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Ohio’s GOP primary for governor shows potential headwinds for Vivek Ramaswamy as he looks to fall campaign
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio has a contested Republican primary for governor fast approaching, but there are few signs that the top candidate sees it as a competitive race. Vivek… Read More
The Supreme Court denies an appeal of ex-Ohio House speaker’s and lobbyist’s convictions in a $60M scheme
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the federal racketeering convictions Monday of imprisoned former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and ex-lobbyist Matt Borges in the state’s long-running… Read More
Ohio State University names Provost Ravi Bellamkonda as its new president after his predecessor’s abrupt resignation
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State University elevated its chief academic officer to president Thursday, moving swiftly past the abrupt resignation of former President Walter “Ted” Carter Jr. following revelations… Read More
An IMAX movie tells Ohio’s environmental comeback story from a burning river to top-ranked state parks
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — When you think IMAX, chances are your mind goes to those immersive documentaries that take you inside volcanoes, deep under oceans, atop mountains or to distant… Read More
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed a law legalizing sports betting. He now says he’s opposed to it
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — If Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine could turn back time, he would not have signed the law that legalized sports betting in his state. With two Cleveland… Read More
A federal appeals court sides with a parent group in the fight over an Ohio school district’s pronoun policy
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A divided federal appeals court in Ohio ruled against the state’s fourth largest school district on Thursday in a case that pitted its gender pronoun policy… Read More
Ohio Supreme Court Justice Pat Fischer is set for a 2026 bid to oust the court’s lone Democrat, Jennifer Brunner
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Voters will again see two sitting Ohio Supreme Court justices pitted against each other in 2026, after Justice Pat Fischer announced a bid Wednesday to unseat… Read More
A court upholds the racketeering convictions of an ex-Ohio House speaker and a lobbyist in a $60M bribery scheme
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal appeals court upheld the racketeering convictions of former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and an ex-lobbyist on Tuesday in a $60 million bribery scheme… Read More
Jon Husted launches a 2026 US Senate campaign in Ohio
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Fledgling U.S. Sen. Jon Husted of Ohio launched a bid to retain his seat Wednesday with the backing of President Donald Trump. The former Republican lieutenant… Read More
‘Their Tesla’: Pioneering brothers’ Wright Flyer III is designated as Ohio’s official state plane
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio has adopted the 1905 Wright Flyer III as its official state airplane. Described as the crowning achievement of Orville and Wilbur Wright, the world’s first… Read More
An appeals court blocks Ohio’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors is unconstitutional and must be permanently blocked from being enforced, a three-judge panel of appellate judges ruled Tuesday. The… Read More
Trump’s early backing of Vivek Ramaswamy for Ohio governor is seen by some as meant to avoid a nasty primary
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The sun hadn’t set on the Vivek Ramaswamy gubernatorial campaign launch in Ohio before President Donald Trump posted his endorsement of the Cincinnati-born biotech entrepreneur and… Read More
Republican Heather Hill, an Appalachian entrepreneur, says she’s inspired by tragedies to run for Ohio governor
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Thoughts of her two foster children shot and killed by police still wake Heather Hill from her sleep once or twice a week. The Republican entrepreneur… Read More
Vivek Ramaswamy will kick off his bid for Ohio governor in Cincinnati on Feb. 24
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Vivek Ramaswamy is preparing to launch his 2026 bid for Ohio governor on Feb. 24 in his native Cincinnati, with ensuing announcements held over two days in the Columbus,… Read More
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine postponed 3 executions scheduled for this year
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine extended the state’s unofficial death penalty moratorium once again Thursday as he postponed three more executions that had been scheduled for… Read More
Ohio’s elections chief Frank LaRose says he’ll run for state auditor in 2026
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose announced Thursday that he is running for state auditor in 2026, continuing the recent game of musical chairs among high-ranking… Read More
JD Vance’s Ohio hometown struggles with how to recognize the incoming vice president
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MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (AP) — It was a month after her son’s election as vice president of the United States and JD Vance ‘s mother wondered why the city of his birth had yet to… Read More
The killing of an 18-year-old Ohio woman was solved with DNA technology after 43 years
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A man who was shot dead last month as authorities attempted to serve him an indictment on federal gun charges has been identified as the killer of… Read More
‘Ohio Goes to the Movies’ celebration will highlight state’s rich connections to film industry
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — If Ohio and movies don’t strike you as going together, organizers of an upcoming statewide celebration of cinema hope to open your eyes. Not only is… Read More
The GOP stoked fears of noncitizen voting. Cases in Ohio show how rhetoric and reality diverge
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AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Before the November presidential election, Ohio’s secretary of state and attorney general announced investigations into potential voter fraud that included suspected noncitizen voting. It coincided with… Read More
A women’s suffrage monument planned for the Ohio Statehouse grounds receives an anonymous $1 million donation
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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
The head of Ohio’s teacher pension fund retires, saying the fund is strong despite staff vacancies
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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
JD Vance is leaving the Senate for the vice presidency. That’s set off a scramble for his Ohio seat
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — JD Vance’s election as vice president has opened up one of Ohio’s U.S. Senate seats for the third time in as many years, setting off a scramble for… Read More
Ohio Democrat Marcy Kaptur extends her tenure as longest-serving woman in the US House with her election win
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur won another term in the U.S. House on Wednesday, after defeating a Republican state lawmaker endorsed by President-elect Donald Trump. Her… Read More
Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin helped kick off the fundraising effort for an Ohio women’s suffrage monument
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin kicked off a fundraising campaign last week for an Ohio women’s suffrage monument. “An Evening With Doris Kearns Goodwin” took… Read More
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