/tags/rick-carfagna Rick Carfagna en-US Copyright Tue, 15 Dec 2020 19:46:29 GMT /government-politics/2020-12-15/several-ohio-house-representatives-have-covid-19-and-some-are-hospitalized-with-it Two representatives in the Ohio House are in the hospital right now, battling COVID-19. They are the latest to acknowledge they have contracted the virus.… Tue, 15 Dec 2020 19:46:29 GMT /government-politics/2020-12-15/several-ohio-house-representatives-have-covid-19-and-some-are-hospitalized-with-it Jo Ingles /government-politics/2020-09-01/covid-lawsuit-immunity-bill-passes-ohio-house-mostly-without-democratic-votes State lawmakers have sent on to Gov. Mike DeWine a bill to shield first responders, businesses and schools from COVID-19 related lawsuits. The bill had… Wed, 02 Sep 2020 03:26:32 GMT /government-politics/2020-09-01/covid-lawsuit-immunity-bill-passes-ohio-house-mostly-without-democratic-votes Karen Kasler /government-politics/2020-07-29/ag-says-house-needs-law-to-remove-speaker-not-just-majority-vote With a vote set to remove House Speaker Larry Householder tomorrow morning and just two candidates in the race to replace him, there’s apparently a… Wed, 29 Jul 2020 20:09:05 GMT /government-politics/2020-07-29/ag-says-house-needs-law-to-remove-speaker-not-just-majority-vote Karen Kasler /government-politics/2020-07-28/house-republicans-decide-on-thursday-vote-to-oust-householder-as-speaker Republicans in the Ohio House will remove their leader in a floor vote on Thursday, after deciding to do so in a secret ballot Tuesday. But it’s unlikely… Wed, 29 Jul 2020 01:31:01 GMT /government-politics/2020-07-28/house-republicans-decide-on-thursday-vote-to-oust-householder-as-speaker Karen Kasler /government-politics/2020-07-28/republican-house-members-meet-to-discuss-picking-new-speaker Republican members of the Ohio House will meet Tuesday afternoon to discuss picking a new Speaker for the second time in a little over two years, as they… Tue, 28 Jul 2020 17:41:27 GMT /government-politics/2020-07-28/republican-house-members-meet-to-discuss-picking-new-speaker Karen Kasler /government-politics/2020-07-23/state-leaders-considering-next-steps-after-householders-arrest Republican lawmakers say they're working on how to move forward given the recent arrest of House Speaker Larry Householder (R-Glenford), who now faces… Fri, 24 Jul 2020 03:51:50 GMT /government-politics/2020-07-23/state-leaders-considering-next-steps-after-householders-arrest Andy Chow /government-politics/2020-06-15/ohios-broadband-bill-passes-house-but-still-needs-approval-from-the-senate Nearly one million Ohio households lack reliable broadband service and of that, there are 300,000 that don’t have any service at all. The Ohio House has… Mon, 15 Jun 2020 18:49:06 GMT /government-politics/2020-06-15/ohios-broadband-bill-passes-house-but-still-needs-approval-from-the-senate Jo Ingles /government-politics/2019-04-25/reagan-tokes-bill-reintroduced-in-ohio-legislature Reagan Tokes was a 21-year-old Ohio State University student who was kidnapped, raped and murdered by a recently released felon in 2017. While part of a… Thu, 25 Apr 2019 19:02:40 GMT /government-politics/2019-04-25/reagan-tokes-bill-reintroduced-in-ohio-legislature Jo Ingles /government-politics/2018-07-06/daycare-bill-is-meant-to-keep-parents-in-the-loop-when-problems-are-discovered Parents of children in daycares throughout Ohio sometimes don’t know when those facilities have been found by the state to have engaged in unsafe… Fri, 06 Jul 2018 19:46:02 GMT /government-politics/2018-07-06/daycare-bill-is-meant-to-keep-parents-in-the-loop-when-problems-are-discovered Jo Ingles /government-politics/2018-06-20/some-parts-of-ohio-lack-broadband-while-two-bills-to-provide-it-are-stalled-in-the-ohio-legislature There is something millions of Ohioans take for granted that hundreds of thousands of others dream about – broadband service. All of Ohio’s major cities… Wed, 20 Jun 2018 21:07:50 GMT /government-politics/2018-06-20/some-parts-of-ohio-lack-broadband-while-two-bills-to-provide-it-are-stalled-in-the-ohio-legislature Jo Ingles