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![Dr. Amy Acton stands at the podium flanked by Gov. Mike DeWine and Lt. Gov. Jon Husted](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/amy_acton_030920_-_chow-e1584630417821-900x422.jpg)
Ohio Gets Medical Supplies from Feds, but Says They Won’t be Enough
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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Ohio has gotten all that it’s likely to get from the National Strategic Stockpile of medical supplies – a plane dropped off gowns, gloves, coveralls, face shields, surgical masks and… Read More
![Gov. Mike DeWine speaks at his daily press conference on coronavirus on March 22, 2020.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dewine_looking_at_camera_-_credit_gov_office-e1585060533218-900x422.jpg)
DeWine Extends Order to Close Ohio Schools Through May 1
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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Gov. Mike DeWine has extended his order to close all Ohio K-12 schools from April 3 through May 1. And he’s hinting that another extension is possible. DeWine said he extended the… Read More
![Battelle employees process N-95 masks in the Critical Care Decontamination System.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/decontaminated_ppe-e1585575862899-900x422.jpg)
FDA Grants Battelle Request to Sterilize 80,000 N-95 Masks Per Machine Per Day
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The Food and Drug Administration has given the go-ahead to Columbus-based Battelle for its full request to sterilize 80,000 N-95 surgical masks per machine per day, after issuing a letter earlier in… Read More
![The Southern Ohio Correctional Facility](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/AP_19016820742909-e1548437551533-900x422.jpg)
Ohio Now Releasing Daily Numbers on Coronavirus Testing in Prisons
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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Seventeen people have been tested for coronavirus in five Ohio prisons – 13 results were negative and the rest are pending, and those inmates are in isolation. Those numbers come… Read More
![A box to drop off absentee ballots sits in the parking lot of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections in Cleveland.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cuyahoga_county_boe_vote_drop_box_-_credit_kasler-e1585263370395-900x422.jpeg)
Lawmakers Extend Primary Absentee Voting, But Not Date Of Primary
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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The bill that made some changes across state law related to coronavirus also set a new ending for the Ohio primary, after polling places were shut down just hours before election… Read More
![Senators are spaced apart for session. They're dressed casually at the suggestion of leadership, which noted that business attire may not be laundered as often as casual clothing.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/senate_coronavirus_session_-_credit_kasler-e1585228447214-900x422.jpeg)
Lawmakers Unanimously Pass Major Package of Changes For Coronavirus
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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In a strong showing of unity, state lawmakers have unanimously passed a bill making a lot of changes in state law related to the response to coronavirus – but they… Read More
![Ohio Department of Job and Family Services](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/odjfs_-_credit_daniel_konik-e1550766161657-900x422.jpg)
State Jobless Filings Will be Released Weekly, Not Daily, as Feds Demand
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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The numbers of Ohioans filing for unemployment benefits are rising daily – so many that the state’s unemployment website was having trouble handling them. And the state is now clarifying… Read More
![Healthcare graphic](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/AP_757322753438-e1505997373744-900x422.png)
Order Coming to Limit Prescriptions of Drugs Touted as COVID-19 Treatments
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Gov. Mike DeWine says the state is limiting prescriptions of two drugs used for malaria and rheumatoid arthritis, after interest in those drugs spiked when President Trump tweeted out that… Read More
![Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announces the new study.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_3512-e1570130717643-900x422.jpg)
Ohio AG Says Jury Trials can be Suspended Because of Coronavirus Concerns
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The attorney general is advising Ohio’s courts that they can suspend jury trials to stop the spread of coronavirus. Attorney General Dave Yost’s opinion said courts may suspend jury trials for up… Read More
![Gov. Mike DeWine speaks to reporters](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dewine_at_news_conference-e1584059854949-900x422.jpg)
DeWine Orders Ban on Visitors at Nursing Homes, State’s Psychiatric Hospitals
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Gov. Mike DeWine has ordered a ban on visitors at Ohio nursing homes and in the state’s psychiatric hospitals. DeWine says nursing homes requested the ban because of the vulnerability… Read More
![Reps. Gayle Manning (R-North Ridgeville, front left) and Jeffrey Crossman (D-Parma) talk about their bill, as Mark Hill from the Ohio Education Association, Melissa Cropper from the Ohio Federation of Teachers and Rep. Lisa Sobieski (D-Toledo) look on.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/hill_cropper_manning_sobieski_crossman-e1584025778493-900x422.jpeg)
Charter School Operators Must Be Non-Profit Under Bipartisan Bill
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Nearly 180 charter schools will have to change how they do business or shut down under a new bipartisan bill introduced in the Ohio House. It’s the latest attempt to… Read More
![The Statehouse building](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_4536_1_-e1574198957390-900x422.jpg)
Plan to Make it Harder to Hike State Income Tax Could Go to Voters
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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Among the possible questions voters might face on the ballot this fall is whether they want to make it harder to raise the state income tax, by requiring approval from… Read More
![A bottle of OxyContin with pills scattered around](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/AP_17261825665428-e1505996294753-900x422.jpg)
AG Wants More Time to Get Communities to Join Opioid Settlement Plan
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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Friday is the deadline for Ohio communities suing drug makers and distributors to decide to continue with their lawsuits or join the state’s effort to reach what’s likely to be a massive… Read More
![Two polling places in downtown Cleveland near the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections were not moved for the March 17 primary, but 11 in the suburbs were.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cuyahoga_county_boe_-_credit_kasler-e1583341204291-900x422.jpeg)
Preparing for First-Ever St. Pat’s Primary Revealed Some Problems
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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With Super Tuesday voting over, the focus will shift to the six states that will vote March 10, followed by Ohio and the three states that hold primaries on March… Read More
![A Columbus grocery store has some empty space in the paper products aisle. Some stores are reporting items selling out or shortages of some items, such as hand sanitizer.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/grocery_store_w_empty_shelves_0-e1583260336667-900x422.jpg)
Not All Ohioans Can Get Prepared for Coronavirus
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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As the coronavirus spreads, people are being urged to prepare by stocking up on food and supplies, checking to see if they can work from home if schools and workplaces… Read More
![A row of desks in a classroom with a backpack hanging up on the back wall](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/school-desk-e1471549255189-900x422.jpg)
Coalition says Spending Money on Kids Early Can Pay Off Big in Future
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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A group of advocates working on education, health care, trauma prevention and early intervention for young children has launched a new campaign to encourage investing in programs earlier than ever… Read More
![State schools superintendent Paolo DeMaria speaks at a press conference in 2018.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/paolo_demaria_-_file_from_2018_credit_kasler-e1582835947750-900x422.jpg)
Students Taking State Math, English Tests Must Be “Competent” – Not “Proficient”
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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Spring is coming, and so is state testing season in Ohio’s schools. And next week, the state school superintendent and the Ohio Department of Education will set minimum scores for… Read More
![Ohio Supreme Court](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/supreme_court_room__credit_dan_konik_-e1574180978722-900x422.jpg)
Justices to Decide if Ohio Law Banning Using Guns While Drunk is Constitutional
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The Ohio Supreme Court will decide if a state law that says gun owners can’t use their weapons while drunk is constitutional. “Intoxication in and of itself is not a… Read More
![Maree Gavhed, her husband Abdloulaye Soumana and her children celebrate her new citizenship.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/maree_family-e1582678565941-900x422.jpeg)
More Than 200 Ohioans Become U.S. Citizens in Statehouse Ceremony
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219 people from 54 countries became US citizens in a ceremony at the Statehouse today. And they were pretty pleased about it. Sage Shahid, Maree Gavhed, Man Biswa and Augustine… Read More
![Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announces the new study.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_3512-e1570130717643-900x422.jpg)
AG Wants Changes To How State Awards Tax Credits And Other Incentives
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Attorney General Dave Yost says he doesn’t like some of what he found in a review of state incentives for economic development projects in the final year of former Gov. John Kasich’s… Read More
![Anna Cunningham testifies about the rape she endured and the stories she's heard from other survivors before the Ohio Senate Judiciary Committee.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/anna_cunningham_testifies-e1582213685962-900x422.jpeg)
Survivors, Prosecutors Speak Out For Bill to End Time Limit on Rape Cases
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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For the first time since November, a Senate committee heard testimony on a bill to eliminate the time limit on prosecuting rapes. Jane Bryan is still haunted by the late night… Read More
![Hannah Cox (right), national manager of Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty, introduces the group: GOP strategist Michael Hartley, former death penalty juror Ross Geiger, son of murder victim Jonathan Mann and Rep. Laura Lanese (R-Grove City).](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/conservatives_concerned_group-e1582131208716-900x422.jpeg)
Conservative Group Launches Campaign to Repeal Death Penalty in Ohio
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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A national group of conservatives that oppose capital punishment has made Ohio the 14th state for its campaign to repeal of the death penalty. The group says the time is… Read More
![Laura Jones, who chairs the citizens committee that works to pass levies in the Hudson City Schools, hands a bagged lunch to Rep. Don Jones (R-Freeport), who chairs the conference committee hearing the changes to EdChoice.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/laura_jones_gives_lunch_to_rep._don_jones_-_credit_kasler-e1582040859920-900x422.jpeg)
Public, Parochial Schools Sound Off at Holiday Hearing on EdChoice Vouchers
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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Lawmakers and school leaders would normally have Presidents Day off, but instead they spent it at the Statehouse, as testimony on changes to the EdChoice private school voucher program went… Read More
![Voters cast their ballots on Election Day in McArthur, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/3-e1524771260692-900x422.jpg)
Voter Registration for St. Pat’s Primary Closes Tuesday
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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The deadline to register to vote for the first-ever Ohio presidential primary on March 17 in Tuesday. Early voting begins Wednesday. The most recent stats show there are 7,730,676 registered voters in… Read More
![Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/janning_006-1-e1547770867344-900x422.jpg)
Secretary Of State: No One Should Share Fake Election Info, Not Even Trump
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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The state’s chief elections officer is criticizing President Trump and other key figures for sharing rumors and false information related to voting, recently about the Iowa caucuses but going all… Read More
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