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![Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announces the new study.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_3512-e1570130717643-900x422.jpg)
Ohio Putting $1.6M Toward Genetic Study Of Addiction
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Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is backing a study to take an in-depth look at the genetic factors behind substance use disorder. Yost believes this will be a critical step… Read More
![Attorney General Dave Yost](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/dave_yost-e1551470701969-900x422.jpg)
Yost’s Fight To Pause Opioid Lawsuit Continues Despite Latest Settlement
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Although Cuyahoga County and Summit County just reached another lawsuit with an opioids manufacturer, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost says there’s still time for the court to hear his argument to… Read More
![The Ohio House in voting session](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/house_votes_cropped-e1560976655532-900x422.jpg)
Women In Government: What Stands In The Way?
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When Kellyanne Conway, White House counselor for President Donald Trump, took the stage at the Ohio Republican Party State dinner the very first topic of discussion was on women in… Read More
![Sen. Sherrod Brown speaks at Ohio University's Baker Student Center in Athens, Oh on August 29, 2018.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Green_Sherrod-Brown_WOUB-1_FeatureImage-900x422.jpg)
Brown Says 50K Ohioans Left Out Of Trump’s New Overtime Rule
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U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) is taking on President Donald Trump’s new overtime rule, saying the increased salary threshold to require overtime pay isn’t high enough. A rule created under… Read More
![Senate President Larry Obhof (R-Medina, left) stands alongside Gov. Mike DeWine during DeWine's first State of the State speech in March.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dewine_sos_obhof_householder_cu_credit_ogt_pic-e1554133176948-900x422.jpg)
Lawmakers Waiting For Details On DeWine’s Gun Regulation Proposals
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It’s been more than six weeks since Gov. Mike DeWine unveiled a 17-point approach to reducing gun violence, which included expanded background checks and a version of the red flag… Read More
![Sen. Sherrod Brown gives his victory speech at the Ohio Democrats 2018 Midterm Election Night Watch Party at the Hyatt Regency in Columbus, Ohio on November 6, 2018.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/JK_ODP_WatchParty-05-1-e1545084935666-900x422.jpg)
Sherrod Brown Believes Public Pressure Is Building For Gun Regulations
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State lawmakers are back in action holding more hearings on gun regulation bills. And Gov. Mike DeWine is still pushing for his proposals. But Congress has yet to show an… Read More
![Someone's hand showing them signing a petition](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/signing_petition_-_edited_to_block_names_kasler-e1568319495328-900x422.jpg)
Nuclear Bailout Group Paying People To Follow Referendum Petitioners
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Generation Now, one of the well-funded groups in the fight over Ohio’s nuclear power plant bailout, is monitoring the referendum petition workers by putting their own people on the ground…. Read More
![Voters cast their ballot early at the Franklin County Board of Elections last November.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/more_voters_last_wknd_early_voting_franklin_county_nov_2018_-_credit_kasler_cropped-e1567606859648-900x422.jpg)
Proposed Ballot Initiative Change Requires Involvement From More Counties
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A resolution seems to be gaining momentum in the Ohio House that would change the process for putting a constitutional amendment on a statewide ballot. Rep. Kyle Koehler (R-Springfield) wants… Read More
![Amy Obhof has been teaching social studies for 13 years. She enjoys mixing her love of art into her lessons.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/amy_obhof_licking_heights_high_school_classroom_082119_-_chow-e1567201065389-900x422.jpg)
Ohio Freshmen Begin High School With New Graduation Requirements
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After lawmakers have spent years making tweaks and changes to the high school graduation requirements, the incoming freshman class is beginning its high school journey with what are believed to… Read More
![Sen. Sherrod Brown gives his victory speech at the Ohio Democrats 2018 Midterm Election Night Watch Party at the Hyatt Regency in Columbus, Ohio on November 6, 2018.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/JK_ODP_WatchParty-05-1-e1545084935666-900x422.jpg)
Sherrod Brown Wants Companies To Offset Impact Of Automation Displacement
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U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) is touring the state pushing for a way to soften the blow for workers who lose their job to automation by adding requirements for companies…. Read More
![Voters cast their ballots on Election Day in McArthur, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/3-e1524771260692-900x422.jpg)
Pro-Nuclear Bailout Group Joins Battle Over Ohio’s New Energy Law
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A group is looking to collect signatures statewide to ask voters to overturn the law that bails out nuclear power plants. But a competing group has formed to argue in favor of… Read More
![W.H. Sammis Coal Plant in Stratton, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/wh_sammis_power_plant_-_firstenergy-e1554831003255-900x422.jpg)
Advocates Say Climate Change, Children’s Health Issues Intertwine
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A new report from the Ohio Environmental Council and Policy Matters Ohio says climate change has significant negative impacts on children’s health, which they say highlights the urgency to reduce… Read More
![House Speaker Larry Householder (R-Glenford) and Senate President Larry Obhof (R-Medina) discuss the importance of increasing the wage for direct support professionals in the state budget.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/larry_householder_with_larry_obhof_beind_hq_082019_-_chow-e1566426675731-900x422.jpg)
State Increases Wages For Developmental Disability Support Professionals
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The state is increasing wages for direct support professionals who work one-on-one with people with developmental disabilities in hopes of creating more stability for families and providing a livable wage… Read More
![In this July 18, 2016 file photo, Speaker of the Ohio House Larry Householder speaks during the opening day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AP_18354638463728-e1545328525593-900x422.jpg)
Householder Says Passing DeWine’s Gun Regulations Will Be “Difficult”
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The gun regulation portion of Gov. Mike DeWine’s plan to reduce gun violence will likely meet resistance in the Ohio House. Speaker Larry Householder (R-Glenford) says his members of the… Read More
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Professor Sees Flaw In Argument That Energy Bill Is A “Tax Increase”
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A debate is brewing over whether a group can put the state’s new nuclear bailout bill before voters next year as referendum. The dispute questions if the increased rate on electric bills should… Read More
![Perry Nuclear Power Plant](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/perry_nuclear_power_plant_032919_-_chow-e1565703265966-900x422.jpg)
Yost Rejects Language For Energy Law Referendum
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Opponents of Ohio’s new energy law are rewriting language that they were going to take to voters to reject a nuclear power bailout. This comes after Attorney General Dave Yost denied their… Read More
![Protein powder derived from hemp](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/hemp-powder-e1537810870483-900x422.jpg)
Some Say New Hemp Law Makes It Harder To Prosecute Marijuana Possession
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The backer of a new law legalizing hemp and CBD oil in Ohio says law enforcement officials will soon have access to new testing technology that will be able to… Read More
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Unions Accuse FirstEnergy Solutions Of Backing Out Of Agreements
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Several unions representing workers at the state’s two nuclear plants are objecting to a new bankruptcy plan by FirstEnergy Solutions, saying the energy generator’s latest filing would not honor union contracts…. Read More
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Gun Groups Offer Differing Takes On DeWine’s Proposed Regulations
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Gov. Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) has said he wants input from gun rights advocates as he works on his plan to reduce gun violence, but some of Ohio’s largest groups seem… Read More
![In this November 2005 file photo, Larry Greene, public information director of the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, demonstrates how a curtain is pulled between the death chamber and witness room at the prison in Lucasville, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AP_18020016106706-e1545419978265-900x422.jpg)
Group Calls For Capital Punishment Reform After DeWine Delays Execution
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Gov. Mike DeWine is delaying the execution of a death row inmate, for the second time, as the state works to overhaul its lethal injection protocol. But anti-death penalty advocates… Read More
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Online Child Enticement Investigators Ramp Up Efforts With New Funds
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Ohio is pumping more money into a program that protects children from abuse and exploitation online, but while the money will go towards important resources, state leaders say parents still… Read More
![FILE – This April 4, 2017, file photo shows the entrance to FirstEnergy Corp.'s Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/david_besse_nuclear_plant_-_by_ron_schwane-e1564149960519-900x422.jpg)
Group Seeking Possible Energy Law Referendum For 2020 Ballot
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Ohioans Against Corporate Bailouts is leading the charge for a possible ballot referendum to stop the new energy law that would bail out the state’s two nuclear plants through $150… Read More
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Mike DeWine Meets Fair Ride Victim’s Mother In Chance Encounter
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Mike DeWine’s first tour of the Ohio State Fairgrounds as governor was mostly a festive affair. But an unplanned encounter brought DeWine face-to-face with the mother who lost her son… Read More
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Gun Safety Group Starts Collecting Signatures For Petition
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State officials have approved the petition language that calls on expanded background checks for gun purchases and transfers. This allows the group, Ohioans For Gun Safety, to collect signatures for… Read More
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Lawmakers Pass Blockbuster Bill Overhauling Energy Policy In Favor Of Nuclear, Coal
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The Ohio House has voted in favor of the sweeping energy bill, HB6, that bails out two nuclear power plants through $150 million in ratepayer subsidies. The comprehensive bill also sets… Read More
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