This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide, please call or text the National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988.A 20-year-old Haitian college student died in an ...

More than 40 Haitians in Springfield have been detained by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement after President Donald Trump revoked their legal status earlier this summer.

About 9% of Ohio’s state lawmakers are moms of children under 18, according to a new report.

Haitians living in Springfield, Ohio are being required to wear ankle monitors and turn their passports over to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Haitians in Springfield are getting l...

Washington County residents are raising concerns that injection wells in southeastern Ohio leaking brine waste will eventually pollute Marietta’s drinking water.

The Ohio Capital Journal has won eight awards in “Ohio’s Best Journalism Contest” from the Society of Professional Journalists, including First Place for Best General News Site, three other first plac...

Ohio lawmakers passed a bill that would require Ohio schools to teach students to graduate high school, get a job, and get married — in that order — before having a baby.

My dad passed away peacefully in his sleep early in the morning on May 10, 2026, ending his nearly 10-year battle with Alzheimer’s.

Petitioners who tried to get a hemp and marijuana referendum on Ohio’s November ballot are saying they either never got paid or only got partially paid for the signatures they collected.

Derek Merrin won Ohio’s 9th Congressional District’s Republican Primary and will now face Ohio Democratic U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur in the Nov. 3 election, according to unofficial results by the Associat...

Columbus-area attorney John J. Kulewicz will compete as the Democratic nominee against Republican Ohio Auditor Keith Faber in November in an open race for Ohio Attorney General, according to unofficia...

The race for Secretary of State will be a competitive one this November, after both a Republican and Democratic primary on Tuesday.

Ohio’s race for governor is set. The Associated Press reports Republican Vivek Ramaswamy will face Democrat Amy Acton in November according to unofficial results.

Former U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown on Tuesday won the Democratic nomination to run in a special election to fill an Ohio Senate seat.

With the 2026 primary coming up shortly, we created a candidate guide with everything you need to know about the May 5 primary election.

Opponents of Ohio Republican lawmakers’ attempt to change the state’s voter-passed recreational marijuana law and ban intoxicating hemp products failed to collect enough signatures to put a referendum...

Les Wexner — Ohio's wealthiest man who has donated to many politicians — is being deposed by members of Congress on Wednesday about his relationship with convicted child sex offender and disgraced…

Les Wexner — Ohio's wealthiest man who has donated to many politicians — is being deposed by members of Congress on Wednesday about his relationship with convicted child sex offender and disgraced fin...

LifeWise Academy takes public school students in Ohio to religious attractions that claim humans lived alongside dinosaurs and the Earth is 6,000 years old.

The Ohio Capital Journal talked to two parents who send their children to private school, one who uses private school vouchers and the other who refuses to use vouchers.

The United States Department of Agriculture ranked Monday Creek as the third most severely acid drainage polluted stream in Ohio in 1985 and Rural Action has been doing watershed restoration work sinc...

For the third year in a row, the Ohio Capital Journal has won seven awards in “Ohio’s Best Journalism Contest” from the Society of Professional Journalists, including three first place finishes and fo...

During a recent forum, former Ohio Department of Health Director Dr. Amy Acton emphasized her role as a public servant, not a politician, in her 2026 run for governor.

Opponents of Ohio Republican lawmakers' higher education overhaul that bans diversity efforts and faculty strikes, and sets rules around classroom discussion, have failed to collect enough signatures ...

Ohio lawmakers will likely go on summer break without making any changes to the state’s marijuana law, a Republican state representative said Tuesday.

A controversial new Ohio higher education law banning diversity efforts, prohibiting faculty strikes and regulating classroom discussion takes effect Friday.

Ohio House Democrats say they are trying to enact common sense gun laws, but face an uphill battle in the Republican supermajority-controlled Ohio Statehouse.

Ohio House Minority Leader Allison Russo is stepping down from her leadership role at the end of the month.

Ohio House Minority Leader Allison Russo is stepping down from her leadership role at the end of the month.

The Ohio Senate’s version of the state’s two-year budget restores the Ohio Housing Trust Fund, a big source of funding for local homelessness and affordable housing programs.

The Ohio Senate’s version of the state’s two-year budget would reduce the number of students who would be eligible to receive the Governor’s Merit Scholarship and it would come with strings attached.

Kent State University is closing its LGBTQ+ Center, Women’s Center and Student Multicultural Center because of a new state law banning diversity efforts that is set to take effect at the end of the mo...

Ohio Republican lawmakers in the state House and the Senate have introduced separate bills that would legalize online gambling.

Ohio lawmakers are introducing a bipartisan bill they are hoping will not only improve the state’s water quality, but also save lives by replacing all lead water lines in the state.

Ohio Senate Democrats have submitted 423 amendments to the two-year state operating budget — including one removing the $600 million bond package for a new Cleveland Browns stadium in Brook Park and o...

A proposed bill is trying to get Ohio State football games to start later. Ohio Republican state Rep. Tex Fischer introduced a bill last week that would require Ohio State football games to kick off a...

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced the suspension of his gubernatorial campaign in an email to supporters on Friday.

It’s been nearly two years since Ohio’s five intellectual diversity centers were signed into law and one has already begun offering classes.  All five independent academic centers have named their exe...

A proposed bill would require Ohio school districts to have a moment of silence every day. Ohio state Reps. Gary Click, R-Vickery, and Eric Synenberg, D-Beachwood, gave sponsor testimony on House Bill...

A bipartisan bill would help Ohio college students struggling with food insecurity.

Two Ohio prisons are arming their staffs with tasers through a new, nearly $350,000 pilot program. Trumbull Correctional Institution staff received Taser 10s last week and Ross Correctional Institutio...

Liz Walters is stepping down as Ohio Democratic Party no later than June 30.

More than 20 people spoke out against a bill that would change Ohio’s marijuana law.

According to unofficial results, Ohio voters approved a ballot measure Tuesday allowing the state to borrow $2.5 billion to support public works projects.

A pair of Ohio House lawmakers want to help people be able to pay off their medical debt.