Nick Evans has spent the past seven years reporting for NPR member stations in Florida and Ohio. He got his start in Tallahassee, covering issues like redistricting, same sex marriage and medical marijuana. Since arriving in Columbus in 2018, he has covered everything from city council to football. His work on Ohio politics and local policing have been featured numerous times on NPR.
An Ohio proposal would bar AI systems from legal rights and make humans fully liable for AI-caused harm, drawing pushback from tech groups and calls for tighter definitions and revised liability rules.
Ohio senators are fast-tracking a package of House bills aimed at overhauling the state’s property tax system — from capping millage growth to redefining who controls home valuations. Supporters call the changes overdue taxpayer relief; opponents warn they could erode local school funding and voter authority over levies.
The Ohio Senate voted to require absentee ballots to arrive at county election boards by Election Day, ending the state’s previous grace period for ballots postmarked before the election. Voting-rights advocates say the change, pushed partly by pressure from the Trump administration, will make it harder for thousands of Ohioans to have their votes counted.
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose has sent more than 1,000 alleged voter fraud cases to the Trump-led U.S. Department of Justice — even though state and local prosecutors have repeatedly found little to no evidence of wrongdoing. Legal experts and critics say the move raises political concerns, with LaRose reversing his prior opposition to federal involvement in state election enforcement.
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose supports requiring proof of citizenship to vote but warns implementation will take time. Opponents say the changes are unnecessary and will disenfranchise eligible voters.
Ohio’s solar industry and some farmers are eagerly hoping for state lawmakers to approve a community power pilot. The bill’s backers initially tacked it onto the massive utility overhaul lawmakers…
An Ohio lawmaker wants to punish cities for passing local gun ordinances by forcing them to pay monetary damages to any citizens who successfully challenge them. State Sen. Terry Johnson,…
Ohio lawmakers have been busy this month working on property tax reforms. It’s notable for an issue both complicated theoretically and challenging politically. The recent flurry of activity comes thanks,…
GOP lawmakers rushed through a property tax overhaul that shields investors and vacation property owners while putting school funding at risk, offering a political talking point instead of real relief for working Ohioans.
Activists pressed the Ohio Redistricting Commission for a new congressional map, but the panel adjourned without progress as Democrats pushed their proposal and Republicans declined to offer an alternative.
School officials from around Ohio pleaded with lawmakers this week to pump the brakes on two more property tax reforms. Both proposals tie increases in property tax collections to inflation.…
Ohio House lawmakers approved a pair of property tax measures Wednesday. The bills would give little known county boards greater oversight powers and get into the weeds of Ohio’s byzantine…
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