Ohio

Just one day after a joint legislative committee missed its deadline to approve new bipartisan congressional maps, Ohio Democrats are demanding that Governor Mike DeWine immediately call the state’s Redistricting Commission back into session. So far, DeWine has declined to comment.

A bipartisan effort is underway in Ohio to reform the state’s juvenile justice system, with lawmakers proposing new legislation aimed at prioritizing rehabilitation over incarceration.

Ohio business leaders who once supported Democrat Tim Ryan are switching allegiance to Republican Vivek Ramaswamy in the 2026 governor’s race.

Timur Mamatov pleaded guilty to assaulting two Jewish students near Ohio State University in a federal hate crime.

The FBI has taken over portions of the investigation into a brutal mob attack that unfolded in downtown Cincinnati late Saturday night.

Three Lorain, Ohio, police officers were shot Tuesday afternoon in what officials described as a deliberate ambush.

Ohio renters are facing growing financial pressure as housing costs continue to outpace wage growth, according to a new report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition and the Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio. The study finds that the wage gap between what renters earn and what they need to afford housing has more than doubled in five years.

Ohio’s Senate Bill 1, signed by Governor Mike DeWine in March, officially takes effect June 27, banning public colleges from funding DEI programs and prohibiting faculty strikes.

Ohio State Representatives Levi Dean and Jonathan Newman, both Republicans, have introduced a bill that aims to abolish abortion in the state.

Ohio lawmakers are pushing legislation that would establish the time between Mother's Day and Father's Day as "Natural Family Month."