A proposed bipartisan bill would help Ohio college students struggling with food insecurity.

The future is far from certain for the Ohio Elections Commission after House budget drafters moved to eliminate the agency. Now the state Senate gets its turn to tweak the two-year spending plan.

Many Ohioans living in multi-unit developments get their utility services through their landlord rather than a power or gas company.

Ohio House Republicans are trying to ban diversity and inclusion in K-12 schools.

Ohio Republican lawmakers have introduced a bill to implement a flat income tax of 2.75 percent, claiming the measure would help Ohio compete with surrounding states and keep residents in the state.

The Ohio House’s version of the budget would eliminate the independent group charged with enforcing state campaign finance laws. With the Ohio Election Commission gone, those duties would fall to the Secretary of State and county boards of elections. Lawmakers slipped the provision into the 5,000-plus page bill as part of a wide-ranging amendment the day before the vote.

Ohio state lawmakers approved an energy deal Wednesday in a pair of back-to-back floor votes. The sweeping legislation aims to encourage investment in new power generation by building a moat around the market and offering tax incentives to new entrants.

Advocates for Ohio public education have been fighting for the so-called Fair School Funding Plan to be continued in the next state budget. But Ohio House Republicans have nixed it in their version of the state budget passed last week.

A provision in the version of the two-year state budget passed by Ohio House Republicans would eliminate elected members from the State Board of Education. This comes after the last budget stripped the board of most of its power.

Anti-hunger advocates saw a mixed bag with the final Ohio House version of the state budget, and they’re hoping to claw back some losses via the Senate’s draft.

The Ohio House’s version of the two-year state operating budget added new requirements for private colleges if they want to continue to participate in the Governor’s Merit Scholarship, including complying with Ohio’s new higher education ban on diversity and inclusion efforts.

Food assistance programs in the state would see large cuts and changes under the Ohio House’s budget plan. Meanwhile, a bipartisan pair of lawmakers are trying to prevent electronic benefit card fraud by equipping them with chip technology.

Calls from the Ohio Library Day gathering of about 350 library staff members from across the state were possibly heard from the Ohio Statehouse atrium on Tuesday, because the newest House version of the budget walks back plans to eliminate the Public Library Fund.

Two Republican Ohio state lawmakers want to ensure kids under 16 can’t join social media apps without parental consent. They contend kids face an avalanche of content from likes and friend requests to cyberbullying and sextortion. Their proposal will help parents protect their kids, they say.

Ohio businesses say they’re ready to implement pending legislation that would improve the child care industry, and in fact, some already have programs in place that they say prove the usefulness of not only business support, but state support in child care.