COLUMBUS, Ohio - Senate Republicans want to scale back Ohio’s voter-backed recreational marijuana program—cutting home grow limits, raising taxes, lowering potency and shifting revenue away from social equity programs.

Ready to party? Heck, yeah. In charge, besides lobbyists: newly elected House Speaker Matt Huffman, of Lima, and Senate President Rob McColley, of northwest Ohio’s Napoleon, also newly elected.

Four Ohio lawmakers are preparing to introduce identical bipartisan bills that legislate what they call end-of-life procedures.

A bipartisan group of Ohio lawmakers is introducing a bill meant to stop the "funding of death" in the state — no more death penalty and no dollars for physician-assisted suicide or abortions.

Ohio Republican leadership has backtracked on their steadfast effort to cut funding for public education. Our extensive reporting led to massive backlash for lawmakers, and numerous GOP members spoke out privately.

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

Ohio officials’ opposition to private solar and wind investments in service to oil-and-gas interests looking to their own bottom line is discouraging enough. Equally concerning, however, is the misleading information and outright lies being used by special interests to try to turn Ohioans against solar power.

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.

(Photo by Graham Stokes for Ohio Capital Journal. Republish photo only with original story.) Ohio House Speaker Matt Huffman, who just a month ago said he wanted to drastically change the state’s marijuana law, has seemingly had a change of heart.

There is once again a renewed push to abolish the death penalty in Ohio but this time, with a bit of a twist.  The legislation, which has yet to be officially

VICKERY – State Rep. Gary Click, R-Vickery, has been appointed by Ohio House Speaker Matt Huffman, R-Lima, as chair of the House Community Revitalization Committee. State Rep. Gary Click, R-Vickery, appointed Chair of the House Community Revitalization ...

Gov. Mike DeWine must appoint a new lieutenant governor. Meanwhile, who'd step in as acting governor in the event he's unable to fulfill his duties?