/tags/steve-huffman Steve Huffman en-US Copyright Sat, 06 Jan 2024 01:41:08 GMT /2024-01-05/ohio-lawmaker-drafting-standalone-bill-to-regulate-hemp-products Gov. Mike DeWine is again urging the Ohio House to act on modifying the state's recreational marijuana laws, and his request includes regulating unscheduled derivatives of cannabis. Sat, 06 Jan 2024 01:41:08 GMT /2024-01-05/ohio-lawmaker-drafting-standalone-bill-to-regulate-hemp-products Sarah Donaldson /politics-government/2022-04-28/republicans-back-bill-to-abolish-ohios-income-tax-over-the-next-10-years The plan could make Ohio the eighth state to eliminate personal income taxes as the main source of state revenue. Thu, 28 Apr 2022 10:23:03 GMT /politics-government/2022-04-28/republicans-back-bill-to-abolish-ohios-income-tax-over-the-next-10-years Karen Kasler /politics-government/2022-03-09/most-ohio-senate-republicans-back-bill-to-repeal-gas-tax-increase-but-dewine-calls-it-a-mistake The bill would cancel the gas tax increase for five years, and it comes as lawmakers will soon be asked to put up money for repairs on Cincinnati's Brent Spence Bridge. Wed, 09 Mar 2022 10:00:00 GMT /politics-government/2022-03-09/most-ohio-senate-republicans-back-bill-to-repeal-gas-tax-increase-but-dewine-calls-it-a-mistake Karen Kasler /politics-government/2022-01-20/dewine-says-halting-the-new-gas-tax-would-be-a-mistake Governor DeWine wants lawmakers to put the brakes on a proposal to halt the collection of Ohio's newly increased taxes on gas and diesel fuel citing the importance of Ohio's infrastructure, which the tax increase would help to maintain. Thu, 20 Jan 2022 20:01:00 GMT /politics-government/2022-01-20/dewine-says-halting-the-new-gas-tax-would-be-a-mistake The Associated Press /politics-government/2021-12-16/ohio-senate-oks-bill-to-expand-medical-marijuana-program More Ohio dispensaries could sell medical marijuana, cultivators could grow more of it and more conditions would qualify for using it under legislation passed Wednesday by the Republican-led state Senate. Thu, 16 Dec 2021 12:15:00 GMT /politics-government/2021-12-16/ohio-senate-oks-bill-to-expand-medical-marijuana-program The Associated Press /politics/2021-11-17/proposed-medical-marijuana-law-would-expand-capacity Proposed legislation in the Ohio Senate would expand the amount of marijuana grown for the state's medical marijuana program and increase the number of dispensaries able to sell it. Wed, 17 Nov 2021 20:38:51 GMT /politics/2021-11-17/proposed-medical-marijuana-law-would-expand-capacity The Associated Press Ohio /politics/2021-05-19/lawmakers-launch-bipartisan-effort-to-reform-ohios-cash-bail-system A bipartisan group of lawmakers launched another effort to overhaul the state’s bail system, which has been talked about for years and is backed by conservative and liberal groups. Wed, 19 May 2021 20:55:59 GMT /politics/2021-05-19/lawmakers-launch-bipartisan-effort-to-reform-ohios-cash-bail-system Karen Kasler /news/2020-06-24/ohio-senate-committee-hears-more-testimony-on-racism-as-a-public-health-crisis An Ohio Senate committee on Wednesday continued to hear testimony on a resolution to declare racism a public health crisis, hearing from nearly a dozen… Wed, 24 Jun 2020 20:19:06 GMT /news/2020-06-24/ohio-senate-committee-hears-more-testimony-on-racism-as-a-public-health-crisis Glenn Forbes /news/2020-06-15/ohio-senate-to-hold-diversity-training-after-huffmans-comments-on-colored-population The Republican leader of the Ohio Senate, Senate President Larry Obhof (R-Medina), has issued a rebuke to racist comments made by state Sen. Steve Huffman… Mon, 15 Jun 2020 20:15:14 GMT /news/2020-06-15/ohio-senate-to-hold-diversity-training-after-huffmans-comments-on-colored-population Andy Chow /news/2020-06-12/state-senator-fired-from-er-job-after-comments-about-black-people-hygiene A Republican state senator from the Dayton area has lost his job as an emergency room doctor after asking a racially insensitive question at a hearing on… Fri, 12 Jun 2020 10:48:25 GMT /news/2020-06-12/state-senator-fired-from-er-job-after-comments-about-black-people-hygiene Karen Kasler