Natalie Fahmy

3 days ago | nbc4i.com | Natalie Fahmy

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Ohio House Democrats elected Rep. Dani Isaacsohn (D-Cincinnati) as the new Ohio House Minority Leader. At the start of every two-year general assembly, Ohio lawmakers elect leadership teams. At the start of this year, Democrats re-elected Rep. Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington) as minority leader. But, at the start of June, Russo announced she would be stepping down.

4 days ago | nbc4i.com | Natalie Fahmy

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The United States is now playing an active role in the war in the Middle East, and Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said the state is on alert. “Of course, the first thing we’re concerned about immediately is in Ohio, something that we can do something about,” he said. DeWine the Ohio Department of Public Safety has been in touch with people who “might be potentially vulnerable,” but did not go into more details about who he was referring to.

1 week ago | nbc4i.com | Natalie Fahmy

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Ohio lawmakers must pass the state’s $60 billion state budget by the end of the month and details are still being hashed out and negotiated behind the scenes between the House and Senate. Among those items is $600 million to the Cleveland Browns to help the team build a new stadium. The House and Senate put different proposals in the budget to get that money to the Browns. Right now, the budget uses the state’s unclaimed funds program to fund it.

1 week ago | nbc4i.com | Natalie Fahmy

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Ohio lawmakers are mulling several changes to the state’s recreational marijuana laws, but efforts to pass something have stalled. Again. How did we get here? Ever since voters legalized recreational marijuana in 2023, Ohio lawmakers have been trying to change the rules and regulations surrounding it. Several bills have been introduced to do things like decrease legal THC extract levels, change the tax structure and expressly ban public smoking.

1 week ago | nbc4i.com | Natalie Fahmy

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The use of police quotas in Ohio could soon be banned. Senate Bill 114 is on its way to the governor’s desk after passing the statehouse without a single vote against throughout the process. If Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signs the bill, it would both prohibit law enforcement agencies from using citation quotas and create an anonymous reporting system for officers to use if their departments do not comply with the law.