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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 drivers think more about their behavior. The State Highway Patrol and the Department of Transportation say 130 permanent message boards along roads in Ohio’s largest… Read More
Bill Allows Sale of 2nd Ohio Prison to Private Operator
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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 facility in the state. The legislation authorizes the state to put North Central Correctional Institution in Marion up for sale on the condition it continue… Read More
Kasich Signs Budget Expanding Medicaid, Allowing Income Tax Cuts
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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. The Republican governor made extensive use of his line-item veto, striking 44 provisions from the sweeping spending blueprint before signing it Tuesday. Several vetoes targeted… Read More
Proposal to Ban Monopolies, Including Marijuana Business, Sent to Fall Ballot
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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 in the state. The amended measure flew through a Senate committee and both chambers over several hours Tuesday night. It measure revises Ohio’s constitution to… 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 other states. “Can I change my Facebook status to ‘engaged?’” Jones recalled his partner of nearly 20 years, Jeremy Webster, asking as they watched CNN…. 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 arrested in Licking County, Prosecutor Keller Blackburn said in a news release sent to media late Wednesday night. Fourteen people have been charged in a… Read More