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![Marijuana plants at Hepworth Farms in Milton, N.Y.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ap22229608902561-51ea4c62bae9b8da2bf310a882b9677445a67ac7-scaled-e1661877513924-900x422.jpg)
Ohio regulators say marijuana sellers can’t give out food from an ice cream truck – even if it’s cannabis-free
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AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Handing out food and drinks from an ice cream truck is off limits for marijuana businesses in Ohio, according to state regulators. So is an online… Read More
![Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff delivers a speech at a podium](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/download-1-1-e1697664000568-900x422.webp)
Ohio’s health department reports a COVID uptick, but no cases of West Nile virus – yet
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — It’s the end of summer in Ohio. The Ohio Department of Health reports cases of COVID are ticking upward. And even though there have been… Read More
![Columbus Blue Jackets' Johnny Gaudreau (13) plays against the Nashville Predators during the second period of an NHL hockey game](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/AP24243447567566-e1725030338228-900x422.jpg)
Columbus Blue Jacket Johnny Gaudreau and his brother killed when their bicycles were hit by a car
By: Stephen Whyno | AP
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CARNEYS POINT, New Jersey (AP) — NHL player Johnny Gaudreau and his younger brother were killed Thursday night when they were hit by a suspected drunken driver while riding bicycles in… Read More
![Peden Stadium](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/peden-900x422.jpg)
College football is back. And Ohio legislators want to rework NIL laws
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — College football season is here, which is why two Ohio lawmakers said Wednesday it’s time to think about loosening the state’s regulations of name, image… Read More
![CSX locomotives sit at CSX North Framingham Yard, on Jan. 24, 2023, in Framingham, Mass.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/AP24241810448588-e1724907845217-900x422.jpg)
A rail worker’s death in an Ohio railyard highlights union questions about remote control trains
By: Josh Funk | AP
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WALBRIDGE, Ohio (AP) — The CSX worker who discovered his friend run over by a pair of remote control trains in a railyard last year sees a simple solution to… Read More
![Dayton Police Officer Byron Branch lunges at Garrett Schoonover during a parafencing demonstration at Ohio State University.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/download-53-e1724907118259-900x422.webp)
Meet Byron Branch, the Dayton police officer headed to the 2024 Paralympics for wheelchair fencing
By: Jason Reynolds | WYSO
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DAYTON, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — The 2024 Paris Paralympics start today and Dayton Police Officer Byron Branch will be participating. Branch lost a leg in the line of duty back… Read More
![A panel of experts speak at Black Maternal Health Week, including Dr David Dhanraj, middle, and DeShae Jackson, far right.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/download-46-e1724823794140-900x422.webp)
Black maternal mortality and infant mortality is persistently high — but overwhelmingly preventable
By: Ngozi Cole | WYSO
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DAYTON, Ohio (WYSO) — When Diamond Smith gave birth to her child in Dayton, her experience was traumatic. Her previous pregnancies had gone fairly well, but this time, the 30-year-old mom… Read More
![Dolly Parton presents the award for entertainer of the year at the 57th Academy of Country Music Award](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/ap22067110774356-6fdbb0a6765a67a7f7f6f684f7ed9873e76f6b48-e1647626072727-900x422.jpg)
Dolly Parton is sending free books to children across 21 states — and around the world
By: Heather Hollingsworth | Bruce Schreiner | AP
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MISSION, Kansas (AP) — Dolly Parton’s father grew up poor and never got the chance to learn to read. Inspired by her upbringing, the 78-year-old country music legend has made it her… Read More
![Supporter of Ohio's reproductive rights amendment that was passed by voters holds a sign at the Ohio Statehouse](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/download-45-e1724822780308-900x422.webp)
Many Ohio abortion clinics have done away with 24-hour waiting period due to a recent court ruling
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Abortion providers are now doing same-day procedures. This comes after a ruling by a Franklin County judge Friday that blocked the state law that required… Read More
![An old tractor with the Blooms and Berries Farm Market logo on it.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/download-44-e1724796270801-900x422.webp)
From you-pick berries to hay rides, agritourism is booming in Ohio
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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WARREN COUNTY, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Jeff Probst’s family has owned farmland in Warren County, northeast of Cincinnati, for 85 years. Over the generations, they’ve tried all kinds of… Read More
![The Ohio Chamber of Commerce building from the outside.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/download-43-e1724785376547-900x422.webp)
Will Ohio lawmakers tweak local tax laws next legislative session?
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — During this two-year legislative session, Ohio lawmakers have mostly been focusing their tax efforts on statewide—rather than local tax laws—taxes, aside from the numerous property… Read More
![Sen. Joe Manchin (I-West Virginia), accompanied by Sen. Shelly Moore Capito (R-West Virginia) to his right and West Virginia University President Gordon Gee (left of Manchin) cut the ribbon on the ARCH2 hydrogen hub in Morgantown, West Virginia](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/IMG_2049-scaled-1-e1724712438719-900x422.webp)
Manchin opens the Appalachian hydrogen hub he helped bring to the region. Some question if it will bring clean energy
By: Reid Frazier | The Allegheny Front
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (The Allegheny Front) — At an office park near the West Virginia University campus in Morgantown, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin stood in a line with other officials on… Read More
![Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. holds a microphone.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/download-42-e1724711699158-900x422.webp)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. withdraws his Independent candidacy from Ohio’s ballot after suspending campaign
By: George Shillcock | WOSU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will not appear on the general election ballot for millions of Ohio voters this November. Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose’s office confirmed… Read More
![A stack of papers has an eviction notice.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/download-41-e1724686368802-900x422.webp)
Ohio’s eviction rates surged last year — and they’re not slowing down
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — During the pandemic, emergency rental assistance helped slash the number of evictions in the state. With those funds running out, many Ohio counties’ eviction rates… Read More
![Republican National Committee chair Michael Whatley speaks to a room of volunteers at the Ohio Republican Party's headquarters in Columbus](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/download-40-e1724682790455-900x422.webp)
Republicans launch an effort to recruit and train thousands to watch voting in Ohio and other states
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Voter fraud is extremely rare, and Ohio is often mentioned as having the gold standard of election and voting laws, with bipartisan elections workers in… Read More
![An aerial view of the fiery train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/apeastpal-e1707058698485-900x422.png)
Federal judge denies a motion to extend East Palestine class action settlement deadline
By: Abigail Bottar | Ideastream Public Media | Josh Funk | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (Ideastream/AP) — A request from some East Palestine residents to extend the amount of time they have to opt in to the $600 million class action settlement has… Read More
![The Greenbrier Hotel, a five-star resort in White Sulphur Springs seen from the front.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/AP24235554582537-e1724431346568-900x422.jpg)
A union rep says West Virginia’s governor is late on paying worker health insurance bills, despite denials
By: Leah Willingham | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s family is millions of dollars behind on payments to employees’ health insurance fund at their financially beleaguered hotel, putting workers’ coverage at… Read More
![U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) shakes hands with union members who volunteered to canvass for him in Chillicothe.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/download-39-e1724618995781-900x422.webp)
As historic Democratic convention ends in Chicago, Brown continues U.S. Senate campaign in Ohio
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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PIKE COUNTY, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As the Democratic National Convention went into its final day in Chicago, incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown was in southern Ohio, campaigning… Read More
![Phil Donahue waves to fans as he leaves his hotel during the Toronto Film Festival.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/download-38-e1724535219131-900x422.webp)
A TV producer recalls the generosity of talk show legend and Ohio native Phil Donahue
By: Kabir Bhatia | Ideastream Public Media
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CLEVELAND (The Ohio Newsroom) — A giant of the television world, Phil Donahue, died this week at 88. Born in Cleveland, Donahue was dubbed the “king of daytime talk” for… Read More
![A gavel sits upright on a table](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/shutterstock_1194443488-e1671468824492-900x422.jpg)
Ohio’s 24-hour abortion waiting period is on hold in a lawsuit over its constitutionality
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A Franklin County judge has agreed to halt Ohio’s 2021 law requiring a 24-hr abortion waiting period. The ruling came from a lawsuit that… Read More
![The Greenbrier Hotel, a five-star resort in White Sulphur Springs seen from the front.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/AP24235554582537-e1724431346568-900x422.jpg)
Family of West Virginia’s governor, who’s running for Senate, has a deal to avoid Greenbrier hotel’s foreclosure
By: John Raby | Leah Willingham | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has reached an agreement with a credit collection company to avoid the foreclosure of their historic hotel as he runs… Read More
![A map of Ohio counties shows how they vote in elections with red and blue indicators](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/download-36-e1724426020326-900x422.webp)
Ohio Democrats hope for a boost from the Harris/Walz ticket, but expert says right now it seems unlikely
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio used to be a swing state in presidential years, but Republican Donald Trump won it in 2016 and 2020, and Republicans have won… Read More
![Rep. Tex Fischer poses for a Facebook photo in a firehouse.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/download-35-e1724362782227-900x422.webp)
The Ohio House’s newest GOP member is challenged over his name change
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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BOARDMAN, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An Ohio law on candidate names enacted in 1995 has made way for a string of challenges to Statehouse candidacies this election cycle, nearly… Read More
![Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose speaks at a podium.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/snblarose-e1723577186656-900x422.jpg)
Ohio found 597 noncitizens who voted or registered in recent elections, a fraction of its electorate
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s elections chief on Wednesday referred for possible prosecution 597 apparent noncitizens who either registered to vote or cast a ballot in a recent election —… Read More
![Cartons of cigarettes, including menthol cigarettes](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/download-34-e1724339255444-900x422.webp)
Ohio’s tobacco settlement went up in smoke. It’s shaping how opioid settlement dollars are distributed
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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KENT, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Over the course of 18 years, Ohio and its communities are receiving nearly $2 billion from pharmaceutical companies to compensate for harm caused by opioids…. Read More
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