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Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost opposes speeding up the timeline for a lawsuit over the proposed voting rights amendment
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Attorney General Dave Yost told the Ohio Supreme Court on Monday that rushing a lawsuit filed against him by a coalition of civil rights organizations seeking to… Read More
Attorney General Dave Yost was given until Monday to explain his repeated rejection of a voting rights amendment
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s high court has given Republican Attorney General Dave Yost until Monday to respond to the legal claims of a coalition of civil rights organizations that… Read More
After Alabama conducts a nitrogen gas execution, Ohio may be poised to follow
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio politicians may be poised to consider whether the state might break its unofficial moratorium on the death penalty by following Alabama’s nitrogen gas execution of… Read More
Ohio’s attorney general rejects a voting-rights coalition’s ballot petition for a 2nd time
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A coalition of voting-rights groups is vowing to fight on after Ohio Republican Attorney General Dave Yost issued his second rejection Thursday of petition language it… Read More
GOP Senate contenders in Ohio face off for their first statewide debate
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CLEVELAND (AP) — The three Republicans vying to take on Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown this fall in Ohio’s competitive U.S. Senate race clashed bitterly in their first statewide debate Monday,… Read More
The AP finds Trump-backed Ohio US Senate candidate Bernie Moreno faced discrimination suits
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Bernie Moreno, a Trump-backed candidate for Ohio’s crucial U.S. Senate seat who touts his success in business, faced multiple lawsuits alleging discrimination against employees in the run-up… Read More
An Ohio woman who miscarried at home won’t be charged with corpse abuse, grand jury decides
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio woman facing a criminal charge for her handling of a home miscarriage will not be charged, a grand jury decided Thursday. The Trumbull County prosecutor’s office… Read More
A judge has found Ohio’s new election law constitutional, including a strict photo ID requirement
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge has upheld as constitutional provisions of the sweeping election law that Ohio put in place last year, rejecting a Democratic law firm’s challenge… Read More
A judge has temporarily halted enforcement of an Ohio law limiting kids’ use of social media
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge issued an order Tuesday temporarily halting enforcement of a pending Ohio law that would require children to get parental consent to use social… Read More
A group representing TikTok, Meta and X sues Ohio over new law limiting kids’ use of social media
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A trade group representing TikTok, Snapchat, Meta and other major tech companies sued Ohio on Friday over a pending law that requires children to get parental… Read More
The judge weighing Issue 1’s impact on Ohio abortion laws keeps anti-abortion groups from writing in
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge in Ohio has denied a group of anti-abortion advocates the ability to weigh in on long-running litigation over abortion clinic transfer agreements, as… Read More
Documents of Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and lieutenant governor subpoenaed in the lawsuit over HB6 bribery scheme
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s governor and lieutenant governor have been drawn into a FirstEnergy Corp. investors lawsuit connected to the $60 million bribery scheme concocted by the Akron-based energy giant and… Read More
Ohio voters just passed abortion protections. When and how they take effect is before the courts
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s new constitutional protections for abortion access and other reproductive rights take effect Dec. 7, a month after voters resoundingly passed them. How and when their… Read More
Signature-gathering starts anew for the mapmaking proposal in Ohio that was stalled by a typo
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Backers of a proposal to change Ohio’s troubled political mapmaking system will finally be able to start gathering signatures, after clearing a second round of state… Read More
An Ohio Supreme Court justice sues over a law requiring certain judicial candidates to use party labels
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A top jurist and former elections chief in Ohio has sued two state officials over a recently passed law that requires certain judicial candidates to declare… Read More
“Partial-birth abortions” are banned in the US. Why is it a hot topic in fight over Ohio’s abortion amendment?
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — With Election Day closing in, anti-abortion groups seeking to build opposition to a reproductive rights measure in Ohio are messaging heavily around a term for an abortion… Read More
Ohio’s Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks mark UNESCO World Heritage designation
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CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (AP) — For 400 years, Indigenous North Americans flocked to a group of ceremonial sites in what is present-day Ohio to celebrate their culture and honor their dead…. Read More
The effort to replace Ohio’s political-mapmaking system with a citizen-led panel can gather signatures
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Backers of a proposal to reform Ohio’s troubled political-mapmaking system got the go-ahead Thursday to begin signature-gathering. The Ohio Ballot Board cleared the way when it agreed… Read More
Another round of Ohio Statehouse maps has been challenged in court, despite bipartisan support
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Advocacy groups fighting Ohio’s Statehouse maps in court formally objected Thursday to the latest round of Statehouse districts, which they see as once again unfairly drawn… Read More
Anti-abortion groups are at odds on strategies ahead of the Ohio vote. It could be a preview for 2024
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Abortion opponents in Ohio are at odds not only over how to frame their opposition to a reproductive rights initiative on the state’s November ballot but also over… Read More
The Ohio Redistricting Commission is going back to work after Republican infighting caused a week’s delay
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Redistricting Commission was set to get back to business Wednesday after two Republican legislative leaders who may be rivals for the House speakership next… Read More
Ohio’s attorney general rejects language for the political mapmaking reform amendment a second time
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Attorney General’s Office again rejected petition language Thursday for a constitutional amendment aimed at remaking the state’s troubled system for political mapmaking, frustrating the… Read More
GOP infighting has brought the Ohio Redistricting Commission to a standstill
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s latest attempt to draw fair political maps crumbled amid Republican infighting Wednesday, begging the question of whether the Ohio Redistricting Commission unable even to appoint its… Read More
Voting rights groups ask to dismiss their lawsuit challenging gerrymandered Ohio congressional map
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio voting-rights groups moved to dismiss their lawsuit against Ohio’s unconstitutional congressional map on Tuesday, arguing that prolonging the legal wrangling over where to draw district boundaries isn’t… Read More
Founding father Gen. Anthony Wayne’s legacy is getting a second look at Ohio’s Wayne National Forest
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NELSONVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Some 40 Native American tribes have ancestral ties to Wayne National Forest, a quarter-million acres spread across portions of Appalachian southeastern Ohio. Their citizens have never… Read More