home rule

Local bans on flavored tobacco products, like the one in Columbus, will not longer be permitted by the state

Republicans in the Ohio House have overridden a veto on a provision in the state budget that prohibited communities from banning sales of flavored tobacco, further fueling the debate about uniform rules for businesses versus the home rule power of local governments.

Ohio governments would be prohibited from stopping sales of guns or ammunition during a public emergency, under legislation approved by the GOP-controlled…

A judge has rejected a request by several Ohio cities to delay part of the state's new gun law. The cities say it infringes on their ability to regulate…

The Ohio House has approved a bill prohibiting local communities from banning single use plastic bags. The measure now moves to the Ohio Senate. Ohio…

Bans on single-use plastic bags in Bexley and in Cuyahoga County are scheduled to take effect in January. And Republican state lawmakers are ramping up…

A home rule provision was added to the Ohio constitution by voters in 1912, and the struggles between local officials and state lawmakers have raged…

Ohio legislators passed a law in 2006 preventing local governments from passing any gun laws that are more restrictive than those enacted at the state…

Bexley is one of three Ohio communities banning the use of plastic shopping bags to help protect the environment. But the efforts could be squelched by…