Ohio farmers are making hard decisions to pay the bills, and bearing the brunt of criticisms about food-borne illnesses in the produce aisle.

Child advocates in Ohio and nationally have said proposed changes to the federal early childhood education program Head Start would be “devastating” and eliminate important health and safety standards...

Amid lawsuits, allegations of domestic violence, and calls to step aside from Ohio’s GOP U.S. Senators, Ohio Republican U.S. Rep. Max Miller is still running for reelection in November and his constit...

The challenger hoping to unseat incumbent Ohio Supreme Court Justice Jennifer Brunner has been emphasizing her work as an immigration judge and her originalism stance as part of her campaign to get th...

Ohio Republican candidate for governor Vivek Ramaswamy is changing his tune on shutting down "subpar" universities after facing bipartisan backlash.

A federal judge on Friday ruled that ICE is making illegal arrests. Then she dismissed a case seeking to stop the practice.

Ohio public school districts continue to be desperate for bus drivers, while the status of school transportation as a whole is being debated by public and private schools alike.

Three former Ohio Supreme Court justices marched to their former workplace last week as part of a national movement to emphasize the importance of judicial independence.

One year ago, the Republican "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" made the largest cuts to food stamps in the history of the program. Now thousands of Ohioans are going without help and the state is bracing f...

Advocates for Ohio’s Haitian communities are preparing for the future of over thens of thousands of migrants in the state who lack legal status after a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday.

A new study shows a significant amount of Ohio women felt their reproductive health needs were “not being met” in previous years.

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Ohio women who lost their wanted pregnancies are urging lawmakers to support abortion care, four years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned nationwide abortion rights.

Educators and advocates are worried that reduced public school funding and a lack of resources has taken its toll, causing teacher shortages both in Ohio and nationwide. But there is hope that opportu...

For the 1 in 10 Ohioans who identify as LGBTQ+, media representation and social acceptance may have improved, but stigma and discrimination still impact them in large aspects of their lives, including...

A new national study of childcare policies gave Ohio positive marks for efforts being made to increase payments and assistance, but still urged more work on the part of states and federal agencies.

Ohio residents will get the chance to speak their mind about the growing number of data centers at a committee hearing at the Ohio Statehouse today, Monday.

A religious advocacy group who lobbies regularly in the Ohio Statehouse is asking federal prosecutors to push for bans on mail-order abortion medications, even as the U.S. Supreme Court has so far hel...

Ohio Republican U.S. Sen. Jon Husted has ties to a massive utility scandal. One of his top aides lobbied for a utility that profited from the scandal.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost recently filed a motion on behalf of Ohio State University asking to drop 77 cases involving the late Dr. Richard Strauss sexually abusing Ohio State student-athletes.

The Ohio Attorney General's Office and the ACLU of Ohio are countering the claims of a Trumbull County judge who says the Ohio Constitution’s amendment protecting abortion rights hinders his ability t...

Attorneys fighting on behalf of public and private school funding will present arguments before an appellate court on Tuesday, in a continued battle over the EdChoice private school voucher program.

A tight Republican primary on Tuesday tested the endorsement power of higher-up Republicans in the state and federal, and in the end former Ohio House member Jay Edwards edged out current state Sen. K...

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

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A controversial rule enacted last year that denies federal Medicaid funding to abortion providers is likely to expire this summer, despite anti-abortion pressure on Republicans to renew it.

Ohio lawmakers have again introduced a bipartisan effort to make changes to a statute of limitations regarding sex offenses.

A new Ohio bill that would make changes to how and to whom school districts can use or sell school facilities received some criticism in a Senate committee this week, and major education unions asked ...

The U.S. House on Thursday passed a measure that would extend Temporary Protected Status for Haiti for three years, in a rare rebuke by the GOP-led Congress to President Donald Trump’s mass deportatio...

The State Library of Ohio is moving (literally) in a positive direction, as court battles over funding for U.S. libraries end, and the state gets recognized as the top state in library circulation.

The May primary will be important for voters looking at the Ohio Secretary of State’s race, as both the Republicans and Democrats have competitive races to run before the November general election.

The candidates running for Ohio Attorney General are focusing their early campaigns on their legal experience as two Democrats head toward a May primary, and the sole Republican candidate looks to the...

Jurors in the FirstEnergy corruption trial have spent five days wrestling over whether top executives participated in the largest bribery scheme in state history, with their questions signaling a…

The Ohio House passed a bill Wednesday along party lines that would effectively return the 24-hour waiting period to abortion care.

The race to become the newest state treasurer comes down to financial experience, and growing the state’s coffers through smart investments, according to the candidates in the race.

Black women living in states with abortion bans were more likely to have preterm babies, compared with what would be expected in the absence of those bans, according to a study published in this month...

The reactions to Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s final State of the State address have been as varied as the topics he touched on in the speech. In the area of child care and education, however, legislators a...

President Trump will visit Cincinnati Wednesday to pitch his prescription drug plan. But his rhetoric and reality don't match.

In Ohio cities and townships, proposed data centers are roiling otherwise sleepy public hearings and raising difficult questions about electricity, water, and noise. State lawmakers have noticed, and…

Republican sponsors of new Ohio legislation that seeks to remove gender identity denials by parents from child welfare investigations or disputes about parental fitness engaged in heated debates with ...

New polling shows Ohio voters see library services as “everyday necessities,” among the highest rated services offered at the local level.

The leader of Ohio’s child care oversight agency assured legislators that while the system the state uses to check on facilities is always evolving, its defenses against fraud are firmly in place.

An Ohio legislator, a fellow doctor, and a retired Ohioan all said drops in enrollment to the Affordable Care Act because of the loss of federal assistance could cause longterm issues in the state.

Supporters of a bill to require physicians to read state-mandated language regarding a drug used for medication abortion told an Ohio Senate committee the bill is not about punishment, but about accou...

Republican Ohio lawmakers plan to formally pledge their support for the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education next week.

A Democratic candidate for Ohio Attorney General is receiving backlash after making comments about killing President Donald Trump through legal conviction and "capital punishment."