STATEHOUSE NEWS

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Friday, July 11, there will be an electrical shutdown from 8 p.m. to midnight, which will affect various areas throughout the Statehouse. The Statehouse will not be accessible to tenants or the public during this time.

The evening of Friday, July 11 until the afternoon of Saturday, July 12, the planning, and execution of a helicopter lift for mechanical work will take place and will include the Statehouse, garage, grounds and road closures. The closures are expected to return to normal by Noon on Saturday, 7/12.

Parking garage access on Friday, July 11 after 6 p.m. will be restricted to the Broad St. entrance and exit. At 8 p.m. the Broad St. entrance will close, and the exit will close at 6 a.m. the following morning. The garage will not be accessible to pedestrians or vehicles until after the conclusion of the
flight, with Broad St. being the first entrance to open, followed by State St. and then Third St.


Fencing on the south side of the grounds will restrict pedestrian access beginning at 6 p.m. Friday, July 11.


The South Penthouse (corner of High and State) will be made accessible until midnight, Friday, July 11.


The fencing closures are as follows:

State St. from High St. to Third St.
High St. from McKinley Monument to South Penthouse
Third St. from South Veterans Plaza to State St.


Beginning Friday, 7/11, at 6 p.m., street closures are as follows:

State St. from High St. to Fourth St., westbound
State St. from Third St. to Fourth St., eastbound
Third St. from Broad St. to State St., southbound


Saturday, 7/12, around 12 a.m.
State St. from High St. to Third St., eastbound


See attached map for more details or visit https://www.ohiostatehouse.org/announcements.

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(COLUMBUS, Ohio)— In honor of the life and service of Scioto County Commissioner Cathy Coleman, Governor Mike DeWine has ordered that U.S. and Ohio flags be flown at half-staff upon all public buildings and grounds throughout Scioto County and at the Ohio Statehouse, Vern Riffe Center, and Rhodes State Office Tower in Columbus. This order will remain in effect until sunset on the day of her funeral, July 11, 2025.

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The Capitol Café will be closed starting June 9 due to mechanical upgrades in the building. It will reopen in July.


Food and drink are available for purchase on the ground floor of the Ohio Statehouse in the vending machine room. The Statehouse Museum Shop is open weekdays in the Map Room and offers bottled drinks as well as and Ohio food and snacks.


Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board thanks you for your patience during this time. For questions, please contact the CSRAB office at 614-752-9777.

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The family restroom located on the ground floor of the Ohio Statehouse, outside the Map Room, will be temporarily closed beginning June 2 for mechanical updates. This will last for several weeks.

After upgrades to the family restroom, the men’s and women’s restrooms outside the Map Room will also be temporarily closed during certain points of this ongoing process.

There are men’s and women’s restrooms located on both sides of the ground floor of the Senate building. If a changing area is needed, the lactation room located outside the Map Room (northside) can be used.

Thank you for your patience during this ongoing project. If you have questions, please contact the CSRAB office at 614-752-9777.

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(Columbus, OH)- In honor of the life and service of Morrow County Deputy Sheriff Daniel Sherrer, Governor Mike DeWine has ordered that the flags of the U.S. and the state of Ohio to be flown at half-staff upon all public buildings and grounds throughout Morrow County, the Ohio Statehouse, the Vern Riffe Center, and the Rhodes State Office Tower today, and will remain in effect until sunset on the day of his funeral, Wednesday, June 4, 2025.

updated 6/2/2025 CSRAB

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In honor of Memorial Day, Governor DeWine has ordered that the flags of the United States and the state of Ohio to be flown at half-staff upon all public buildings and grounds throughout the state of Ohio from 12:01 a.m. until noon on May 26, 2025.

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As part of the Governor’s annual Wreath Laying Ceremony in honor of Memorial Day, military aircraft will conduct a flyover of downtown Columbus and the Ohio Statehouse on Wednesday, May 21 between 11 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. The flyover will be conducted by the U.S. Air Force through Wright Patterson Air Force Base’s 445th Airlift Wing.

The public event will include a rifle salute at the Ohio Statehouse on the Third Street Veterans Plaza. The rifle salute is provided by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.

Since these sounds and the low flying aircraft can be startling, we wish to give advance notice to our Statehouse residents and neighbors on Capitol Square.

This event is part of honoring Ohio’s fallen heroes on Memorial Day weekend. The Governor’s Wreath Laying ceremony begins at 10:30 a.m. on the Third Street side of the Ohio Statehouse and may be viewed live on OhioChannel.org.

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(COLUMBUS, Ohio)— In honor of the life and service of Cleveland Fire Cadet Symeon Williams, Governor Mike DeWine has ordered that U.S. and Ohio flags be flown at half-staff upon all public buildings and grounds throughout Cuyahoga County and at the Ohio Statehouse, Vern Riffe Center, and Rhodes State Office Tower in Columbus. This order will remain in effect until sunset on the day of his funeral.

All other public buildings and grounds throughout the state may fly U.S. and Ohio flags at half-staff at their discretion for the same time period. Older Posts