The Department of Justice began releasing thousands of records Friday related to the late sex offender Jeff Epstein, but questions remained over whether officials will meet the requirements of a law overwhelmingly backed by both Republicans and Democrats ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/19/r...

Ohio Gov. DeWine signed a bill into law Friday banning intoxicating hemp products and making changes to the voter-passed marijuana law, including adding crimes such as making it illegal to bring legally purchased marijuana from another state back to Ohio ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/19/o...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed several property tax measures Friday and explained he “reluctantly” approved another bill eliminating Ohio's grace period for absentee ballots ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/22/o...

Ohio Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Sherrod Brown met with several Columbus small business owners Wednesday for a roundtable on affordability. He’s held similar events in other cities around the state as part of his bid to return to the U.S. Senate ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/22/o...

The U.S. Department of Justice has sent a confidential draft agreement to more than a dozen states that would require election officials to remove any alleged ineligible voters identified during a federal review of their voter rolls ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/22/r...

The Department of Justice began releasing thousands of records Friday related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, but questions remained over whether officials will meet the requirements of a law overwhelmingly backed by both Republicans and Democrats. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/19/r...

The U.S. Department of Justice has sent a confidential draft agreement to more than a dozen states that would require election officials to remove any alleged ineligible voters identified during a federal review of their voter rolls. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/22/r...

Ohio Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Sherrod Brown met with several Columbus small business owners Wednesday for a roundtable on affordability. He’s held similar events in other cities around the state as part of his bid to return to the U.S. Senate. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/22/o...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed several property tax measures Friday and explained he “reluctantly” approved another bill eliminating Ohio's grace period for absentee ballots. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/22/o...

Ohio Gov. DeWine signed a bill into law Friday banning intoxicating hemp products and making changes to the voter-passed marijuana law, including adding crimes such as making it illegal to bring legally purchased marijuana from another state back to Ohio. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/19/o...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine not ready to endorse Vivek Ramaswamy ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/16/o...

Ohio GOP endorsed Vivek Ramaswamy in May. AG Dave Yost still says it was the wrong choice. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/17/o...

Incoming health care changes mean more overall struggles for Ohioans, advocates say ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/15/i...

How to mark the Ohio holidays super old-school ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/19/h...

Ohio joins multi-state lawsuit against Uber subscription service ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/19/o...

Ohio Board of Pharmacy issues emergency ruling banning most kratom products for 180 days ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/16/o...

Ohio hemp bill would put future of THC beverages in hands of federal government ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/19/o...

10 Ohio colleges and universities were not in alignment with the science of reading, audit shows ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/18/1...

Amid ICE agent abuse arrests in Ohio, advocate says it ‘fails to police its own ranks’ ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/18/a...

Ohio farmers see one-year, 74% loss in Chinese sales due largely to Trump tariffs, report shows ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/16/o...

Commentary: What is stopping development of solar and wind energy in Ohio? ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/15/w...

Commentary: Trump has now twice devastated Ohio’s farm economy, and twice used taxpayer money for a bailout ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/16/t...

Commentary: Data centers need electricity fast, but utilities need years to build power plants – who should pay? ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/17/d...

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, a national memorial to the slain president, will be renamed the Trump-Kennedy Center, the White House announced Thursday, though the power to change the name officially rests with Congress ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/19/r...

President Donald Trump’s administration took major steps Thursday in a campaign to block minors’ access to gender-affirming care nationwide ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/19/r...

The $1,776 “warrior dividend” checks President Trump announced during Wednesday’s prime-time address will come from basic housing allowance funds approved by Congress and signed into law in July, according to a senior administration official ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/19/r...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to loosen federal restrictions on marijuana, which Trump said reflected the drug’s potential medical benefits while discouraging recreational use ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/19/r...

A panel of appellate judges seemed skeptical during Thursday oral arguments that the Trump administration erred in relying on a decades-old statute to require millions of noncitizens to register with the federal government and carry documentation ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/19/r...

As pennies vanish from the American landscape, many businesses are clamoring for federal guidance on how to handle cash transactions in a penniless world ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/19/r...

Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem said Thursday she's suspending applications for a diversity visa program because the man suspected of killing two Brown University students and a MIT professor this week obtained a green card through the program in 2017 ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/19/r...

Measles cases are continuing to grow, reaching 1,958 confirmed cases in 43 states through Dec. 16 and threatening to undo next year the United States’ status as a nation that has eradicated the disease, according to a report released Dec. 17 by the CDC ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/19/r...

The U.S. House on Thursday passed, 211-204, a bill to remove Endangered Species Act protections for the gray wolf outside Alaska ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/19/r...

Indigenous people built Fort Ancient in southwestern Ohio around 2,000 years ago to mark the winter solstice and other phenomena. A celebration is scheduled there Sunday ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/19/h...

Ohio has joined a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit against Uber, alleging it engaged in deceptive practices as part of its Uber One subscription service. Nineteen other states, D.C., and California’s Alameda County have signed on to the lawsuit as well ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/19/o...

Some Ohio craft brewers are optimistic changes will be made at the federal level to allow THC-infused beverages to continue to be manufactured and sold past next year ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/19/o...

Ohio Gov. DeWine signed a bill into law Friday that bans intoxicating hemp products and makes changes to the voter-passed marijuana law, including adding crimes such as making it illegal to bring legally purchased marijuana from another state back to Ohio ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/19/o...

U.S. House Republicans on a Judiciary Committee panel during a Wednesday hearing defended the Trump administration’s move to end temporary protections for immigrants who hail from countries deemed too dangerous to return ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/18/r...

President Donald Trump’s administration took major steps Thursday in a campaign to block minors’ access to gender-affirming care nationwide. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/19/r...

A federal judge Wednesday blocked a policy from the Department of Homeland Security, finding that it violated an appropriations law that allows members of Congress to make unannounced oversight visits to federal facilities that detain immigrants ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/18/r...

The $1,776 “warrior dividend” checks President Trump announced during Wednesday’s prime-time address will come from basic housing allowance funds approved by Congress and signed into law in July, according to a senior administration official. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/19/r...

A U.S. appeals court ruled Wednesday that National Guard troops can remain in the District of Columbia while the judges take up the case that began when the district sued the Trump administration for deploying roughly 2,000 troops to the nation’s capital ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/18/r...

"Economists on Thursday warned that a big drop in November inflation had more to do with data challenges caused by the government shutdown than with actual changes in the economy. Unfortunately, those data problems might be around for months to come." www.wsj.com/economy/the-...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to loosen federal restrictions on marijuana, which Trump said reflected the drug’s potential medical benefits while discouraging recreational use. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/19/r...

As Americans continue to face rising prices, President Trump blamed inflation and health costs on Joe Biden during a prime-time speech Wednesday in which he also claimed to have fixed the issues. In recent weeks, Trump has said affordability is a “hoax” ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/18/r...

Ohio Gov. DeWine signed a bill into law Friday that bans intoxicating hemp products and makes changes to the voter-passed marijuana law, including adding crimes such as making it illegal to bring legally purchased marijuana from another state back to Ohio. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/19/o...

A panel of appellate judges seemed skeptical during Thursday oral arguments that the Trump administration erred in relying on a decades-old statute to require millions of noncitizens to register with the federal government and carry documentation. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/19/r...

As pennies vanish from the American landscape, many businesses are clamoring for federal guidance on how to handle cash transactions in a penniless world. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/19/r...

Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem said Thursday she's suspending applications for a diversity visa program because the man suspected of killing two Brown University students and a MIT professor this week obtained a green card through the program in 2017. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/19/r...

"Trust these numbers? Economists see a lot of flaws in delayed CPI report showing downward inflation." www.cnbc.com/2025/12/18/t...

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, a national memorial to the slain president, will be renamed the Trump-Kennedy Center, the White House announced Thursday, though the power to change the name officially rests with Congress. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/19/r...