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Federal CHIPS funds reinvigorated the Intel project in Ohio, but its timing and scale are still murky
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As the federal government begins to fork over its long-awaited CHIPS and Science Act money, the Intel chief executive officer is out the door,… Read More
Gov. Mike DeWine says he’ll sign Ohio’s parental notification bill but he wants some changes and additions
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A bill that’s been a priority of Republican lawmakers seems to be one of the hundreds of measures that may get to Gov. Mike… Read More
A women’s suffrage monument planned for the Ohio Statehouse grounds receives an anonymous $1 million donation
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The organization spearheading installation of a monument to women’s suffrage at the Ohio Statehouse has received a $1 million contribution toward the project from an anonymous… Read More
Ohio boards of elections are still reviewing and auditing results after their certification
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — With the holidays on the horizon, the November election is likely in most Ohioans’ rearview mirrors by early December, but county boards of elections still… Read More
A panel votes to open up almost 900 more acres of Ohio’s park land to energy companies for fracking
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The state panel that grants permits to drill for oil and gas approved opening up more state park land for fracking. And as has… Read More
A bill to boost penalties for domestic violence in Ohio nears the finish line
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio is poised to toughen the penalties for third-degree felony domestic violence convictions starting next year, after the legislature unanimously sent Gov. Mike DeWine a… Read More
Nearly 600 veterans are homeless in Ohio. Can villages of tiny homes help?
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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TUSCARAWAS COUNTY, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Sandy Muntean served as one of the first female military police officers in the U.S. Army. Times were different back in the ‘70s,… Read More
Election Day has long passed. In some states, legislatures are working to undermine the results
By: Gary Fields | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — While the election was over a month ago, voters in some parts of the country are discovering that having their say at the ballot box is not… Read More
Ohio’s psychiatric hospitals are nearly full. What can the state do?
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — Ohio’s six state-run psychiatric hospitals are nearly full. Their patients are almost exclusively individuals coming from the criminal justice system – including those transferred from… Read More
Big changes to Ohio’s recreational cannabis laws are on deck for state lawmakers next year
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio legalized recreational cannabis via the voters through an initiated statute more than a year ago, with four months of sales under state retailer’s belts…. Read More
Time is growing short to put a public works program before Ohio voters this spring
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — There’s a bipartisan proposal at the Statehouse that has nearly unanimous support; a public works program that allows the state of Ohio to issue… Read More
Steubenville’s giant nutcracker village might not be magic, but they’re bringing a downtown to life
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Days before Thanksgiving, Brodie Stutzman stood in his workshop considering a nearly finished nutcracker. Unlike the traditional mantel-topping toy, this one is almost as… Read More
Some Ohio cities are banning sleeping outside – and facing backlash for it
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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NEWARK, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Every Saturday, Trish Perry sets up a table with hot dogs, harm reduction kits and winter coats on Main Street in Newark. Her organization, Newark… Read More
The Ohio House passes a bill to boost police pension contributions by cities, but its future is uncertain
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A bill to require municipalities to increase their pension contributions $80 million a year more toward pensions for law enforcement passed the House with… Read More
A big player joins the team pushing for universities to have more power in Ohio’s NIL law
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse New Bureau) — Ohio State won’t be in the Big Ten championship this coming weekend thanks to the loss to Michigan this past weekend. But college football is… Read More
Companies owned by the late utilities regulator pleaded guilty in the Ohio bribery and corruption scandal
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Two companies created by the former head of the state’s utilities regulating panel to take bribes from FirstEnergy in the House Bill 6 case… Read More
Ohio is working to create more affordable housing as rent restrictions expire
By: Allie Vugrincic | WOSU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — The National Housing Preservation database estimates that in the next five years, affordability restrictions will expire on about 14,000 units of affordable housing in Ohio that… Read More
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose rejects a GOP challenge to Democrat Congresswoman Emilia Sykes’ residency
By: Bruce Shipkowski | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s top elections official Frank LaRose has rejected a Republican challenge over the legal residency of one of the state’s Democratic members of Congress. Secretary of… Read More
Ohio has designated the majority of its American Rescue Plan Act funds. Here’s where the money is going
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Billions of dollars came to Ohio through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to help mitigate the impact of the coronavirus in 2021. Now,… Read More
Ohio mayors are fighting a bill requiring a boost in cities’ contributions to the police and fire pension fund
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Mayors from both parties say residents of Ohio’s cities should expect fewer police officers, and cops should expect smaller pay raises under a Republican-backed bill… Read More
From nightclubs to hardware stores, rural counties get creative to address homelessness
By: Anna Huntsman | Ideastream Public Media
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WOOSTER, Ohio (Ideastream Public Media) — Homelessness is on the rise across the state in both urban and more rural areas. However, rural communities often lack shelter spaces and resources… Read More
A republican senator says more state lawmakers may be the fix to redistricting in Ohio
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Voters rejected the issue that would have created a 15-member commission of non-politicians to draw maps for state lawmakers and members of Congress last… Read More
Self-driving cars are on their way to southeast Ohio
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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ATHENS, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Self-driving cars already roam the streets of cities like San Francisco and Austin, Texas. But how do they fare on the hilly terrain of… Read More
Ohio GOP leaders prioritize ‘Parents Bill of Rights’ passage before the lame duck session ends
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — With only a few weeks left of lawmaking at the Ohio Statehouse this session, both GOP legislative leaders have said they want to pass… Read More
The head of Ohio’s teacher pension fund retires, saying the fund is strong despite staff vacancies
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The outgoing head of Ohio’s troubled teacher pension system said that she left the fund in strong fiscal condition, despite the turmoil at the top that her… Read More
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