The race to become the newest state treasurer for Ohio 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’s issue of the American Journal of Public Health.

Care and education advocates said a lack of messaging on child care spoke volumes, and legislators said his praise for success in the realm of infant mortality was overstated.

President Trump visited Cincinnati Wednesday to talk up his new prescription drug plan. An Ohio expert said there isn't much novel about it and about half of the 43 drugs covered under TrumpRx have generic alternatives far cheaper. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/03/11/t...

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 are starting to make proposals. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/03/12/o...

Republican sponsors of a new Ohio bill to protect parents who reject the trans identities of their kids during child welfare investigations and parental fitness disputes engaged in heated debates with Democratic members of an Ohio House committee Wednesday.

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

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

According to the health care advocacy group Protect Our Care, more than 113,000 Ohioans are forgoing health care coverage on the federal Marketplace because of a congressional decision requested by the Trump administration to let tax credits expire on Affordable Care Act premiums.

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 accountability.

Republican Ohio lawmakers plan to formally pledge their support for the Trump administration dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education with a resolution this 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.” Forhan did not walk back his statements when asked about them on Wednesday.

The youngest Ohioans are in need of mental health care, studies show, and barriers to care extend to most counties in the state, along with public and private insurance holders alike.

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Trump to block foreign aid for transgender care, Vance tells anti-abortion rally

Ballot initiatives serve as an important part of making governmental change, one that many around the state see as one of the only ways, currently, to bring about change on which a Republican supermajority won’t budge, like reproductive rights or marijuana.

During a recent U.S. Senate committee hearing, Ohio Republican U.S. Sen. Jon Husted spoke against the abortion pill, a target of the Trump administration as well as legislation at the Ohio Statehouse.

The child care sector in Ohio and nationwide is furiously pushing for federal leaders to walk back funding freezes for some states, and boost support in the next congressional budget for every state.

Ohio lawmakers are joining the defense for the state’s child care oversight system, while also pledging to improve it with new legislation.

An Ohio appeals court has rejected efforts to completely undo the state law that includes Ohio’s six-week abortion ban, but left untouched the ruling that struck down the ban itself following voter passage of a constitutional amendment protecting reproductive rights.

An award of $202 million has been announced for Ohio to combat hospital closures and a lack of access to health care in rural areas. The funding was welcomed by state leaders and advocates alike, but the funds are seen as a temporary fix to a problem made worse by federal cuts.

Former Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor is spending her retirement tending to a new puppy, and fighting to preserve the judicial branch of the United States.

A national report shows a growing trend in telehealth abortions, something advocates in Ohio are concerned may be stifled with new legislation and varying protections across the country for all abortion services.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and the head of the state’s Department of Children and Youth say they’ve engaged with the Trump administration to prove Ohio’s child care system is heavily safeguarded and worthy of federal funding.

As the current Ohio General Assembly goes into its second year in 2026, abortion will still remain a topic of legislation, in small efforts to change laws, and large attempts to codify or prohibit the practice.

Child care advocates are looking at Ohio’s 2026 elections, particularly the governor’s race, as a sign of how funding and priorities will be shaped for them as they seek to cover a huge budget shortfall.

Ohio governor, advocates, defend the state’s child care system amid Minnesota fraud claims

Members of the Columbus Metropolitan Library submitted union cards to the Ohio State Employment Relations Board, officially initiating their intent to hold a union election.

A new multi-state coalition is pushing for federal funding and support for Ohio and other Appalachian states as major flooding events increase in the region.

Ohioans are still awaiting the resolution of two different cases related to reproductive rights in the state. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/05/o...

Ohio Republican U.S. Senator Bernie Moreno wants to ban dual citizenship, arguing that it could raise questions about where someone’s loyalty lies. One triple citizen disagreed, warning that this would be a mistake.

President Donald Trump’s signature law of his second term provides vastly more benefits to the rich Ohioans than to any other group, and it also takes more away from Ohio’s most vulnerable families than most people might realize, a new analysis says.

The State Library of Ohio got some good news as a federal agency from which they receive grant money won a battle in federal court against an executive order from President Donald Trump.

The Thanksgiving holiday is known to include tables full of food, but with Ohioans still feeling the effects of federal cuts to SNAP and food banks still bending under the weight of demand, for some the table wasn’t quite as full.

Staff cuts at an Ohio Planned Parenthood affiliate have been finalized, according to the union who represents workers there. Amid the cuts, staff were also notified that a clinic in the system will close this month.

Ohio Republican lawmaker wants to regulate kratom products and ban synthetic kratom

73 days in ICE detention: an Ohio hospital chaplain speaks out

A measure that includes the Ten Commandments in a list of “historical documents” was passed in the Ohio Senate on Wednesday. Ohio’s public schools will be required to display at least some of the documents on the list in each classroom of each school, according to Ohio Senate Bill 34.

A bill regulating certain medications, which could include medication abortion drugs, was passed by the Ohio House on Wed. by a vote of 59-28. Also on Wed.: Sponsor testimony on a bill requiring a legal liability statement to be signed by any patient before being prescribed mifepristone.

Ohio House passes bill requiring public schools show ‘Baby Olivia’ video to students in grades 5-12

Ohio House passes bill that allows schools teach positive impacts of religion on American history

Ohio lawmakers send new Election Day deadline for absentee ballots law to governor

Ohio House passes bill that would ban intoxicating hemp products, revise state’s marijuana laws

A new Ohio bill would remove a requirement that the hepatitis B vaccine be administered to children attending child care or preschools. It would also bar schools from keeping out unvaccinated students if outbreaks of any disease occur.

Workers from one of the biggest library systems in Ohio are establishing a labor union focused on improvements they say need to happen in areas such as wages and paid time off.

The federal government shutdown has ended, but Ohioans are still looking down the barrel of significant increases in health insurance costs starting in 2026.

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New Ohio legislation that would require doctors to read a legal statement before medication abortions telling patients they can sue them could create a new barrier to constitutionally protected abortion care, experts say.