Megan Henry

Advocates are calling on lawmakers to pass a bill that would ban child marriage in Ohio. The bill was not on Tuesday’s Senate agenda, even though the Ohio Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously passed Ohio Senate Bill 341 in June just...

Ohio only has enough permanent housing beds for 8% of all Ohioans experiencing homelessness, according to a new report. In total, Ohio has 935 available permanent housing beds, according to a new report from the National Alliance to End Homelessness...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has begun talks with Governor-elect Amy Acton about her administration, saying “we want to be helpful.” He also indicated that he does not support any attempt by lame-duck Republican supermajority lawmakers to dramatically change the powers...

Ohio Democrats broke the Republican supermajority in the Ohio House, limiting the lawmakers’ ability to override vetoes from incoming Democratic governor Amy Acton. Ohio voters elected 42 Democrats and 52 Republicans to the Ohio House, according to unofficial election results...

All five Ohio Democratic incumbents held their U.S. Congressional district seats Tuesday while Democratic challengers have flipped three Republican seats according to unofficial results. According to Associated Press projections, Ohio Democratic candidate Brian Poindexter won Ohio’s 7th Congressional district, beating...

Ohio’s competitive congressional races could play a role in determining which party holds power in the U.S. House. There are currently 218 Republicans, 214 Democrats, one independent and two vacancies in the U.S. House. Midterm elections typically favor the party...

In the wake of a controversial attack ad, Ohio Democratic governor candidate Dr. Amy Acton said her opponent Republican Vivek Ramaswamy is a “danger to my state.” “I just think (the ad) is a travesty,” Acton said to reporters speaking...

There were more than 2,500 oil and gas incidents reported in Ohio from 2015 through 2025, according to a new report. The number of incidents are generally increasing, going from 103 in 2015 to 268 in 2025, according to a...

The public school coalition Vouchers Hurt Ohio is confident the Republican-controlled Ohio Supreme Court will find the state’s Education Choice private school voucher program unconstitutional. Vouchers Hurt Ohio is a coalition of more than 300 public school districts challenging the...

For the second year in a row, Ohio spent more than a billion dollars on private school vouchers, this time for the 2026 fiscal year. The total amount for Ohio’s five private school voucher programs was $1.173 billion, according to...

Ohio had the steepest decline in homeownership affordability between 2020 to 2025, according to new reporting from the National Housing Conference. The number of occupations able to afford a typically priced home with a 10% down payment fell nearly 41%...

Cleveland State University will be offering free tuition for qualified first-year students starting next year. Cleveland State University Board of Trustees recently approved the Cleveland State Commitment , which is for incoming first-year students with at least a 3.0 GPA...