2+ hour, 32+ min ago  (254+ words) The state's highest court, the Ohio Supreme Court, ruled last Wednesday that submetering companies, or the middlemen buying electric and other utilities at wholesale cost to resell it, must be regulated like other utility companies. Lawmakers have said submetering companies…...

19+ hour, 55+ min ago  (330+ words) Spring in Ohio brings sunshine, blooming flowers " and a deeply hated bug. The invasive Spotted Lanternfly (SLF) takes flight in warmer temperatures. With no natural predators, the colorful pests wreak havoc on fruit trees and crops. In many areas of…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (192+ words) The Statehouse News Bureau There may be another effort to make it harder for Ohio residents to change the state's constitution, according to a Republican senate leader. This comes as volunteer groups are rushing to gather 413, 487 valid signatures by July…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (360+ words) As rainy spring weather washes phosphorus off farmfields, a series of new filters in northwest Ohio's Defiance County are working to catch the nutrient " before it gets into the streams and waterways that feed Lake Erie. The project is part…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago  (474+ words) More than three quarters of Ohio workers are estimated to not have access to paid leave. They could get up to 14 weeks of state-funded paid leave to help them deal with newborns, medical emergencies, or elderly or ill family members,…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago  (361+ words) The group that wants Ohio voters to abolish property taxes almost certainly won't make the fall ballot, even though the deadline to submit signatures is more than two months away. There have been three citizen-initiated constitutional amendments put onto the…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago  (609+ words) Every week, Milo Miller is in charge of publishing a paper. Instead of relying on a newsroom full of beat reporters and columnists, his paper The Budget looks to handwritten letters from across the country. "These would be letters that…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago  (263+ words) The Statehouse News Bureau Why votes for a longshot GOP candidate for Ohio governor won't count Former Morgan County School Board member Heather Hill is on the statewide ballot in the race for the Republican nomination for governor, with Stuart…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago  (219+ words) Early voting has been underway in Ohio for a couple of weeks. Of the roughly eight million registered voters in Ohio, 200, 000 have requested ballots, and about half have been returned. If you want to vote early by mail, the last…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago  (286+ words) Ohio's child care system, like the rest of the country's, is widely considered to be in a state of crisis due to unaffordability and a staffing shortage. And while bills to address that crisis have been introduced in more than…...