/tags/2016-year-in-review 2016 Year In Review en-US Copyright Wed, 28 Dec 2016 20:19:04 GMT /government-politics/2016-12-28/2016-year-in-review-abortion Abortion is always a contentious issue at the Statehouse. This year was no exception, as abortion ban bills took front and center stage amid the backdrop… Wed, 28 Dec 2016 20:19:04 GMT /government-politics/2016-12-28/2016-year-in-review-abortion Jo Ingles /government-politics/2016-12-28/2016-year-in-review-education 2016 started with a shift in the tide when it comes to accountability and transparency for charter schools in Ohio. But the year ends with some big… Wed, 28 Dec 2016 20:15:19 GMT /government-politics/2016-12-28/2016-year-in-review-education Andy Chow /government-politics/2016-12-28/2016-year-in-review-energy Ohio has a big coal industry, but also has a lot of land for wind energy development. And state officials seems to be floating in the middle as far as… Wed, 28 Dec 2016 20:04:39 GMT /government-politics/2016-12-28/2016-year-in-review-energy Andy Chow /government-politics/2016-12-28/2016-year-in-review-bills-that-didnt-pass-the-ohio-general-assembly Every two years there are more than a thousand bills introduced in the Statehouse that never get enough support to pass the House and Senate and are left… Wed, 28 Dec 2016 19:51:05 GMT /government-politics/2016-12-28/2016-year-in-review-bills-that-didnt-pass-the-ohio-general-assembly Andy Chow /government-politics/2016-12-28/2016-year-in-review-bills-that-passed-the-ohio-general-assembly A slew of bills that in other years might have been too controversial to touch not only got hearings at the Statehouse this year. They actually passed.… Wed, 28 Dec 2016 19:41:14 GMT /government-politics/2016-12-28/2016-year-in-review-bills-that-passed-the-ohio-general-assembly Jo Ingles