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Ohio colleges’ compliance with the state’s ban on DEI is being called into question
By: Zack Carreon | WVXU
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CINCINNATI (WVXU) — The first full academic year under Ohio’s Senate Bill 1 is coming to a close. The controversial bill, which became law last summer, banned programs at public universities… Read More
ACLU of Ohio finds more police departments and sheriffs are signing agreements with ICE
By: George Shillcock | WOSU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — Contracts between Ohio police departments and sheriff’s offices with Immigration and Customs Enforcement have increased since President Donald Trump’s second term in office began. An American Civil… Read More
The US Supreme Court’s conversion therapy ruling prompts Columbus and other Ohio cities to review bans
By: George Shillcock | WOSU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — Columbus, Westerville and Whitehall leaders are all reviewing a U.S. Supreme Court ruling Tuesday that struck down a state law in Colorado banning conversion therapy on… Read More
A federal judge finds President Trump violated free speech by ordering NPR and PBS be defunded
By: David Folkenflik | Scott Neuman | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — A federal judge has knocked down the core of President Trump’s executive order barring federal funding for NPR and PBS, saying it violated the broadcasters’ First… Read More
Now Playing : Outer space, inner turmoil
By: Gordon Briggs
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Project Hail Mary has been a hit with audiences worldwide. However, the film is one in a series set in outer space that explores the theme of isolation. Here are… Read More
A teenager faces charges in an accident that killed a Wellston police officer
By: WOUB News Team
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — A teenager has been charged with aggravated vehicular homicide following a crash last year that killed an off-duty Wellston police officer and injured another. At about… Read More
JD Vance has a new book about his religious faith, ‘Communion,’ coming out later this spring
By: Hillel Italie | AP
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Vice President JD Vance has a new book coming out that will explore his religious faith and his conversion to Catholicism as an adult. “Communion: Finding… Read More
The bribery and corruption trial of former FirstEnergy executives in Akron results in a hung jury
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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AKRON, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A jury in Akron hearing bribery and corruption charges against former FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones and former senior vice president Michael Dowling is unable… Read More
Ohio Democrats are proposing bills on affordability, but Republicans have different ideas
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — In this election year, Democrats are talking about affordability, including the 33 Democrats in the Ohio House. Last week, Democrats talked up two bills… Read More
Advocates say Ohio ‘can’t ignore’ the ratio of executed to exonerated death row inmates
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The state of Ohio has executed 56 men in death row since 1981, and in the same timeframe, vacated the convictions of 12 other… Read More
How a proposed bill could help homebound Ohio seniors access food assistance
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — On the second Friday of March, a steady stream of DoorDash drivers lined up outside Shared Harvest Foodbank in Fairfield, a small city north of… Read More
Gov. Mike DeWine rejects the idea of consolidating Ohio universities, as concerns that could happen circulate
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A video posted on social media by the leading Republican candidate for governor on his ideas to deal with college costs has raised fears that… Read More
A judge orders the FirstEnergy bribery trial jury back to work after they say they’re at ‘impasse’
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Jurors in the bribery and corruption trial of two former FirstEnergy executives are back at their deliberations in Summit County Court in Akron, after telling… Read More