Republican Gov. Mike DeWine wants Ohio to abolish the death penalty, saying it is not a deterrent

Gov. Mike DeWine says he believes Ohio should abolish the death penalty. The term-limited governor, who has repeatedly postponed scheduled executions, said Tuesday that data shows the death penalty is not serving as a deterrent to violent crime as the law he helped write had intended.

https://apnews.com/article/death-penalty-ohio-dewine-6210d7fbcecde9fe88657a76521e90fe

#TopNews #News #Ohio #DeWine #Republican

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost resigns to join national anti-LGBTQ+ hate group

Yost will step down next month to join the Christian legal group behind thousands of pieces of anti-transgender legislation

#adf #alliance-defending-freedom #attorney-general #dave-yost #dewine #hate-group #hb-454 #ohio #ohio-house #ohio-senate #politics #southern-poverty-law-center #yost
https://thebuckeyeflame.com/2026/05/18/ohio-attorney-general-dave-yost-resigns-to-join-national-anti-lgbtq-hate-group/

> December 11, 2025: (COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Following a pause to review potential federal action, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced today that he is requesting the Ohio Board of Pharmacy to immediately designate all synthetic kratom compounds and other dangerous compounds derived from the active ingredient in Kratom as illegal drugs through emergency rule. The Governor is also asking the Board of Pharmacy to pursue rules through the regular rulemaking process for scheduling mitragynine (natural kratom).

via governor.ohio.gov: [Governor DeWine Updates Request to Board of Pharmacy to Schedule Kratom Compounds as Illegal Drugs](https://governor.ohio.gov/media/news-and-media/governor-dewine-updates-request-to-board-of-pharmacy-to-schedule-kratom-compounds-as-illegal-drugs)

> Feb 12, 2026: At the request of Gov. Mike DeWine, the Ohio Board of Pharmacy recently enacted an emergency rule banning the distribution, possession, and sale of kratom-related products in the name of public health. In practice, however, the rule is more likely to endanger public health than protect it.

> Unfortunately, decades of experience with the failed “war on drugs” demonstrates that such bans rarely work. Instead, bans tend to push drug use underground, creating black markets and making drugs more dangerous – not to mention criminalizing users.

archive.ph: [OPINION: Banning kratom-related products will make Ohio’s drug problem worse](https://archive.ph/WvHr1) via: [Dayton Daily News](https://www.daytondailynews.com/local/opinion-banning-kratom-related-products-will-make-ohios-drug-problem-worse/TXBUHGHYHZE7DO6MGKDQT2M6RY/)

PSA: prohibition is racist, classist, and bad. May I suggest that the suicide hotline included in the letterhead is partly an indication drug prohibitions are not going well, thus far? And we do not need more of them?

https://write.as/e2uez49bxvp7fron.md

#kratom #ohio #prohibition #dewine

#DeWine encourages #Ohioans to take #precautions due to extremely #cold temps this week

https://www.10tv.com/article/news/local/ohio-take-precautions-extremely-cold-temps/530-cba399ea-b5df-4187-9db2-3c88a1eed6e4

#DeWine signed bills aimed at #property #taxrelief. Not good enough, say anti-#propertytax advocates.

https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/24/dewine-just-signed-bills-aimed-at-property-tax-relief-not-good-enough-say-anti-property-tax-advocates/

#DeWine signs nearly 20 bills into law

https://www.10tv.com/article/news/local/dewine-signs-ohio-bills-into-law/530-c22987c3-acd6-4c81-b888-9600e83c00ae

#DeWine signs #propertytax relief bills expected to save $2 billion

https://www.10tv.com/article/news/politics/dewine-signs-property-tax-relief-bills-expected-save-2-billion/530-d20bea59-8383-4c4f-b3a7-8e6076099aef

#OHIO

#DeWine vetoes bill to extend #work hours for young #teens

https://www.hometownstations.com/news/ohio_headlines/dewine-vetoes-bill-to-extend-work-hours-for-young-teens/article_b7a5d8db-793e-4d98-84e1-95ecc8ea4333.html

#DeWine announces $5 million grant to #Ohio #hospitals for #pediatriccancer research

https://www.10tv.com/article/news/local/ohio/dewine-announces-5-million-grant-ohio-hospitals-pediatric-cancer-research/530-42825ffb-6244-40c8-b8dd-74fef051881a