COLUMBUS, Ohio - A bill aimed at tamping down perceived liberal bias at Ohio colleges that failed last legislative session is back and the newest version contains more requirements for schools. Senate Bill 1 will be sponsored by state Sen. Jerry Cirino of Kirtland, he said during a news conference on Wednesday.

House Speaker Matt Huffman (R-Lima) rolled out chair and vice chair assignments Tuesday as the 136th Ohio General Assembly gets underway in Columbus.

Ohio GOP legislative leaders have said they want to revive a proposal to change relatively new recreational marijuana laws.

State Rep. Gary Click, R-Vickery, appointed Chair of the House Community Revitalization Committee for the 136th General Assembly. The committee is a new one for the Ohio House. Click explained that there has been an Addiction and Community Revitalization Committee in the Senate, and he has been looking over legislation that the Senate has covered.

With new raises coming to their pockets, Statehouse leaders are far more prepared to ready to party than do the people's business.

The Ohio House changed the rules for how it operates. We're breaking down what you need to know if you plan to visit the statehouse.

Ohio House Republican leadership is doubling down on their threat to cut public school spending, with House Speaker Matt Huffman calling the continuation of the current Fair School Funding Plan a “fantasy” and eyeing $650 million in cuts.

Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives Matt Huffman (R-Lima) has named State Rep. Brian Stewart (R-Ashville) Chairman of the House Finance Committee for the 136th General Assembly. Stewart will lead the 21-member committee in developing and enacting the state’s largest piece of legislation: a balanced biennial state budget.

Ohio House Speaker Matt Huffman is looking to cut revenue to public schools while spending a ton of tax dollars on private school vouchers

Changes could be coming to the way public schools are funded in Ohio. House Speaker Matt Huffman says the way schools are funded is not sustainable. Huffman says the government will never have the same amount of money as it did in the last few years.

Ohio lawmakers are early in negotiations on an omnibus bill overhauling energy policies. The ever-growing number of data centers statewide are part of the equation.

The GOP-controlled Ohio legislature is prepping to fast-track a sweeping higher education reform bill that would, among other things, block universities from offering DEI teaching in order to combat a perceived liberal bias on college campuses.