Ohio

Senate President Matt Huffman (R- Lima) said he’s opposed but won't stand in the way of supporters to abolish the death penalty.

The House and Senate nearly unanimously voted to approve the two-year transportation budget, after a conference committee worked out differences that could have slowed down its progress.

Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose said he's generally opposed to August special elections, but if lawmakers want to revive them for a vote to make amending the constitution harder before a reproductive rights amendment this fall, he's ok with that.

They've been trying to do it for years, but with bipartisan backing, Ohio lawmakers who supporting repealing the death penalty think it may happen this time.

Attorney General Dave Yost said in a lawsuit that PBMs have illegally worked together to fuel rising drug costs, hurting patients as well as independent pharmacies.

Ohio lawmakers likely won't be able to do what they did when a marijuana legalization amendment was on the ballot in 2015

Former College of Business professor Bryan Pesta was stripped of his tenure and fired last year after the university found he had committed “serious violations of our policies governing academic research."

Senators still must vote on the transportation budget, which includes rail safety measures and a change to traffic camera programs along with increased speed limits and the elimination of the rural highway program.

Unlike bagpipes native to Scotland, the uilleann pipes are smaller and played while seated.

Ohio's attorney general has filed a 58-count complaint against Norfolk Southern seeking recovery of costs, damages and civil penalties for the derailment, which he said was "entirely avoidable".