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

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

A compromise deal has been reached on budget language critics feared would keep most police records off-limits indefinitely ...

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 ...

State Senator Jerry C. Cirino testifies on his own bill during an Ohio Senate Higher Education committee hearing on Senate ...

The Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) is assisting in an increase in security for state lawmakers after the assassination of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark.

Ohio lawmakers have shared their reactions to the shooting of two Minnesota lawmakers by a man impersonating a police officer early Saturday morning.

Drinking culture, specifically in the U.S., is more normalized than recreational marijuana use despite similar health risks ...

U.S. Senate Republican plan would shift a portion of food stamp costs and additional administrative costs onto the states.

Republican and Democratic lawmakers respond to Sen. Padilla's viral outburst that resulted in him getting booted out of a DHS press conference in Los Angeles by Secret Service agents.

Ohioans can vote to repeal a law that would be very detrimental to Ohios public colleges and universities if we get enough ...

COLUMBUS— State Rep. Brian Lorenz (R-Powell) supported the passage of legislation that will create an expedited appeals process to the Ohio Board of Building Appeals and county and municipal boards of ...