The Joint Committee on Congressional Redistricting is starting up again, this time in the House Finance Committee. Senate Minority Leader Nickie Antonio is first to speak, supporting the Democratic map proposal.

The Ohio Joint Committee on Congressional Redistricting will meet at 9 am on Tuesday, Sept. 30, in the House Finance hearing room.

Ohio’s congressional redistricting committee heard from Ohio residents and Democratic leaders on Monday during its first meeting in the process of redrawing the state map. Republican leaders made it clear the first deadline of Sept. 30 to adopt a bipartisan map would not be met.

The co-chairs of the committee told reporters after the hearing that another meeting wouldn’t be scheduled until next week. They are not hopeful for a vote by Sept. 30.

Republican Sen. Jane Timken, co-chair of the Joint Committee on Congressional Redistricting, has already indicated there will be another hearing in the future.

Ohio’s Senate Finance room is already filling up ahead of the 11 a.m. meeting of the Joint Committee on Congressional Redistricting. The hearing will include testimony on the Democrats’ proposed map “as well as any other testimony offered concerning a proposed congressional redistricting plan.”

The Joint Committee on Congressional Redistricting will meet at 11 a.m. on Monday, according to a meeting notice.

The group is now speaking on one side of the statehouse about their demands for redistricting. “There’s no excuse for (lawmakers) having us in this situation again,” said Deidre Reese.

The rally has created a circle around the statehouse, and have started chants toward the doors demanding fair maps and for lawmakers to obey the constitution.

Organizers are rallying at the Ohio Statehouse for fair redistricting maps as the process begins in the Ohio General Assembly. A joint redistricting committee is set to meet next week.

In the annual State of the Judiciary speech, Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Sharon Kennedy pushed for more civics education, committed to eliminating “legal deserts,” and emphasized the importance of an independent judicial branch of government.

State Library of Ohio among libraries awaiting court decisions, congressional votes on funding

With the introduction of a Democratic-proposed map and the announcement of a bipartisan committee on the subject, Ohio lawmakers have officially begun the process of congressional redistricting. So what happens now?

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Ohio Democratic lawmakers have introduced their preferred congressional redistricting plan, which they say creates more competitive districts across the state.

Ohio Democrats are introducing legislation with their redistricting proposal for congressional districts. Senate Minority Leader Nickie Antonio said the map matches voting trends, with an 8 GOP-7 Dem breakdown.

As Planned Parenthoods in the state and across the country navigate federal budget cuts, workers at an Ohio affiliate are fighting for the future of the organization.

Military veterans in Ohio could suffer from the cuts to Medicaid in the federal budget bill signed by President Donald Trump in July.

Brittany Watts’ miscarriage made national headlines after the Warren resident was arrested, despite her claims that she went to St. Joseph Warren Hospital in Youngstown twice for care and waited for hours without receiving the proper medical attention.

Ohio college students are navigating the ramifications of the state’s new higher education law that bans diversity efforts, prohibits faculty strikes, and regulates classroom discussion.

Because of a state process that has been filled with conflict and controversy since the 2020 U.S. Census was released, Ohio is required to redraw congressional districts this year.

As some Ohio women’s health facilities square with federal budget cuts and a new effort to cut funds at the state level, anti-abortion pregnancy resource centers are receiving million in state grants.

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The congressional map that establishes voting districts for Ohio’s U.S. House representatives must be redrawn before the end of the year. State lawmakers’ first deadline is approaching in September, and maps must be in place for 2026 primary elections.

Trump signs law yanking $9B from NPR, PBS, foreign aid ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/07/27/r...

Medicaid funding is used for 4 in 10 births nationwide, data from the Kaiser Family Foundation showed, and for almost half the births in rural communities specifically. In 2023, 39% of births in Ohio were covered by Medicaid, according to the foundation.

New program enacted in state budget will provide eye exams and glasses for Ohio students

Ohio House votes to override one, not three, of Gov. DeWine’s property tax vetoes

Ohio Republicans plan to appeal ruling that private school voucher program is unconstitutional

Southwest Ohio to lose two health clinics over federal, state budget Medicaid cuts

The U.S. Senate agreed early Thursday to cancel $9 billion in previously approved funding for public broadcasting and foreign aid accounts including AIDS relief, another victory for the Trump administration. Both Ohio Republican U.S. Senators voted for it. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/07/17/r...

US Senate Republicans advance bill stripping funds from NPR, PBS, foreign aid

Some Ohio-related background as the NPR/PBS defunding debate begins:

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Ohio is part of a downward trend in birth rates that has occurred in nearly every state in the country, and the financial impacts of fewer new humans could start impacting the state’s fiscal health as early as next year.

For those who work in Ohio’s public media space, coverage can depend on where they live and work. For those in rural counties, for instance, that means being the only news source in the area.

Judge Hatheway noted the constitutional amendment in her ruling on the medication abortion case, saying, under the amendment, “patient health is the only state interest that an abortion regulation may constitutionally advance.”

Ohio House lawmakers launch bid to override three of Gov. Mike DeWine’s property tax vetoes

Ohio Ballot Board splits proposed Ohio Equal Rights Amendment into two amendments

Ohio emergency doc: Medicaid cuts will hurt everybody, close hospitals

The recently passed federal budget reconciliation bill made broad cuts of more than $1 trillion to the Medicaid program, largely in the implementation of work requirements and hospital tax changes.

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A provision in the new state operating budget that would eliminate Ohio’s Medicaid expansion group may not see the light of day, based on the federal budget just passed by Congress.

In a long list of rejections of provisions in the state operating budget, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine included the veto of a measure that would force public libraries to move materials deemed “inappropriate” out of sight of minors ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/07/01/o...

It seems little will change about the budget when it comes to child care, after Gov. Mike DeWine’s 67 total vetoes didn’t include changes specifically related to child care provisions.

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Ohio’s Bernie Moreno and Jon Husted both voted for the megabill.

It seems little will change about the budget when it comes to child care, after Gov. Mike DeWine’s 67 total vetoes didn’t include changes specifically related to child care provisions.