Susan Tebben

Reporter at

Ohio Capital Journal

Susan Tebben is an award-winning journalist with a decade of experience covering Ohio news, including courts and crime, Appalachian social issues, government, education, diversity and culture. She has worked for The Newark Advocate, The Glasgow Daily Times, The Athens Messenger, and WOUB Public Media. She has also had work featured on National Public Radio.

Articles by Susan Tebben

June 9, 2026

Multiple childcare bills on access, fraud advanced in Ohio House committee

The bills respond to Trump administration scrutiny of childcare fraud, though providers and prosecutors criticized the fraud measures during committee debate.

June 4, 2026

Foster care families advocate for foster-to-college pipeline in Ohio bill

Foster care families and advocates urged an Ohio Senate committee to support a bill to create a foster-to-college pipeline. The…

June 3, 2026

Ohio Senate committee to hear support for 24-hour abortion waiting period in committee this week

A court blocked the same waiting period after voters approved a constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights, but the Medical Board drafting rules includes an anti-abortion activist.

June 1, 2026

Ohio religious lobby group asks federal prosecutors to investigate mail-order abortion providers

The Center for Christian Virtue wants federal prosecutors to enforce a 150-year-old law to ban abortion pills by mail, defying Ohio voters' 2023 approval of abortion rights.

May 27, 2026

Ohio Supreme Court hears second round of arguments over pandemic-era unemployment benefits

The state argues the case is moot and long settled; benefit recipients say DeWine must recover unclaimed funds from the federal government.

May 26, 2026

Ohio House committee changes investigative, reporting provisions in childcare fraud bill

The committee removed a requirement to notify legislative leaders at investigation's end, citing lack of support for camera surveillance that childcare workers opposed.

May 21, 2026

Bill that could limit abortion pill access starts trip through Ohio Senate

Reproductive rights advocates say the bill uses flawed data metrics to target abortion pills, while supporters argue it protects patients from high-risk medications.

May 18, 2026

Ohio House bill removes funding set aside for state childcare accessibility program

The committee stripped $5 million in funding for a cost-sharing childcare accessibility program that GOP lawmakers had championed for years.

May 15, 2026

Ohio Attorney General, ACLU counter claims that reproductive rights amendment impacts judge’s job

AG Yost and the ACLU argue the judge lacks standing to challenge the 2023 reproductive rights amendment based on fewer judicial bypass cases in his county.