Bill Batchelder

Longtime state legislator and influential Medina conservative William Batchelder has died at age 79; President Joe Biden will visit Cleveland, Lorain on Thursday; COVID-19 metrics continue to drop in Ohio; and more stories.

The infighting behind closed doors at the Ohio House has left the speaker’s post vacant for weeks and has cancelled weeks of voting sessions. A veteran…

One of the principal backers of the failed 2015 ballot issue to legalize marijuana is threatening legal action against the state's medical pot program.…

The state has chosen the 12 companies that will be given licenses to operate large-scale medical marijuana growing farms. Seven of the 12 companies…

Political figures past and present were on hand in the Statehouse rotunda to honor seven former speakers of the house, going back 50 years. The ceremony…