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Lawmakers at Ohio Statehouse take breakneck pace

COLUMBUS — Ele­ments of Gov. John Kasich’s ambi­tious pol­icy agenda have whisked so quickly through the Ohio Leg­is­la­ture this month that fel­low Repub­li­cans, Democ­rats and side­lined wit­nesses alike grum­bled at the pace.

Statewide texting ban clears Ohio Senate panel

COLUMBUS — Ohio teens could not use their cell­phones, iPads or other elec­tronic devices while dri­ving unless there’s an emer­gency under a bill the state Sen­ate is expected to vote on Thursday.

Parties face off in court over legislative maps

COLUMBUS — Jus­tices asked tough ques­tions of both sides Tues­day as they weighed a case that seeks to scrap Ohio’s newly drawn leg­isla­tive map on the premise it was ger­ry­man­dered to favor Republicans.

Kasich mobilizes National Guard to storm areas

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CINCINNATI — The gov­er­nor on Mon­day mobi­lized the National Guard to tornado-ravaged areas of south­ern Ohio where nearly 300 homes, busi­nesses and gov­ern­ment build­ings were dam­aged by the storms and winds.

Ohio Senate exploring idea repeal of election law

COLUMBUS — Sev­eral Repub­li­can state sen­a­tors have been review­ing for weeks the idea of repeal­ing Ohio’s new elec­tions law that trims early vot­ing days in the pres­i­den­tial bat­tle­ground state and makes other elec­tion changes, the leader of Ohio’s Sen­ate said Thursday.

Poll: Ohio voters divided over anti-abortion bill

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio vot­ers are evenly split over a pro­posal before the state Leg­is­la­ture that would impose the nation’s strictest abor­tion limit, accord­ing to a new poll released Thursday.

‘Heartbeat’ bill sponsor clarifies confusion

COLUMBUS — The spon­sor of an Ohio bill that would impose the nation’s most strin­gent abor­tion limit has taken respon­si­bil­ity for some con­fu­sion over pro­posed changes to the mea­sure that caused hear­ings on the bill to be sus­pended last month.

Leader suspends hearings on Ohio ‘heartbeat’ bill

COLUMBUS — The leader of the Ohio Sen­ate said Wednes­day that he’s sus­pend­ing hear­ings on a bill that would ban abor­tions at the first detectable fetal heart­beat, say­ing amend­ments pro­posed by sup­port­ers have cre­ated confusion.

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