COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – This week on the Sunday Briefing: “We’re looking at the governor’s race where we see a big shake up and a shift in polling,” Spencer Kimball with Emerson Polling said. “Here, there doesn’t seem to be a shakeup and we get to those name recognition questions.” See what is driving Democrat [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Gov. Mike DeWine said Amy Acton, the former state health director who's now running for governor as a Democrat, cannot be blamed for actions the state took during COVID-19. "The decisions that were made during COVID, they were my decisions, so no one should blame someone else if they don't like [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Gov. Mike DeWine said on Thursday that he plans to sign the new cannabis bill that would make adjustments to Ohio’s recreational cannabis use laws, including new legal charges for things like improper transportation. Voters legalized the adult use of marijuana in 2023, and that will not change under the new law— [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Gov. Mike DeWine is still deciding whether or not he will sign a bill that would eliminate the four-day grace period for mail-in ballots. The bill would require all mail-in ballots to be received by election day. The bill is opposed by voting rights advocates. NBC4's Colleen Marshall asked DeWine if [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – It appears that the Columbus Promise program could end up being a broken promise. Columbus Promise is a joint initiative for the City of Columbus and Columbus State Community College that guarantees graduates of the Columbus City Schools can attend two years at the community college tuition-free It started as a [...]

DELAWARE, Ohio (WCMH) -- Dozens of cases handled by the Delaware County Public Defender's Office could be reopened after a common pleas judge was accused of pressuring an attorney with the prosecutor's office into sex. Public Defender Carlos Crawford told NBC4 the office has identified nearly 30 cases that involved Judge James Schuck and the [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Sex abuse survivors of Ohio State University Dr. Richard Strauss on Thursday used protest signs and a silent vigil during a meeting of the OSU Board of Trustees to advance their demands for action. Their legal battle against the university is in its eighth year. Hundreds of survivors claim the university [...]