The bipartisan bill hopes to relieve the nursing shortage by requiring staffing levels that are "legally enforceable", as well as putting money toward a program to help people who want to be nurses in Ohio.

Solicitor General Ben Flowers is taking a position with a law firm after eight years of arguing for Ohio in cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, federal appeals courts and the Ohio Supreme Court.

The two Democrats on the seven member Ohio Redistricting Commission voted for maps they said were unfair because they were a little better than previous proposals. But the Democrats say the only way to get truly fair maps is to make a change in the redistricting process.

The Ohio Supreme Court heard arguments over the technical question of legal standing and authority of county courts earlier today and will render a decision that could decide the fate of Ohio's six-week abortion ban.

The Ohio Supreme Court will hear arguments over whether doctors and abortion providers who filed a case in Hamilton County last year that led to the state's six-week ban being put on hold had standing to do so.

The Ohio Redistricting Commission unanimously adopted new maps, but Democrats are not happy.

The study estimated the tax income based on comparisons with Colorado, Nevada, Michigan, Illinois, Washington and Oregon where adult marijuana use is legal.

Members of the General Assembly from the Toledo area plan to hold a public hearing Monday evening for residents in that area of the state to comment on the working redistricting maps under consideration by the Ohio Redistricting Commission.

The Ohio Redistricting Commission held its first public hearing Friday at Deer Creek State Park Lodge and the panel will hold two, maybe three, in various places next week.

Majority Republicans on the Ohio Redistricting Commission reject maps drawn by Democrats and choose to go with their own working maps at next week's public hearings.