/tags/stephanie-howse Stephanie Howse en-US Copyright Tue, 29 Jun 2021 21:42:07 GMT /government-politics/2021-06-29/republican-backed-ohio-budget-passes-with-a-lot-of-democratic-support The two-year $75 billion state budget is awaiting Gov. Mike DeWine’s signature before the fiscal year expires tomorrow. The budget process was led by… Tue, 29 Jun 2021 21:42:07 GMT /government-politics/2021-06-29/republican-backed-ohio-budget-passes-with-a-lot-of-democratic-support Karen Kasler /government-politics/2021-05-20/hearing-for-bill-to-change-laws-on-early-voting-drop-boxes-gets-contentious A Republican-backed bill that would allow ballot dropboxes only at boards of elections for 10 days before the election and would shorten the window to… Fri, 21 May 2021 02:23:12 GMT /government-politics/2021-05-20/hearing-for-bill-to-change-laws-on-early-voting-drop-boxes-gets-contentious Karen Kasler /government-politics/2021-05-04/bill-on-protestors-and-police-changed-to-allow-video-recordings-of-cops-at-work One of the four bills that address the interaction between police and people on the streets, including protestors, could have stopped what’s become a… Tue, 04 May 2021 19:21:29 GMT /government-politics/2021-05-04/bill-on-protestors-and-police-changed-to-allow-video-recordings-of-cops-at-work Karen Kasler /government-politics/2021-03-25/pay-equity-bill-introduced-in-the-ohio-legislature-again Democratic lawmakers have proposed a pay equity bill that’s become a perennial in recent two-year General Assembly sessions.Representative Stephanie Howse… Thu, 25 Mar 2021 18:44:43 GMT /government-politics/2021-03-25/pay-equity-bill-introduced-in-the-ohio-legislature-again Jo Ingles /government-politics/2020-12-18/house-passes-stand-your-ground-bill-during-late-night-session The controversial gun law that removes the "duty to retreat" requirement before a person can use lethal force in self-defense was passed by the Ohio… Fri, 18 Dec 2020 05:52:44 GMT /government-politics/2020-12-18/house-passes-stand-your-ground-bill-during-late-night-session Andy Chow /government-politics/2020-07-07/ohio-lawmaker-battling-covid-19-speaks-out The leader of Ohio’s Black state lawmakers’ group is the first Ohio legislator known to be diagnosed with COVID-19. Representative Stephanie Howse says… Tue, 07 Jul 2020 21:18:29 GMT /government-politics/2020-07-07/ohio-lawmaker-battling-covid-19-speaks-out Jo Ingles /government-politics/2020-06-08/first-hearing-tuesday-for-racism-as-public-health-crisis-resolution A resolution introduced last week to declare racism a public health crisis is getting its first hearing in the Republican-dominated Ohio Senate, where one… Mon, 08 Jun 2020 20:47:08 GMT /government-politics/2020-06-08/first-hearing-tuesday-for-racism-as-public-health-crisis-resolution Karen Kasler /government-politics/2020-06-05/house-session-ends-with-emotional-comments-on-racism As more than a hundred protestors chanted and demonstrated outside the Statehouse, the Ohio House held a voting session that concluded with some… Fri, 05 Jun 2020 16:12:02 GMT /government-politics/2020-06-05/house-session-ends-with-emotional-comments-on-racism Karen Kasler /government-politics/2020-05-28/democratic-lawmaker-fires-back-at-republican-colleague-over-facebook-post A Democratic state lawmaker is angry that an Ohio House colleague is claiming a bill she’s proposed would do things it wouldn’t do.Rep. Stephanie Howse… Thu, 28 May 2020 20:28:45 GMT /government-politics/2020-05-28/democratic-lawmaker-fires-back-at-republican-colleague-over-facebook-post Karen Kasler /government-politics/2019-11-26/ohio-lawmaker-talks-about-what-she-saw-on-fact-finding-trip-to-el-salvador An Ohio lawmaker who went to El Salvador recently on a fact-finding mission says her experience there is strengthening her resolve to fight abortion bans… Tue, 26 Nov 2019 18:26:21 GMT /government-politics/2019-11-26/ohio-lawmaker-talks-about-what-she-saw-on-fact-finding-trip-to-el-salvador Jo Ingles