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Ohio Using Highway Messages to Fight Rise in Traffic Deaths
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Facing an uptick in traffic deaths so far this year, Ohio officials will start using existing digital message boards along highways in an effort to make… Read More

Bill Allows Sale of 2nd Ohio Prison to Private Operator
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A bill on the way to Ohio Gov. John Kasich would allow the sale of a prison to a private prison operator, creating the second such… Read More

Kasich Signs Budget Expanding Medicaid, Allowing Income Tax Cuts
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio Gov. John Kasich has signed a $71.2 billion, two-year state budget that continues his expansion of the Medicaid health program and provides an income-tax cut…. Read More

Proposal to Ban Monopolies, Including Marijuana Business, Sent to Fall Ballot
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – State lawmakers in Ohio have sent a proposal to the fall ballot that would ban constitutional monopolies, an effort with the potential to scuttle marijuana legalization… Read More

First Same-Sex Marriage License Issued in Athens County
By: Steve Robb | Athens Messenger
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“Happy, but kind of shocked,” is how Paul Jones of Athens described his reaction when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that same-sex marriage is legal in Ohio and all… Read More

Alleged Drug Ring Leaders Caught
By: WOUB Staff Writer
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Two people being searched for by investigators of an alleged heroin and cocaine ring were apprehended Wednesday, according to the Athens County Prosecutor’s Office. Megan Vore and Anthony Spears were… Read More