Ohio Government News

The Ohio House of Representatives is considering an anti-abortion omnibus bill that would force doctors to tell their patients how much personal income they would lose if they did not perform abortions.

At the Republican National Convention in September 2012 , Ohio Governor John Kasich regaled attendees about the supposedly robust economic recovery the state was achieving on his watch.

House Speaker John Boehner told reporters the GOP's abortion ban that passed the House 228-196 on Tuesday won't change the party's relationship with women.

Woodmore Local Schools is asking the Ohio Facilities Construction Commission to allow 20 percent of the work on its new elementary school to be done by the project's main contractor, something the state agency is resisting, the school district's superintendent said Tuesday.

Tax cuts for both business owners and everyday income tax filers are likely to make their way into Ohio's final two-year budget, but at a smaller amount than originally proposed.

Proposed changes to the Medicaid program in Ohio are unlikely to clear the Legislature before lawmakers break at the end of the month, the Republican leader of the House said Tuesday.

Gov. John Kasich, right, seen here with House Speaker William G. Batchelder, told a crowd at the Statehouse Tuesday that he still hopes to see tax cuts for small businesses and for individuals in Ohio's biennial budget.

Ohio's nursing home industry is hoping to tweak distribution of increased quality incentives even as those incentives may again disappear from the next two-year state budget.

The display of affection outside of Gina DeJesus' home the week she was rescued has carried over into monetary donations for her, Amanda Berry and Michelle Knight from ordinary people who want to help them restart their lives.

In December of 2010 I completed my Bachelors of Science in Emergency Management and Homeland Security at the University of Akron .

Work on merging the House and Senate versions of the state budget begins Tuesday when a conference committee meets.

Many in the Obama Administration -- and elsewhere -- did not anticipate how lengthy and persistent the political opposition would be to healthcare reform, President Barack Obama's signature legislative achievement.

Ohio could join dozens of other states in banning public access to handgun license records as the General Assembly considers a measure to force journalists... No injuries were reported following an early morning automobile accident and car fire in Fort Thomas, police and fire personnel said.

Known as GOBA, the annual event draws around 2,500 cyclists every year to different parts of Ohio.

The Columbus Dispatch reported on October 25, 2008, that 'information on Wurzelbacher's driver's license or his sports utility vehicle was pulled [accessed] from the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles database three times,' multiple state databases have been used to get information on Wurzelbacher.

The F-35 fighter. The cost of about seven of these equals the cost of expanding Ohio's Medicaid program for a year.

Other headlines: New Cleveland Convention Center opens today; Former Ohio Supreme Court Justice opposes death penalty; Final bridge bomb plotter found guilty Confirmed: Storms spawned five tornados in western Ohio The National Weather Service says at least five tornadoes touched down in northwest Ohio during the violent midweek storms.

Ohio could join dozens of other states in banning public access to handgun license records as the General Assembly considers a measure to force journalists -- the only ones other than law enforcement agencies exempted from the ban -- to obtain a court order to review the information.

Ohio could join dozens of other states in banning public access to handgun license records as the General Assembly considers a measure to force journalists - the only ones other than law enforcement agencies exempted from the ban - to obtain a court order to review the information.

The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services said transactions for its food assistance program will be unavailable from midnight Sunday until no later than 10 a.m. The temporary break in service is for the transition of its card program to a new vendor.