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Last month, Republican House members said they supported State Rep. Derek Merrin of suburban Toledo to be the next speaker, but that was not to be. On this week's episode of Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast from WOSU, hosts Mike Thompson and Steve Brown talk about a surprising turn to Jason Stephens for the top job. Ohio Public Radio Statehouse News Bureau reporter Jo Ingles joins the show.

Whether it was the November election, unconstitutional legislative maps or the fight over abortion rights, there were a lot of stories that kept on giving throughout 2022. In this week's episode of Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast from WOSU, hosts Mike Thompson and Steve Brown sorts through the biggest political stories in Ohio this year.

Today on “All Sides with Ann Fisher:” the U.S. Senate race is just one that’s heating up. It’s our Weekly Reporter Roundtable.

Ohio now has one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country. Governor Mike DeWine signed legislation into law last week that restricts an…

Beto O’Rourke raised more than $6 million within the first 24 hours of announcing his bid for president last week.The early burst of fundraising was the…

Governor Mike DeWine's proposed executive budget was unveiled last week.The spending plan doesn't raise taxes or include any tax cuts. But DeWine did put…

Governor Mike DeWine has proposed an 18-cents-per-gallon state gas tax increase to offset at least part of a billion-dollar-a year revenue shortfall for…

It’s been more than 90 years since an Ohioan was elected to the Oval Office, but back in the day, there was a run on presidents – eight total – from the…

Senator Sherrod Brown is half way through his listening tour of early primary and caucus states.In New Hampshire, Brown attracted decent sized crowns and…

The 2018 lame duck session of the Ohio General Assembly ended in a rare post-Christmas session that saw Republicans fail to muster enough votes to…