Ohio House

Merrin, who has served in the Ohio House since August 2016, currently chairs the ways and means committee.

Ohio's six-week abortion ban is currently blocked by a court in Cincinnati.

State Rep. Bill Roemer won a second term in office last week.

State Rep. Tavia Galonski won a third term in the Ohio House last week.

State Rep. Casey Weinstein is trying to keep the Ohio House District 34 seat blue, while his opponent Beth Bigham is trying for a second time to defeat him.

Early in-person voting continues every day except Saturday, July 23 and Sunday, July 24 at county boards of elections until the August 2 primary.

Two Republican state lawmakers have introduced a bill that is similar to Florida’s new law that critics have dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" law; the committee charged with finding a place to build a new Cuyahoga County jail delayed a vote on a proposed site after hearing from citizens who are against the plan; retiring Republican U.S. Sen. Rob Portman says he will vote against the U.S. Supreme Court nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson; and more stories.

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose has ordered county election boards to remove Ohio House and Senate races from the May 3 primary ballot as the legal fight over redistricting continues; attorneys representing FirstEnergy investors name the officials behind the nuclear bailout scandal; Akron is installing 28 speed tables; and more stories.

Republicans on the Ohio Redistricting Commission have sent an adjusted map of congressional districts back to the state’s high court that delivers two-thirds of the seats to their party; Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is urging the state's five public employee retirement funds divest themselves of Russian financial holdings; An Ohio judge has blocked preemptive enforcement of a law imposing additional operating requirements on consulting physicians at abortion clinics; and more stories.

The leader of the Ohio House's Democratic caucus says she's stepping down at the end of the year; Ohio doctors who fail to give medical care in the extremely rare circumstance when a baby is born alive following an abortion attempt would face criminal penalties under legislation that cleared the Ohio House Wednesday; the number of Ohioans hospitalized with COVID continues to rise; and more stories.