Marijuana

The pardons will be done through an administration process to be developed by the Justice Department, administration officials told reporters; it will cover citizens and lawful permanent residents.

Ohio and Amtrak discuss the possibility of passenger trains for the state. And school officials reject a proposal that would have allowed endorsement deals for student-athletes.

Ohio's Secretary of State Frank LaRose says he still supports J.D Vance even after his remarks on Fox News. Also, the Biden administration uses Columbus to address housing issues that affecting the whole nation.

Rep. Casey Weinstein (D-Hudson) said Republican leaders in Ohio pushed to delay a legal marijuana ballot initiative to avoid an uptick in voter turnout for the November election.

A settlement agreement to put off the ballot issue came not long after a lawsuit was filed by the marijuana legalization group disputing a ruling of the Ohio Secretary of State.

The clock is ticking for the Ohio Legislature to pass an initiated statute to keep the issue from going to the ballot this fall.

The Ohio House has passed a plan to add autism to the list of qualifying conditions.

Gov. Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) and legislative leaders say they won't move bills to legalize marijuana

Two conservative groups have different perspective on this issue.

A group seeking to legalize possessing and growing marijuana in Ohio has failed to gather enough signatures to put the issue in front of state lawmakers.

But the bill still includes restrictions on the use of the drug.

More Ohio dispensaries could sell medical marijuana, cultivators could grow more of it and more conditions would qualify for using it under legislation passed Wednesday by the Republican-led state Senate.