The bill would add more factors to background checks before a gun is purchased.

Ohio lawmakers will not be considering the proposal before the General Assembly adjourns at end of the year.

More than 100 organizations — including faith groups, unions, and some conservative organizations — are pushing back on a bill that would require citizen-led constitutional amendments to have a supermajority at the ballot box.

One county party chair says he's running for the Ohio Republican Party leadership post, and another county leader says he won't be.

The nursing homes say they need $600 million of money allocated for COVID costs plus some ongoing funding changes to make ends meet.

Ohio lawmakers return after the Thanksgiving break to consider bills making changes in voting and election laws and to strip away some of the powers of the state school board and move them to the governor's office.

Senate President Matt Huffman (R-Lima) opposes the idea behind a distracted driving bill but says the Senate will hold committee hearings on a pending measure.

The U.S. Senate is expected to hold the next vote on a bill that would codify protections for same-sex and interracial marriages as early as Monday.

The Ohio Supreme Court dismissed as moot an order to pay $300 weekly pandemic unemployment assistance checks to Ohioans who sued last year, but the state says that ruling ends the case.

The state has launched a marketing campaign to raise awareness about adoption in Ohio.