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The House Higher Education Committee passed House Bill 183, the Protect All Students Act, sponsored by State Representatives Adam Bird (R-New Richmond) and Beth Lear (R-Galena).

A bill that would ban transgender students from using the bathroom and locker room that matches up with their gender identity passed out of the Ohio House Higher Education Committee Wednesday.

A bill that would ban transgender students from using the bathroom and locker room that matches up with their gender identity passed out of an Ohio House committee.

House Bill 183 would require Ohio K-12 schools and colleges to mandate that students could only use the bathroom or locker room that matches their sex assigned at birth.

House Bill 183 would require Ohio K-12 schools and colleges to mandate that students could only use the bathroom or locker room that matches their sex assigned at birth.

It now goes onto the Senate for consideration.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – On Thursday afternoon, a Franklin County judge heard arguments in a lawsuit against Speaker of the Ohio House Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill), brought forward by members of his own party. Republican infighting has plagued the Ohio Statehouse for more than a year now. Last January, a group of 22 Republicans broke […]

Studies show that trans people who are forced to use bathrooms that don’t match their gender identity and appearance face greater risks of violence and sexual assault.

The bipartisan sponsors of a new bill to target chronic absenteeism want to model a piece of advice from novelist Jean Shepherd: “In God we trust, all others pay cash.” In a proposed two-year pilot program, Republican state Rep. Bill Seitz and Democratic Rep. Dani Isaacsohn, both of Cincinnati, said cash transfers would be sent […]

Republican state Rep. Bill Seitz and Democratic Rep. Dani Isaacsohn, both of Cincinnati, said cash transfers would be sent to kindergarteners and ninth graders to jumpstart school attendance.