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.
House Speaker Matt Huffman (R-Lima) rolled out chair and vice chair assignments Tuesday as the 136th Ohio General Assembly gets underway in Columbus.
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.
Ohio GOP legislative leaders have said they want to revive a proposal to change relatively new recreational marijuana laws.
Cirino’s proposed overhaul failed to move forward under previous Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens, but has new potential life under Speaker Matt Huffman
House Speaker Matt Huffman thinks the incoming Trump administration will be much more favorable to the ideas Republicans have for reforming Medicaid and generating more electricity.
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 Speaker Matt Huffman is looking to cut revenue to public schools while spending a ton of tax dollars on private school vouchers
Among key points in the report, AFP-Ohio and the Buckeye Institute are encouraging lawmakers to axe power plant subsidies, particularly those for green energy projects, and loosen permitting restrictions so that transmission lines or other energy infrastructure can be more readily constructed.
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.
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.
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.