COLUMBUS, Ohio -Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed a provision in Ohio’s new state budget that would have made a portion of public college funding contingent on whether lawmakers believed the school ...

OLC represents Ohio's 251 public library systems, some of which are also calling on patrons to call on DeWine to veto the provision, but to do so thoughtfully.

As budget plans move through the Ohio Senate, state residents asked the chamber to push back on the House’s proposal and eliminate the provision in their own draft. Librarians who spoke at the ...

Ohio libraries call on DeWine to veto budget provision to move books on gender, identity Sheridan Hendrix Columbus Dispatch 0:00 ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) — As the deadline approaches for Governor Mike DeWine to sign Ohio's $60 billion budget, library leaders express concern over a provision that would require libraries to ...

CLEVELAND — Tucked into Ohio’s new two-year state budget is a provision that would prohibit student cellphone use during the school day — a move lawmakers say is aimed at improving academic ...

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Though the Ohio Senate axed a state budget proposal to prohibit high school students from transferring bus lines in major cities’ downtown bus hubs, the local lawmaker behind the idea says he ...

OLC represents Ohio's 251 public library systems, some of which are also calling on patrons to call on DeWine to veto the provision, but to do so thoughtfully.

The Ohio biennial budget, recently passed by the legislature, includes a provision requiring public libraries to separate materials related to sexual orientation or gender identity.