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Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted is appealing a federal district judge's

An Ohio House committee has passed a bill that would put restrictions on puppy mills in Ohio. As Ohio Public Radio’s Jo Ingles reports, there is mixed reaction to the legislation. 

Convicted murderer Brett Hartman was executed today with a lethal injection.

869-thousand Ohio households currently receive food stamps, but some are about to see their allotments cut.

An Ohio House committee is scheduled to take a possible vote on a bill that could put Planned Parenthood in the back of the line when it comes to money for family planning services.

In 1992, Ohio voters put term limits into the state constitution for state legislators.

Democrats may have won the presidential race and a US Senate contest in Ohio... but voters here also decided to keep Republicans in firm control of the Ohio House and senate.  What is the GOP majority likely to do with that continued hold on power?  And can the minority Democrats do much to influence them?  Those are the questions that statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen has been asking.

Democrats will continue to control the U.S. senate next year, and one big reason is – the re-election victory of incumbent Ohio Democrat Sherrod Brown.

President Barack Obama won re-election to a second term last night. Ohioans elected Obama over Republican Mitt Romney by a two-point margin.

Some 200 million dollars will have been spent in Ohio to try to sway voters in the presidential, Senate and congressional races. Tuesday, those voters took over. For Ohio Public Radio, WKSU’s M.L. Schultze reports, many didn’t feel particularly illuminated by the deluge of information.

The in-person absentee voting period ended yesterday, with nearly 70-thousand people voting early in Franklin County.

Early in-person voting centers across Ohio are reporting long lines. The centers will be open one last day before election day itself. In Franklin County, the center at 1700 Morse Rd. will be open until 2 p.m. today.

The close race for president in Ohio and nationally could boil down to how well each side has mobilized church-goers.

President Barack Obama and Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney are in the middle of whirlwind tours throughout Ohio this weekend.

Mitt Romney's wife, Ann, headlined a "Women for Mitt" rally yesterday at the Aladdin Shrine center in Columbus,

As the major party presidential candidates have come through Ohio, their paths have crossed with the candidates in the US Senate race.

Ohioans have been living the battleground state lifestyle for months. For the next few days, a few tourists are coming from the UK to Ohio just for that experience. Statehouse correspondent Karen Kasler reports.

Two new polls show the presidential race is tight in Ohio, but both polls give president Obama a slight edge.  the CBS/Quinnipiac/New York Times poll shows Obama with a 5 point lead, while the Ohio Poll by the Univversity of Cincinnati shows him 2 points ahead of challenger Mitt Romney.  Jim Messina, campaign manager for Obama says the the Romney campaign is propped up with inaccurate information.

Earlier this week, the company that makes Jeeps criticized a Mitt Romney campaign ad airing in Ohio as misleading. Now, a SECOND automaker is saying the same thing about ANOTHER Romney ad. The arguments are over new auto jobs and where they’re being created. Ohio Public Radio’s Bill Cohen reports.

Thousands of northern Ohio residents are still without power and hundreds of schools closed for a second day as the region cleaned up from Sandy.