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Three Judge Panel Rules Against “Golden Week” Voting
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — A panel of three federal judges has shot down the week where first-time voters can register and cast ballots at the same time. That sets the first… Read More

Judge Allows Online Charter’s Suit Against Ohio to Continue
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio’s largest online charter school has been allowed to proceed with a lawsuit that seeks to block an enrollment audit the state says is necessary to… Read More

Aaron Lee Tasjan To Play Free Concert This Friday In Nelsonville
Stuart’s Opera House in Nelsonville, Ohio continues their free Summer Concert Series on Friday, Aug. 26 at 7 p.m. with Nashville songwriter Aaron Lee Tasjan. Nashville-based musician Aaron Lee Tasjan… Read More

Groups Want Right To Life Leader Off Medical Board
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Groups representing doctors, consumers and women are asking the state medical board to remove the president of Ohio Right to Life as the board’s president because… Read More

Kentucky Governor Praises Transgender Block By Federal Judges
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – Kentucky’s Republican governor has praised a federal judges’ ruling blocking President Barack Obama’s bathroom order for public schools, saying it reaffirms the right of local control…. Read More

$1.8 M In State Funds Going To Marijuana Regulators
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Two agencies that will regulate Ohio’s forthcoming medical marijuana program are getting the $1.8 million they sought from the state to start that work. The law… Read More

W. Va. Maintains State Of Emergency For Eight Counties
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin is maintaining a state of emergency for eight West Virginia counties devastated by floods in June. On Monday, Tomblin announced the extension… Read More