Instilling confidence in Ohio elections while requiring proof of citizenship is the goal of a Northern Ohio lawmaker with a new bill proposal.

Nearly five years after the biggest bribery scandal in Ohio history, Democrats are trying again to pass ethics reforms.

The bill, if passed, would prohibit school districts from acknowledging their levies while early voting occurs.

This bill will provide immediate relief to Ohio’s homeowners who have faced an unprecedented hike in property valuations'

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost suspended his campaign for governor on Friday, just a week after he lost the state Republican Party's endorsement to Trump-backed biotech billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy.

The proposed budget from Ohio House Republicans would eliminate the election of county coroners in Ohio.Many of the coroners across the country are appointed. But critics say the move was added without debate,

The Ohio Senate passed a bill this week that would ban ranked choice voting. The bill allows counties and cities to still use the election model, but the state would ban them from receiving Local Government Fund money.

Vivek Ramaswamy, the GOP-endorsed candidate for Ohio governor in the 2026 race, spoke at the Clark County Reagan-Trump Dinner on Thursday

With minimal debate last week, the Ohio Senate advanced a measure effectively prohibiting ranked choice voting in the state. ‘Effectively’ because state lawmakers actually can’t ban the practice. Instead, Senate Bill 63 threatens to withhold an important stream of state funding for any local government that embraces ranked choice.

LaRose argued the “increasingly toothless” agency has failed to collect nearly $100 million in fines it has levied.

The legislation also reiterates existing Ohio law requiring candidates who changed their name to complete forms with their current and former names.