Ohio Senate

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed House Bill 364 on Wednesday, allowing local organizations, individuals and nonprofit groups to share native seeds.

Senate Bill 83 is scheduled for a second hearing today (Wednesday, March 29) at the statehouse in Columbus

The bill would change existing law to say that 14- and 15-year-olds can work until 9 pm all year long, including on school nights.

The Ohio Senate Select Committee on Rail Safety is charged with coming up with ways to make railroads safer in the future.

A newly proposed Ohio Senate bill would add autism and opioid use disorder to the 25 conditions already approved for medical marijuana treatment in the state. Also, the Dayton City Commission just gave out hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal funds to stimulate local development.

Most of Ohio's U.S. senators in the past 50 years have had distinct personas — voters knew what they were getting. That may not be the case with Republican J.D. Vance. He's been something of a shapeshifter over the past six years.

The non-profit said its employees in the relatively new role face challenges because of rapidly changing abortion laws in Ohio.

Erin Merryn shared her story of being sexually abused as a child while advocating for a bill to require sex abuse prevention education in schools.

The endorsement wasn't a foregone conclusion, because the labor unions group hasn't always backed Democratic candidates.

Saying "we chose the best of our bad options", a panel of federal judges has ordered Ohio to implement a set of state legislative maps that were ruled unconstitutional by the Ohio Supreme Court.

The Dayton police department announced they will enforce curfews for minors beginning this Friday.

Sen. Rob Portman, a Republican, and Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Democrat, have different views on the subject and what should happen to abortion rights in Ohio.