Ohio Senate

A bill to protect a student's religious expression during school sporting events is on its way to the House after getting unanimous support in the Senate.

The Ohio Senate Finance Committee has sent the latest budget proposal for a floor vote after adding more than 100 amendments to the bill. Republican Senate leaders said the measure is making more investments to help people.

A plan crafted by a group of legislators and school finance experts addressed inequities that plague the current funding formula. But the state House and Senate disagree on the approach.

A group of business leaders and child care advocates are calling on lawmakers to reverse course on a change proposed in the state budget bill.

Ohio lawmakers are taking another crack at closing one of the most ignored loopholes in state law.

Mayors of some Ohio cities say past and future tax abatements might be affected by a bill under consideration that would allow employees to receive...

There are $1.3 billion in tax cuts in the Senate version of the budget, which Republican Senate leaders say are paid for with spending cuts. Among them is the elimination of $190 million for grants for broadband expansion that’s in the House’s budget.

A battle is coming over the school funding formula overhaul introduced in the Senate’s version of the budget yesterday – which blows up the one proposed in the House that school groups and education advocates supported.

The Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee plans to hold a hearing on SB52 Wednesday that would allow local voters the ability to deny a renewable energy project through a referendum. Opponents said it creates unfair regulation on the clean energy industry.

Republican leaders of the Ohio Senate have proposed a $75-billion-dollar, two-year budget includes a 5% across-the-board income tax cut – which is a boost from 2% cut in the House budget.