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Opioid Tax Won’t Pass Kentucky Senate, Leader Says
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – The Kentucky Senate will reject a proposed first-in-the-nation tax on prescription opioids, with the chamber’s top Republican leader saying the idea has too many legal problems… Read More
Ohio to Appeal in Fight Over Down Syndrome Ban on Abortions
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio’s attorney general says he will appeal a federal judge’s decision to put on hold a state law that bans doctors from performing abortions based on… Read More
Jury To Decide On Death Penalty In OSU Student Death
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Jurors will meet again Friday to decide if a man found guilty of raping and killing an Ohio State University student should receive the death penalty. Jurors… Read More
PHOTOS: The Dairy Barn Arts Center Hosts First Spoken and Heard Event
Thursday, March 15 marked the first Spoken and Heard event at the Dairy Barn Arts Center, a series organized in part by Athens’ recently named poet laureate Kari Gunter-Seymour. The… Read More
Student Suspended For Staying In Classroom During Protest
HILLIARD, Ohio (AP) – An Ohio high school student says he tried to remain nonpolitical during school walkouts over gun violence and was suspended for a day because he stayed… Read More
Child Marriage Ban Headed To Governor’s Desk
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – A bill that would ban most child marriages in Kentucky is now headed to the governor’s desk. The state House of Representatives unanimously approved Senate bill… Read More