Ohio lawmakers have overwhelmingly passed a spending bill that started as a way to make sure name image and likeness ...

Gov. Mike DeWine has approved a correction to the biennium budget bill that would have possibly cut roughly 11,000 Homestead exemption recipients out of the “piggyback” benefit.

As the holiday season approaches, some families are navigating a change that has moved them from having full-time child care ...

Thomas Suddes is a former legislative reporter with The Plain Dealer in Cleveland and writes from Ohio University. [email protected]. After issuing a raft of line-item vetoes, Republican Gov. Mike ...

A tax break on Ohio capital gains taxes starting in 2026 is meant to attract more VC investment in Ohio startups.

Ohio’s freshly signed $60 billion, 6,000 page budget – a classic, “kitchen sink” piece of legislation on which lawmakers tacked items until moments before it landed on the governor’s desk – has a ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Fees at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles for titling and registering a car, along with the cost of some fishing and hunting licenses, are about to go up due to Ohio’s new state ...

Due to a provision in the state budget, Franklin County could levy a tax on cigarettes, but it's unlikely. Nationwide Arena could seek $400 million in unclaimed funds set aside by lawmakers for sports ...

Subscribe to the Wake Up, cleveland.com’s free morning newsletter, delivered to your inbox weekdays at 5:30 a.m. Does changing Ohio driver’s ed requirements belong in the state budget? What about ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio’s biennial state budget has evolved from a simple funding mechanism into a vehicle for significant policy changes, often with minimal public debate. These are the 5 takeaways ...

The new state budget includes $20 million to promote the role of fathers in children’s lives. That’s on top of the $2.5 million funding for the Ohio Commission on Fatherhood. But supporters say they ...