Looser campaign-finance rules designed to grease torrents more dark-money contributions to Statehouse insiders do nothing to ...

Ohio Senate Finance Committee chairman Jerry Cirino's recent suggestion to two Ohioans concerned about school funding cuts, ...

Eligibility for Publicly Funded Child Care wasn’t increased in the Ohio Senate proposal as advocates had urged, maintaining ...

So much for the Ohio Constitution, which guarantees everyone the right “to petition the General Assembly for the redress of ...

Dispatch.com features full coverage of the 2025 Stonewall Columbus Pride Festival and March held June 14. Look for stories, ...

The Ohio University Board of Trustees met for its June meeting, approving the FY 2026 budget, strategic enrollment plan ...

Between the standalone bills and all the behind-the-scenes budget talks, Ohio lawmakers are considering some of the biggest changes to the state’s property tax system in decades. The proposals could ...

The Tri-Share model aims to help make child care costs accessible for those struggling to pay rising costs, but who make too much to qualify for publicly funded child care.

Sen. Chuck Grassley released the text for the Senate Judiciary Committee’s provisions in the “one, big, beautiful bill" on ...

Republican Sen. Josh Hawley has been clear about his red line as the Senate takes up the One Big Beautiful Bill Act: no ...

It took Crystal Strickland years to qualify for Medicaid, which she needs for a heart condition. Strickland, who’s unable to ...

Melissa Hortman’s power as a Democratic leader to shape the course of a deeply divided Minnesota Legislature was a far cry ...