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State Rep. Gary Click's fundraising email admits the District 88 GOP primary is "tough" — contradicting months of publicly dismissing challenger Eric Watson. Meanwhile, Democrat Aaron Jones is campaigning on jobs and cost of living.
Protests against the Trump administration will be held in communities across Ohio on Saturday as part of the third national No Kings day of action, with organizers expecting at least 15,000 at the Statehouse rally.
Ohio House Republicans passed HB 347 to reimpose a 24-hour waiting period for abortion care, despite a court blocking a nearly identical law for violating the abortion rights amendment Ohio voters approved in 2023.
State Rep. Gary Click promoted U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno as his campaign kickoff headliner. The rescheduled event replaced Moreno with Statehouse leadership — and charges $50 at the door.
A federal lawsuit by the ACLU of Ohio alleges ICE agents arrested people without warrants, detained U.S. citizens, and received bonuses for locking people up. The suit seeks class-action status covering 670 Ohio detainees.
Ohio House Democrats want to freeze utility rates for 12 months and give every customer a $150 annual electric bill credit, funded by raising the state's oil and gas severance tax to 7%.
Ohio House Bill 767 would mandate insurance and Medicaid coverage for menopause hormone therapy after the FDA removed longstanding warnings from estrogen treatments. Costs can reach $1,000 out of pocket.
Ohio regulators denied a permit for the Crossroads Solar project in Morrow County, citing local opposition — even though many comments against it were found to be duplicated or faked. Critics say the process gives fossil fuels preferential treatment.
Ohio House Bill 249, passed 63-30 as a child protection measure, amends the state's public indecency statute — but leaves intact language exempting minors from those protections if they are married to the offender. Ohio still allows 17-year-olds to marry.
The Ohio House passed HB 249, a drag performance ban framed as child protection, 63-30 along party lines. Among the bill's 44 Republican cosponsors: Rep. Rodney Creech, who was accused of climbing into bed with a minor relative while wearing only his underwear, according to BCI documents. Planned Parenthood's Danielle Firsich called out Creech's role during committee testimony.
After a podcast scandal forced out Ohio State's president and revealed a $60,000 JobsOhio sponsorship, a bipartisan pair of Ohio lawmakers are pushing legislation to require public audits, financial disclosures, and legislative approval over the state's secretive economic development corporation.
Ohio Republicans introduced a bill requiring providers to share medically unsupported abortion "reversal" information with patients — the latest in a series of legislative efforts to restrict abortion access despite the 2023 constitutional amendment.
The League of Women Voters of the Tiffin Area issued a statement rebutting State Rep. Gary Click's claims that he was excluded from a March 18 candidates night, saying the event was scheduled months in advance and Click was personally invited multiple times.
An Ohio House bill would require absentee voters to include a front-and-back photocopy of their photo ID with their ballot — a proposal that drew skepticism from both parties over its logistical feasibility.
2 Republicans and a Democrat are competing for Ohio state treasurer in 2026, with the unclaimed funds controversy — and a blocked proposal to use that money for a Browns stadium — emerging as a central issue in the race.
Rep. Jean Schmidt's HB 754 would require doctors to file a "certificate of life" after detecting a fetal heartbeat and mandate registration of all fetal deaths — drawing criticism from reproductive rights advocates who call it pregnancy surveillance.
The Ohio House passed a $12.5 million SNAP stopgap that splits funds equally across all 88 counties — leaving Cuyahoga County facing a $7.5 million shortfall while smaller counties are made whole — after Democrats' needs-based amendment was voted down.
New work requirements under Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill are projected to cause at least 900 premature deaths in Ohio by 2040 — rising to 23,000 if Ohio abandons SNAP entirely under a nearly $400 million cost burden the law imposes on states.
Ohio House Bill 561 would repeal the hepatitis B vaccine requirement for daycares and preschools and bar schools from excluding unvaccinated students during disease outbreaks, raising public health concerns amid already declining childhood vaccination rates.
Ohio Republicans are pushing HB 249 to ban drag performances in the name of child safety. One of the bill's 42 cosponsors, state Rep. Rodney Creech, was accused of climbing into bed with a minor relative while wearing only his underwear, according to BCI documents. A possible committee vote is scheduled for March 25.
