/tags/bill-batchelder Bill Batchelder en-US Copyright Sun, 13 Feb 2022 02:57:47 GMT /politics-government/2022-02-12/former-ohio-house-speaker-bill-batchelder-dies-at-79 The Medina County native was speaker from 2011 to 2014, but spent nearly 40 years in the Statehouse. Sun, 13 Feb 2022 02:57:47 GMT /politics-government/2022-02-12/former-ohio-house-speaker-bill-batchelder-dies-at-79 Karen Kasler /news/2018-06-01/former-ohio-house-speaker-says-current-ordeal-difficult-to-watch The infighting behind closed doors at the Ohio House has left the speaker’s post vacant for weeks and has cancelled weeks of voting sessions. A veteran… Fri, 01 Jun 2018 12:00:54 GMT /news/2018-06-01/former-ohio-house-speaker-says-current-ordeal-difficult-to-watch Jo Ingles /news/2017-12-04/rejected-pot-entrepreneur-weighs-legal-action-against-ohio One of the principal backers of the failed 2015 ballot issue to legalize marijuana is threatening legal action against the state's medical pot… Mon, 04 Dec 2017 13:13:05 GMT /news/2017-12-04/rejected-pot-entrepreneur-weighs-legal-action-against-ohio Jo Ingles