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Republicans Try To Regroup In Ohio For Trump
CINCINNATI (AP) — Ohio Republicans are downplaying a disruptive week as they head into the GOP’s national convention. Last week, one of their best-known politicians threw his support behind Democrat Joe… Read More
Elections Chief Urges But Won’t Require Masks For Ohio Vote
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Health safety guidelines that Ohio’s elections chief sent to county boards Wednesday recommend but do not mandate mask-wearing and other preventive measures for those voting in… Read More
Latest Ohio Opioid Deal Aims to Appease Cities, Counties
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Local governments would get more authority over how Ohio’s share of a national opioid settlement is spent – but their guaranteed percentage would remain at 30%… Read More
Fans seek John Glenn statue to mark milestones at Statehouse
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Fans of the late astronaut and U.S. Sen. John Glenn are working to bring a statue of his likeness to the Ohio Statehouse to mark major… Read More
Future of Ohio Bitcoin Program, Deemed Illegal, in Limbo
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Resuming Ohio’s attempt to allow cryptocurrency in certain tax payments is up in the air after the state’s top lawyer found a Bitcoin program launched by… Read More
Ohio Governor Convenes Talks With Lawyers in Opioid Lawsuits
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said Tuesday that he has convened a meeting with the state attorney general and lawyers for cities and counties involved in the… Read More
Is Ohio in Play? GOP Tilt Working Against Democrats
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Chris Gagin says he hasn’t changed much politically, even as so much around him has. The attorney from rural Belmont County, Ohio, became a Republican in… Read More
Drug Stores Trying to Remove Judge from Opioid Litigation
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A group of drug retailers and distributors asked an Ohio federal appeals court Tuesday to disqualify the judge overseeing national opioid litigation after the judge himself… Read More
Judge in Opioid Litigation Won’t Remove Himself from Case
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The federal judge in Cleveland overseeing national opioid litigation denied the requests Thursday of several drug companies that he remove himself from the case. U.S. District… Read More
Duo Hopes to Push Opioid Settlement Toward Hospitals
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — West Virginia University President Gordon Gee and former Ohio Gov. John Kasich are creating a nonprofit that will fight to steer cash from any national opioid… Read More