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Growers and processors have been selected through a lottery for Kentucky’s start-up medical cannabis program
By: Bruce Schreiner | AP
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FRANKFURT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s start-up medical cannabis program should be positioned to ramp up quickly, but having products available for some patients at the outset will be a challenge,… Read More
The Ohio Newsroom makes a visit to the scarecrow capital of the state
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Cathie Browning collects thrifted dress-up clothes and dollar-store accessories, not necessarily to wear herself, but to build and decorate scarecrows. Her yard is… Read More
Here’s how Ohio officials keep elections secure
By: Taylor Winzer | Ideastream Public Media
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WAYNE COUNTY, Ohio (Ideastream Public Media) — Back in 2020, the Wayne County Board of Elections decided at last minute it would switch to all mail-in voting for its primary… Read More
Pharmacies are closing across the state. What does that mean for Ohioans?
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — Pharmacy chain Rite Aid has closed more than a hundred stores in Ohio after it filed for bankruptcy last fall. Walgreens and CVS are shuttering stores across the state… Read More
Days before Ohioans vote, LaRose sues Homeland Security to access databases to check citizenship
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — In the midst of preparing for an election that’s a week away, Ohio’s Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose is suing the US Department of… Read More
Ohio voters can use the provisional ballot option if they forget their photo ID
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — This is the first presidential election in Ohio where voters are required to show a valid photo ID, such as a driver’s license, a… Read More
Rural Democrats reach out in reliably red counties
By: Kathryn Mobley | WYSO
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CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, Ohio (WYSO) — In the 2020 Presidential race, 81 of Ohio’s 88 counties went red, supporting Republican former president Donald Trump. One of those counties was Champaign, with… Read More
What’s next now that Ohio’s six-week abortion ban has been ruled unconstitutional?
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s six-week abortion ban is unconstitutional, after voters approved an amendment guaranteeing abortion access and reproductive rights last year. In that ruling, Hamilton County… Read More
Jim Justice looks past his business struggles and declares himself a Senate winner in West Virginia
By: John Raby | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — More than a month before the Nov. 5 election, Jim Justice declared victory in his Senate race in deeply Republican West Virginia, a chest thump at… Read More
The Kentucky school choice ballot measure pits competing messages from Gov. Andy Beshear and Sen. Rand Paul
By: Bruce Schreiner | AP
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — As Kentucky voters ponder whether to allow some of their tax dollars to support students attending private schools, the high-stakes debate has turned into a test… Read More
The history-making Republican who was the first and only woman speaker of the Ohio House dies
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Jo Ann Davidson, the first woman to be speaker of the Ohio House and a fixture of state Republican politics for decades, has died…. Read More
Some Ohioans say voters will be tricked by ballot language for redistricting issue
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — There’s only one statewide issue on next month’s ballot. And there appears to be some anecdotal evidence that the ballot summary language for Issue… Read More
One of six Ohioans just indicted for illegal voting as a non-citizen has been dead nearly two years
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s Republican attorney general announced this week that six Ohioans have been indicted for illegal voting as non-citizens – a fourth-degree felony – between 2008… Read More
A court rules Ohio’s six-week abortion ban is unconstitutional
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s ban on nearly all abortion cannot be enforced, at the order of a Hamilton County judge. Judge Christian Jenkins ruled Ohio’s ban on… Read More
Six Ohioans have been charged with illegal voting between 2008 and 2020 out of hundreds of referred cases
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Grand juries throughout the state indicted six Ohioans with illegal voting in earlier elections, a fourth-degree felony. Attorney General Dave Yost, a Republican, announced… Read More
Voter rights groups want to ensure naturalized citizens in Ohio aren’t turned away from the polls
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Some representing voters fear naturalized citizens who have a right to vote are being denied that opportunity because of the state’s year-old law requiring… Read More
Analysts say some Ohio Statehouse races are tight ahead of the election
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s no longer a swing state, but ballots are busy this fall, with more than just the contest for the White House in front… Read More
The poverty rate in Ohio stays steady, but agencies are concerned about kids in low-income families
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The poverty rate in Ohio stayed steady from last year, but the number of children living in poverty is concerning the state’s community action… Read More
Former Ohio Gov. Bob Taft, who’s the scion of a Republican family, backs Democrat Sherrod Brown for Senate
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Former Ohio Gov. Bob Taft, scion of one of the state’s best-known Republican families, threw his support Sunday behind Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown in his hotly contested reelection… Read More
Students drag race and drift their way to technical degrees at this Ohio college
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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LIMA, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Tire marks paint the black concrete of a secluded parking lot on University of Northwestern Ohio’s campus in Lima. This semester, student Eric Kananowicz… Read More
ArtsVote Ohio hopes to make its mark on November’s election
By: Allie Vugrincic | WOSU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — Over the course of a few days in mid-September, posters cropped up in cities across Ohio. They are royal blue, teal, red and white with bold… Read More
Debt paid on the historic Greenbrier Hotel owned by family of West Virginia’s governor, a US Senate candidate
By: Leah Willingham | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, says it has paid off debts to avoid the foreclosure on its historic hotel,… Read More
The Justice Department will monitor voting in an Ohio county where the sheriff made comments about Harris supporters
By: Associated Press
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RAVENNA, Ohio (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department will send election monitors to an Ohio county where a sheriff was recently accused of intimidating voters in a social media post, federal officials… Read More
Your early vote will be counted in Ohio if you die before Election Day
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Democratic former President Jimmy Carter, who’s 100 years old and has been under hospice care, cast a ballot Tuesday during Georgia’s early voting period. His… Read More
Ohio farmers are stressed. What’s stopping so many from seeking help?
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — Between the high costs of running a farm, unpredictable weather and fluctuating markets, farming can be a stressful profession — so much so that the suicide… Read More
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