Susan Tebben is an award-winning journalist with a decade of experience covering Ohio news, including courts and crime, Appalachian social issues, government, education, diversity and culture. She has worked for The Newark Advocate, The Glasgow Daily Times, The Athens Messenger, and WOUB Public Media. She has also had work featured on National Public Radio.
Two Democrats and one Republican are running for Ohio attorney general in 2026, each emphasizing legal experience and accountability as defining themes of their campaigns.
A new Children's Defense Fund Ohio report finds the state's child firearm death rate rose 58% between 2019 and 2024, exceeding the national rate, as federal funding for prevention programs is cut and state legislation remains stalled.
Ohio child care providers and local officials told a House committee that HB 647 and HB 649 would create new burdens on an already fragile system — solving a problem that doesn't exist in the state.
Franklin County Prosecutor Shayla Favor told an Ohio House committee her office has never received a child care fraud referral — directly contradicting a Republican legislator's claim that prosecutors were "unwilling" to act.
Ohio House Republicans passed HB 347 to reimpose a 24-hour waiting period for abortion care, despite a court blocking a nearly identical law for violating the abortion rights amendment Ohio voters approved in 2023.
Ohio Republicans introduced a bill requiring providers to share medically unsupported abortion "reversal" information with patients — the latest in a series of legislative efforts to restrict abortion access despite the 2023 constitutional amendment.
2 Republicans and a Democrat are competing for Ohio state treasurer in 2026, with the unclaimed funds controversy — and a blocked proposal to use that money for a Browns stadium — emerging as a central issue in the race.
Ohio House Bill 561 would repeal the hepatitis B vaccine requirement for daycares and preschools and bar schools from excluding unvaccinated students during disease outbreaks, raising public health concerns amid already declining childhood vaccination rates.
Ohio lawmakers approved a bill adding a 24-hour abortion waiting period, drawing criticism that it violates voter-approved constitutional protections and burdens patients.
An Ohio House bill would bar child welfare agencies from citing parents’ rejection of a child’s transgender identity as neglect, prompting sharp debate between Republican sponsors and Democrats.
An Ohio House bill would impose stricter content rules on school and library research databases, raising debate over censorship, student safety, and access to information.
The Ohio State Board of Education selected Philip Wagner as the next superintendent of public instruction, replacing Paul Craft and overseeing educator licensure and board operations.
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