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New Poll Shows Ohio Voters Favor $1 Cigarette Pack Tax
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A new poll conducted for some major health organizations shows Ohioans support raising cigarette taxes. Shelly Kiser with the American Lung Association says the poll shows 63 percent of Ohio… Read More

Gay Marriage Ballot Initiative Won’t Be Ready For November Election
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It’s very doubtful there will be an issue on the ballot this fall to allow Ohioans to vote to overturn the state’s constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. Ohio Public Radio’s… Read More

Details On Early Voting For Ohio’s Primaries
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Secretary of State Jon Husted says nearly 110,000 Ohioans have requested absentee ballots by mail since early voting began on April 1. Voted ballots must be postmarked by May 5,… Read More

Gay Marriage Ruling Leaving Both Sides Wondering What Happens Next
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A federal judge has ruled Ohio’s ban on recognizing gay marriages is unconstitutional. But that doesn’t mean the state must recognize those marriages immediately. And as Ohio Public Radio’s Jo… Read More

Key Part Of Ohio’s Gay Marriage Ban Set To Be Ruled Unconstitutional
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Cincinnati area Attorney Al Gerhardstein, the attorney who has been fighting the state’s ban on recognizing gay marriages performed in other states for purposes of death and birth certificates, says… Read More

Ruling Would Require Ohio To Recognize Out-Of-State Same-Sex Marriages
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Cincinnati area Attorney Al Gerhardstein, the attorney who has been fighting the state’s ban on recognizing gay marriages performed in other states for purposes of death and birth certificates, says… Read More

Democrats Remind Voters Of SB 5 Anniversary
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The 2010 midterm election was big for Republicans. Not only did they win every statewide elected office, they also won control of the Ohio House and retained control of the… Read More

Why Some Schools Will Have More Calamity Days Than Others Next Year
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As state lawmakers continue to mull over plans to allow Ohio’s public schools more snow days, many schools are looking forward to next year when snow days won’t be such… Read More

Why Backers Of Religious Freedom Bill Say It’s Needed In Ohio
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Earlier this week, the sponsors of a religious freedom bill under consideration in the Ohio Statehouse pulled that legislation. The sponsors feared the language, similar to that in a bill… Read More

Calamity Day Bill Set To Joint Conference Committee
By: Agnes Hapka | Athens Messenger staff reporter, Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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It may be two more weeks before Athens school districts have a definitive answer to the question of calamity day make-ups, according to the Associated Press. The Ohio Senate passed… Read More

Patmon, Gross Pull Ohio’s ‘Religious Freedom’ Bill From Consideration
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A controversial so called “religious freedom” bill in the Ohio legislature is being pulled. The legislation, that is similar to the bill that recently passed in Arizona, has been widely… Read More

Would Religious Freedom Bill In Ohio Be Like Arizona’s?
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Arizona’s Governor is expected to veto a bill in that state that could give businesses the right to refuse service to gay customers on religious grounds. There’s a bill addressing… Read More

Longtime Supporter Of Medical Marijuana Doubts Recent Poll Will Influence Policy
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The latest Quinnipiac poll shows Ohioans approve of allowing medical marijuana use in the Buckeye state by an 8-1 margin. Yet proposals that would allow medical marijuana use in the… Read More

Schools Running Out Of Calamity Days Have Another Option
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Many school districts throughout Ohio have been using their allotted calamity days this year during the severe cold weather and snowy conditions. Some are close to using all of the… Read More

Kasich Concerned Energy Companies May Not Hire Ohioans
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Ohio Governor John Kasich says he’s concerned energy companies that are coming in to Ohio to tap into new sources of energy plan might not be making those jobs available… Read More
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