Ohio policy group believes student achievement, rather than money, is the basis of the state’s universal school choice program.
That’s the argument The Buckeye Institute is using in a brief to an appellate court... Read more
(The Center Square) – Cincinnati taxpayers are on the hook for an $8.1 million settlement of a lawsuit stemming from the 2020 George Floyd-murder protests in the city.
City Manager Sheryl Long called the settlement of the class action... Read more
(The Center Square) – The average price of a gallon of unleaded gas is down to $2.70 Monday in Ohio and the national average is down to $2.90, according to GasBuddy.
Gas prices across the country are expected to... Read more
(The Center Square) - House representatives passed three bills this week aimed at protecting K-12 classrooms from the influence of the Chinese Communist Party.
The bills - PROTECT Our Kids Act, CLASS Act and TRACE Act - essentially prohibit... Read more
(The Center Square) – More than half of the companies given taxpayer incentives to expand or open new locations in Ohio over the last four years failed to meet job or payroll goals associated with the tax breaks.
A... Read more
(The Center Square) – The former director of an Ohio faith-based nonprofit who pleaded guilty recently to theft and fraud charges will spend more than a decade in prison.
Thomas Ostrosky, 52, founded the Christian ministry The Lazarus Experience... Read more
(The Center Square) – Younger Ohio teenagers won’t get to work later on school nights after all.
Late Wednesday night, Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed a bill that would have allowed 14- and 15-year-olds to work until 9 p.m. on... Read more
(The Center Square) – Ohio improperly paid a Toledo-area behavioral health agency nearly $2 million in taxpayer funds, according to a new state audit.
State Auditor Keith Faber said his office is recommending repayment of about $1.87 million by... Read more
(The Center Square) – Ohio taxpayers are on the hook for more than $20 million for jail improvement in three counties that officials say will help security.
The money came a few days before the Ohio Controlling Board gave... Read more
(The Center Square) – A Columbus-based policy organization is getting help in its fight to keep its donors private.
The Buckeye Institute is calling the 250 organizations, business groups, trade organizations, law firms, states and individuals who have filed... Read more
(The Center Square) – Voter groups continue to hope for their last chance to stop changes to Ohio law they call harmful and unnecessary.
After passage in the General Assembly last week, Gov. Mike DeWine has yet to make... Read more
(The Center Square) – Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine can help first responders this holiday season, while tightening the reins on college name, image and likeness.
House Bill 184, recently passed by the House after being amended and passed by... Read more
(The Center Square) – Ohio Republican governor candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is quickly backing away from an idea to send children to school year-round and extend the school day.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton posted a clip of Ramaswamy’s social... Read more
