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1 month ago | 
thedailyreporteronline.com | Keith Arnold
A western Ohio lawmaker has proposed legislation in the Ohio House of Representatives to repeal a section of state law that clashes with the Parents Bill of Rights, which went into effect in April. Rep.
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2 months ago | 
thedailyreporteronline.com | Keith Arnold
A lawmaker duo from northeast Ohio has introduced bipartisan legislation that would require utility companies to bill Ohio consumers in a transparent and straightforward manner. Reps. Sean Brennan, D-Parma, and David Thomas, R-Jefferson, recently explained to members of the Energy Committee in the Ohio House of Representatives the justification for House Bill 158, which they’re calling the Consumer Utility Billing Transparency Act. “Utility bills affect nearly every household in Ohio.
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2 months ago | 
thedailyreporteronline.com | Keith Arnold
A committee in the Ohio House of Representatives is considering bipartisan legislation to create a special partnership for the purposes of developing trade, investment and economic support — among other relationships — between the Buckeye State and Israel.
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2 months ago | 
thedailyreporteronline.com | Keith Arnold
A Fifth District Court of Appeals panel affirmed a trial court’s decision to overrule a Chillicothe Correctional Institution inmate’s effort to renege on the guilty plea he entered for the shooting death of his fiancée in November 2018.
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2 months ago | 
thedailyreporteronline.com | Keith Arnold
A West Chester lawmaker said he believes Ohioans who are paid on-demand via an employer’s agreement with an earned wage access provider or who seek a short-term advance in pay through a smartphone app would benefit from some regulation of these services. Republican Sen. George Lang said the state currently has no oversight of the consumer service that now operates in every state.
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2 months ago | 
thedailyreporteronline.com | Keith Arnold
A Tenth District Court of Appeals panel reversed the dismissal of a case brought against an Obetz man who was arrested on OVI charges and other traffic-related offenses and who argued he was denied a timely trial. The three-judge appellate panel determined that at the time the Franklin County Municipal Court dismissed 43-year-old Ronnie DeWitt’s case, prosecutors had 16 more days before the speedy-trial period would have expired.
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2 months ago | 
thedailyreporteronline.com | Keith Arnold
The sponsors of a bill that prescribes phasing out the current state income tax structure and replacing it with a flat tax recently shared details of the legislation with committee members at the Ohio House of Representatives. House Bill 30 would phase out the state income tax applicable to non-business income and replace it with a flat tax of 2.75 percent during a two-year period, according to Rep. Brian Lampton, R-Beavercreek.
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Mar 28, 2025 | 
thedailyreporteronline.com | Keith Arnold
An appellate panel reversed a Fairfield County Municipal Court ruling that excluded one of the previous OVI convictions of a Canal Winchester man from the trial that resulted from a subsequent OVI offense.
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Mar 27, 2025 | 
thedailyreporteronline.com | Keith Arnold
Lawmakers have proposed a bipartisan bill that would put statutory municipalities on more equal footing with charter villages and cities when it comes to filling police department vacancies. Reps. Kevin Miller, R-Newark, and Joe Miller, D-Amherst, debuted House Bill 44 — legislation that would allow statutory cities to skip the civil service examination process in certain instances when hiring a qualified police officer — to members of the Public Safety Committee this week.
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Mar 25, 2025 | 
thedailyreporteronline.com | Keith Arnold
A central Ohio lawmaker recently introduced his plan to give local taxing authorities, such as counties, townships, municipalities and school districts, input into when to place certain tax levies on the ballot. House Bill 137 specifically would apply to library district levies and general-health district levies, Rep. Brian Lorenz, R-Powell, said during a Local Government Committee hearing in the Ohio House of Representatives.
