John Kasich

Ohio is shaping up to become a possible battleground -- this time over gay marriage -- after Minnesota became the 12th state to legalize same-sex marriage last week and voters here could face the issue as early as November. But, Ohio is in a much...

The experts examining Franklin County's finances are leaning toward a declaration that the county is spending more than it is making. In government-speak, that's called a "structural imbalance." And if that phrase sounds familiar, it's because...

As supporters of Medicaid expansion in Ohio grow increasingly impatient with legislative inaction, talk, both publicly and privately, is turning toward alternatives such as a 2014 ballot issue. "In the balance is health care for hundreds of thousands of...

Anheuser-Busch has purchased Lima's C&G Distributing Co. Inc., the two companies announced Friday. The transaction between the brewer and wholesale beer distributorship is expected to close in the near future. Terms were not disclosed. The move...

A Senate Republican leader on education policy wants to create a $100 million voucher program over the next two years to allow thousands of low-income Ohio children to attend preschool. For every dollar Ohio spends on early childhood education, the...

The Adena Pipe, carved in stone in the shape of a man more than 2,000 years ago, was discovered in 1901 in the left hand of a man buried in an excavated mound in Chillicothe. Now the Native American pipe is the official state artifact thanks to a bill...

Ohio Medicaid recipients could face time limits and work requirements under alternatives being discussed in the legislature to Gov. John Kasich's proposed expansion of tax-funded health care for the poor and disabled. Republican leaders also are...

Ohio's Utica shale is generating big production numbers, although it's been a slow process and some experts were hoping for even bigger numbers. The state on Thursday released production data from 87 Utica wells drilled by 11 companies -- with the wells...

Ohio's battle to suppress Lake Erie's harmful algae has government and farmer buy-in. But it needs more money and regulation, a panel told state budget crafters Wednesday. The lake's record 2011 algal bloom was fed largely by farm fertilizers,...

As the Franklin County legal community gathers today for a seminar on attracting qualified candidates for judgeships, a local Democratic leader is questioning the qualifications of the Republican governor's two latest judicial appointments. Colleen O'...

The state will upgrade its system of criminal-background checks for thousands of health-care workers who provide home- and community-based services to elderly, ill or disabled Ohioans. With a $2.1 million federal grant, Ohio will expand a database for...

Gov. John Kasich and state legislators last spring created a new reading guarantee designed to identify young students with reading problems, get them help and keep them in the third grade if they do meet certain standards. But supporters admitted the...