Ohio Senate passes bill targeting liberal ‘indoctrination’ on college campuses
The Ohio Senate passed a sweeping higher education bill Wednesday afternoon that would ban diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, faculty strikes, and require professors to post syllabi online, among dozens of other requirements.
Ohio Senate OKs bill banning college DEI programs, faculty strikes after hundreds testify against it
A bill banning diversity, equity and inclusion programs at Ohio’s public colleges and universities and stripping certain collective bargaining and tenure protections from faculty cleared the Republican-led Ohio Senate on Wednesday,
Ohio Senate passes higher ed overhaul bill less than a day after eight hours of opponent testimony
The Ohio Senate passed a controversial higher education bill that would overhaul the state’s public universities during Wednesday’s session.
Ohio Senate passes bill ‘ending campus cancel culture,’ addressing DEI, strikes, civics lessons
Senate Bill 1 enacts sweeping reforms at Ohio’s college and universities. Formally called the Advance Ohio Higher Education Act, it looks to ban diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices on campuses across Ohio.
Ohio Senate OKs bill that bans DEI, significantly reforms public universities
The Ohio Senate voted 21-11 to approve a high-profile and sweeping public university reform bill Wednesday that has been scrutinized for its ban on diversity, equity and inclusion programs and state directives meant to combat a perceived anti-conservative bias on campuses.
DEI-banning bill SB 1 passes through Ohio Senate Wednesday afternoon, heads to Ohio House
A version of this story was originally published Feb. 5 but has since been updated in light of Senate Bill 1’s passing. A bill that proposes banning diversity, equity and inclusion programs at all public Ohio higher education institutions passed through the Ohio Senate Wednesday.
Ohio Senate passes higher ed overhaul to eliminate DEI, ban faculty strikes
Republicans in the Ohio Senate approved a sweeping higher education overhaul − hours after hundreds of students and faculty expressed their vehement opposition to its many changes.
Ohio higher education bill debated, hundreds oppose changes to ban DEI, faculty strikes
Ohio Senate Republicans are poised to pass a higher education overhaul to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion programs at public colleges
Ohio Senate sends higher ed bill to House
A plan to ban diversity, equity and inclusion, faculty collective bargaining and mandates certain courses at public colleges and universities is a step closer to becoming law in Ohio. All that stands in the way of Senate Bill 1 is the House of Representatives,
Ohio Senate moves to dismantle DEI in higher education
The Ohio Senate has passed a controversial bill targeting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs in public colleges, ...
Former football coach Jim Tressel to be sworn in as Ohio’s next Lt. Gov Friday
Longtime college football coach Jim Tressel is scheduled to be sworn in as Ohio’s next lieutenant governor on Friday.
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Ohio Employers May See Non-Competes and Stay-or-Pay Provisions Prohibited with Senate Bill 11
Senator Louis Blessing, III, Republican, and William DeMora, Democrat have introduced Senate Bill 11 which seeks to ban employers from requiring ...
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Ohio Senate bans diversity initiatives, polices topics taught in name of free speech on college campuses
Students erupted into protest, chanting "Higher Ed is dead" after Ohio Republican senators passed a controversial bill that would ban diversity initiatives.
Ohio Senate, House confirm Jim Tressel as lieutenant governor
The Ohio House and Senate confirmed former Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel to become the state's lieutenant governor.
Ohio Senate OKs Tressel as lieutenant governor
Former national champion football coach at Ohio State and political rookie Jim Tressel took the first step in becoming Ohio’s ...
Veteran state lawmaker Kristina Roegner launches 2026 bid for Ohio treasurer
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Ohio Sen. Kristina Roegner, a veteran state lawmaker with fiscal oversight experience and a ...
Summit County senator announces bid for Ohio treasurer, setting up GOP primary fight
Summit County Sen. Kristina Roegner announced a bid for Ohio treasurer Thursday, setting up a GOP primary for the statewide ...