Although Rep. D.J. Swearingen is a member of the so-called "Blue 22" – a pejorative used to describe the 22 Republicans that sided with Democrats in giving Speaker Jason Stephens the gavel – his challenger, Steve Kraus said it's about a belief he was robbed of his seat.

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The measure (HB 250), initially focused on revising the state's Military Enlistment diploma seal, was revised in the Senate to include language requiring public schools to adopt policies to make student mobile device use "as limited as possible."

"I firmly believe he needed me to get out of the way,” Rosenberger said of former Speaker Larry Householder. “And I don't think only he thought I needed to get out of the way. I think there are others. I think FirstEnergy thought I needed to get out of the way."

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Rep. Jamie Callender said Senate negotiators are still trying to make changes to the voter-approved initiated statute that he believes go against the will of the electorate. Among those are efforts to reduce the number of home-grown plants each adult in the state is entitled to.

The federal lawsuit filed by a Canadian citizen residing in Silver Lake and a German citizen and her husband living in Cleveland alleges the law passed during a rare special session violates their 1st Amendment rights.

The group that was planning to ask voters to increase the pay floor to $15 per hour announced that its signature collection efforts had fallen short of the 44-county requirement. One Fair Wage attributed its failure to mistreatment of its signature collectors in rural counties.

Gov. Mike DeWine kicks off the 169th edition of the Ohio State Fair.

.Governor Mike DeWine enjoys some science activities Wednesday while kicking off the 169th Ohio State Fair

"I'm going to have a statement on that in the next few days," DeWine told reporters when asked about the citizen-initiated plan.

"If they start sending us better cases maybe more of them will get prosecuted," Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association Executive Director Lou Tobin said.

A major shakeup before Wednesday’s informal caucus vote.

Matt Huffman beginning what could be an eight-year speakership.

Speaker Matt Huffman was elected to lead the chamber, the culmination of a lengthy battle to wrest control of the gavel from Rep. Jason Stephens Stephens led the chamber for two years after 21 Republican allies joined the chamber's then-32 Democrats to elevate him to the job.

9-1 against TTUN.

Some light reading for the governor this weekend.

The decision was based on a change in state law designed to provide more funding to nursing homes, with 60% of reimbursements going to quality incentive payments and 40% to a base rate increase.

“The separation of powers is not a matter of convenience,” the judge said in issuing the 14-day TRO from the bench after a hearing on the matter. “It is a constitutional safeguard embedded in the Ohio Constitution."