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A measure eliminating federal firearm provisions from Ohio law is facing a skeptical audience in the Statehouse. Drafters modeled the so-called Second Amendment Preservation Act on a recent Missouri law currently tied up in federal court.

The Ohio House will decide whether to ask voters in August if it should be harder to amend the constitution. Heres where things stand.

This week were explaining how a case about a stolen leaf blower made it to Ohios Supreme Court, and what the election integrity division has done.

While politicians in Washington are debating the national debt once again, including raising or suspending the debt limit, it can be hard to fathom for regular people how large the $31.4 trillion national debt really is.

The resolution to make it harder to amend the Ohio constitution is not being voted on this week, apparently after some GOP House members started to get cold feet.

The proposal would have major consequences for an expected future fight over abortion rights in Ohio.

Public school advocates continue to advocate for a fully funded school finance plan, as some Republicans who have backed the idea of expanding vouchers for private schools are pressing down on the brake pedal.

Republicans who have been supportive of universal school voucher programs in the past are now pushing back.

A battle for political control of the Ohio House has laid bare the risks the Republican Party faces as factions of its legislative supermajority square off more over tactics and the willingness to thwart long-held institutional norms than policy.

A battle for political control of the Ohio House has laid bare the risks the Republican Party faces as factions of its legislative supermajority square off more over tactics and the willingness to thwart long held institutional norms than policy.