This week's podcast explains when Ohio might approve cannabis for people with autism, why a GOP rift in the state House still remains and how 2024's U.S. Senate race has already begun.

This week's podcast explains when Ohio might approve cannabis for people with autism, why a GOP rift in the state House still remains and how 2024's U.S. Senate race has already begun.

You give us 15 minutes a week, and we will give you all the Ohio politics news you need to sound smart and impress your friends.

Show Host: Haley BeMiller, Ohio politics reporter for USA TODAY Network Ohio Bureau

You give us 15 minutes a week, and we will give you all the Ohio politics news you need to sound smart and impress your friends.
Show Host: Haley BeMiller, Ohio politics reporter for USA TODAY Network Ohio Bureau

Ohio Politics Explained

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Show Host: Anna Staver, Ohio politics reporter for USA TODAY GANNETT NETWORK

You give us 15 minutes a week, and we will give you all the Ohio politics news you need to sound smart and impress your friends.
Show Host:&nbsp;Anna Staver, Ohio politics reporter for USA TODAY GANNETT NETWORK

Off to the 2024 races

We discuss the latest in the Biden ballot debacle, a key ruling in the lawsuit over Ohio's ban on gender-affirming care for minors, how Gov. Mike DeWine wants to solve the child care crisis and why marijuana sales could start sooner than expected.

We discuss the latest in the Biden ballot debacle, a key ruling in the lawsuit over Ohio's ban on gender-affirming care for minors, how Gov. Mike DeWine wants to solve the child care crisis and why marijuana sales could start sooner than expected.

Ohio judge blocks House Bill 68 - for now

This week we discuss how former PUCO chairman Sam Randazzo has died by suspected suicide, how FirstEnergy gave $1 M in donations through dark money groups to back Jon Husted, and how Ohio House GOP votes to take control of House campaign funds. Finally, we talk about how President Joe Biden won’t make it on the November Ohio ballot unless state law is changed and recap the key takeaways from Gov. Mike DeWine’s State of the State address.

This week we discuss how former PUCO chairman Sam Randazzo has died by suspected suicide, how FirstEnergy gave $1 M in donations through dark money groups to back Jon Husted, and how Ohio House GOP votes to take control of House campaign funds. Finally, we talk about how President Joe Biden won’t make it on the November Ohio ballot unless state law is changed and recap the key takeaways from Gov. Mike DeWine’s State of the State address.

Will Joe Biden make the Ohio ballot in November?

We discuss the latest lawsuit over abortion access, a new bill to deal with parking payments, why marijuana users can't smoke in public and how Sam Randazzo's Christmas costume ended up in court filings.

We discuss the latest lawsuit over abortion access, a new bill to deal with parking payments, why marijuana users can't smoke in public and how Sam Randazzo's Christmas costume ended up in court filings.

Off to the 2024 races

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