Looser campaign-finance rules designed to grease torrents more dark-money contributions to Statehouse insiders do nothing to ...

State Senator Jerry C. Cirino testifies on his own bill during an Ohio Senate Higher Education committee hearing on Senate ...

Eligibility for Publicly Funded Child Care wasn’t increased in the Ohio Senate proposal as advocates had urged, maintaining ...

A compromise deal has been reached on budget language critics feared would keep most police records off-limits indefinitely ...

Dispatch.com features full coverage of the 2025 Stonewall Columbus Pride Festival and March held June 14. Look for stories, ...

Ohio lawmakers have shared their reactions to the shooting of two Minnesota lawmakers by a man impersonating a police officer early Saturday morning.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) is assisting in an increase in security for state lawmakers after the assassination of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark.

Between the standalone bills and all the behind-the-scenes budget talks, Ohio lawmakers are considering some of the biggest changes to the state’s property tax system in decades. The proposals could ...

North Carolinians in the U.S. House of Representatives were unwavering of party preference for two bills now awaiting ...

The Tri-Share model aims to help make child care costs accessible for those struggling to pay rising costs, but who make too much to qualify for publicly funded child care.

Sen. Chuck Grassley released the text for the Senate Judiciary Committee’s provisions in the “one, big, beautiful bill" on ...

President Donald Trump on Sunday issued a stark warning to Iran against retaliating on U.S. targets in the Middle East while ...