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State Rep. Bill Roemer won a second term in office last week.
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State Rep. Tavia Galonski won a third term in the Ohio House last week.
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State Rep. Casey Weinstein is trying to keep the Ohio House District 34 seat blue, while his opponent Beth Bigham is trying for a second time to defeat him.
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Early in-person voting continues every day except Saturday, July 23 and Sunday, July 24 at county boards of elections until the August 2 primary.
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Two Republican state lawmakers have introduced a bill that is similar to Florida’s new law that critics have dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" law; the committee charged with finding a place to build a new Cuyahoga County jail delayed a vote on a proposed site after hearing from citizens who are against the plan; retiring Republican U.S. Sen. Rob Portman says he will vote against the U.S. Supreme Court nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson; and more stories.
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Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose has ordered county election boards to remove Ohio House and Senate races from the May 3 primary ballot as the legal fight over redistricting continues; attorneys representing FirstEnergy investors name the officials behind the nuclear bailout scandal; Akron is installing 28 speed tables; and more stories.
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Republicans on the Ohio Redistricting Commission have sent an adjusted map of congressional districts back to the state’s high court that delivers two-thirds of the seats to their party; Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is urging the state's five public employee retirement funds divest themselves of Russian financial holdings; An Ohio judge has blocked preemptive enforcement of a law imposing additional operating requirements on consulting physicians at abortion clinics; and more stories.
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The leader of the Ohio House's Democratic caucus says she's stepping down at the end of the year; Ohio doctors who fail to give medical care in the extremely rare circumstance when a baby is born alive following an abortion attempt would face criminal penalties under legislation that cleared the Ohio House Wednesday; the number of Ohioans hospitalized with COVID continues to rise; and more stories.
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New COVID cases continue to rise with another jump on Thursday of more 6,600; Ohio House Republicans have approved anti-vaccine mandate legislation that would prohibit private companies and public entities from requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of entering facilities or conducting business; Ohio’s new congressional district map has cleared the Republican-controlled state Legislature at a breakneck pace; and more stories.
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New coronavirus cases on Wednesday jumped by 13% over the previous day to nearly 6,400; The Ohio House has voted in favor of a bill to let school districts set their own training requirements for employees they choose to arm; a fast-tracked map of Ohio’s new congressional districts is continuing its breakneck pace through the Republican-controlled state Legislature; and more stories.