Rep. Jean Schmidt is the chair of the Correctional Institution Inspection Committee (CIIC), which provides oversight for state correctional facilities. "My heart bleeds for the officer and his family.

A local father is on a mission to equip police and fire departments across Ohio with a critical piece of life-saving technology.

Reps. Jean Schmidt, R-Loveland, and Adam Mathews, R-Lebanon, are pushing a new bill that would stop the death penalty, prohibit taxpayer funds from being used for assisted suicide and clarify the ...