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![Three girls play instruments at Athens Rock Camp for Girls.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/HOPEFUL-e1719959807907-900x422.jpg)
Athens Rock Camp is back to empower girls through music
By: Betty Kankam-Boadu
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Harper Fickle hits the hi-hat, snare and bass drums with confidence. She didn’t know how to play a drum set until she came to this… Read More
![Alexander High School with a bus out front.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/061521_AlexanderSchool_166-scaled-e1623796947421-900x422.jpg)
Alexander school district is putting a renewal of its income tax levy back on the ballot
By: Shane Scalfaro
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ALBANY, Ohio (WOUB) — The Alexander school district will try for a third time this November get voters to approve a renewal of its income tax levy. The school board… Read More
![President Joe Biden speaks about student loan debt forgiveness, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Oct. 4, 2023, in Washington. Biden has a lot of unfinished business from his first term that he intends to continue if reelected.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/biden-e1699803616556-900x422.jpg)
Biden will be on the ballot in Ohio if a bill change the deadline passes in the statehouse
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio House is expected to vote on a bill that would fix a problem in state law that could keep Democratic President Joe… Read More
![Protesters gather at Mirror Lake on Ohio State University's campus demanding the university disinvest from funding sources related to Israel and their war in Gaza against Hamas](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/npr.brightspotcdn-2-e1715182637280-900x422.webp)
Pro-Palestine protesters want universities to divest from Israel, but that can’t happen in Ohio
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Pro-Palestine protesters at universities around the country have been demanding those institutions withdraw investments in Israel or companies with ties to Israel. But they… Read More
![Absentee voters can drop off their election ballots in this box on Court Street in uptown Athens.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Ballot-box-2-scaled-e1600885689146-900x422.jpg)
An Ohio bill on voting law changes would require security reviews and allow hand-counting of ballots
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — More than a dozen of the most conservative Republicans in the Ohio House have signed onto a bill that would make voting law changes… Read More
![Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow (9) throws the ball while a lineman protects his backside.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/AP23281777455738-e1696866811566-900x422.jpg)
Joe Burrow is throwing again as the Bengals’ franchise QB rehabs his surgically repaired wrist
By: Mitch Stacy | AP
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CINCINNATI (AP) — Joe Burrow threw some crisp passes on the first day of offseason workouts Tuesday and said rehabbing his surgically repaired right wrist is still a work in… Read More
![Dr. Sherri Tenpenny testifies to an Ohio House comittee in June and tells them vaccine magnetize you.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/dr.20Sherri20Tenpenny20testifies20to20Ohio20House20committe20June20820202120credit20Ohio20Channel-e1715107154848-900x422.png)
An Ohio board reinstates the license of a doctor who claimed COVID vaccines “magnetized” people
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The State Medical Board of Ohio has reinstated the license of a doctor who got national attention for her testimony on COVID vaccines before… Read More
![$15 on an American flag](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/npr.brightspotcdn-1-e1715024309818-900x422.webp)
An Ohio GOP lawmaker proposes a $15/hour minimum wage to head off a possible ballot issue
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Democratic lawmakers in the Ohio Legislature have tried for years to raise the minimum wage, but their bills went nowhere in the Republican-dominated General… Read More
![Rep. Phil Plummer (R-Dayton), a supporter of Rep. Derek Merrin (R-Monclova Township) for speaker, talks to reporters after House session](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/download-5-e1714702740954-900x422.webp)
A Republican lawmaker who donated to GOP challengers says the action by Ohio’s House speaker is illegal
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The battle among supermajority Republicans continues in one chamber, as the Ohio House speaker has removed six members from the committees they chaired. House… Read More
![Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose addresses supporters at a rally](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/aplarose-e1714702237514-900x422.png)
Ohio launches a “routine but enhanced” effort to clean up voter rolls ahead of November
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose directed county election directors on Thursday to begin a “routine but enhanced” hunt through the voter rolls ahead of… Read More
![U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown talks to a supporter at his campaign kickoff in Columbus.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/download-4-e1714701811392-900x422.webp)
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown says campus protestors shouldn’t be violent and laws must be enforced
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio Democratic US Senator Sherrod Brown is being careful with his comments about pro-Palestine demonstrations at Ohio’s colleges and universities, while saying they shouldn’t… Read More
![U.S. Senate Republican candidate Josh Mandel concedes to opponent JD Vance Tuesday, May 3, 2021 in Beachwood, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/AP24122544596118-e1714684775730-900x422.jpg)
Ex-Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel and his ex-wife have been threatened with jail time in their divorce case
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Josh Mandel, who spent years as one of Ohio’s highest profile GOP politicians, has been threatened with jail time for violating the terms of his 2020… Read More
![Senate President Matt Huffman (R-Lima) and House Speaker Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill) face each other after Gov. Mike DeWine's 2024 State of the State speech.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/npr.brightspotcdn-e1714668223288-900x422.webp)
Ohio’s House speaker removes Republican committee chairs who helped challengers in GOP primary
By: Karen Kasler | Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio House leadership battle rages on, with the House speaker taking action. House Speaker Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill) has removed six Republicans from… Read More
![Panelists speak about childcare at an April 16, 2024 forum at the Ohio Chamber of Commerce, Columbus, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/download-3-e1714543025813-900x422.webp)
As a childcare conundrum confronts Ohio parents, Ohio businesses seek to attract workers
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Employers throughout Ohio say they cannot find enough employees to meet their needs, particularly low-wage workers. And childcare is one big reason why. The… Read More
![A memorial for a dog includes a picture and a collar on a pedestal](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/download-2-e1714541786979-900x422.webp)
Lassie’s Law would require Ohio road work crews try to locate owners of deceased pets
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Lassie’s Law, an Ohio House bill, would require road crews who discover a deceased dog or cat to try to find the owner of… Read More
![Republican former Ohio House speaker Larry Householder leaves the federal courthouse in Cincinnati with his lawyer Steven Bradley](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/download-4-e1678721240605-900x422.webp)
Larry Householder will be arraigned from prison on state charges, as nuclear bailout bribery scheme’s impact persists
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Former Republican Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder will be arraigned from federal prison on the 10 new felony counts recently brought against him by the state, as revelations… Read More
![The message "being trans is not a phase" was written in chalk outside the Ohio Statehouse after a protest over a bill banning gender transition treatments for minors in May 2022.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/npr.brightspotcdn-e1704314835128-900x422.webp)
A judge halts the Ohio law banning gender transition treatment for minors till after hearing
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A Franklin County judge has again blocked a state law that would ban gender transition treatment for minors and would stop trans athletes from… Read More
![Kyger Creek, one of four coal-burning power plants in operation in Ohio](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/download-1-e1714489388656-900x422.webp)
Environmentalists are excited, coal backers are cautious about the new EPA rules on coal-burning power plants
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — New rules from the US Environmental Protection Agency are aimed at cracking down on pollution produced by coal plants. The EPA rules require them to… Read More
![Rep. Cindy Abrams (R-Harrison) sits in committee in April 2024.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/download-40-e1714403471851-900x422.webp)
An Ohio House passes bill with harsher human and drug trafficking penalties
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A proposal to boost the penalties for human and drug trafficking cleared the Ohio House on Wednesday by a 80-13 vote. Introduced last June by… Read More
![Some items available at medical marijuana dispensary in Columbus.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/download-39-e1714103744569-900x422.webp)
Ohio’s medical marijuana dispensaries prep for adult-use green light
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohioans will likely be able to buy recreational marijuana as soon as mid-June, earlier than the timeline outlined by the initiated statute they voted… Read More
![The inside of the statehouse rotunda](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/npr.brightspotcdn-4-e1709923886361-900x422.webp)
Ohio lawmakers negotiate to assure Biden makes the state’s fall ballot
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican legislative leaders in Ohio say they are negotiating with Democrats to assure President Joe Biden appears on the state’s November ballot, but the exact shape… Read More
![The U.S Supreme Court building is seen at dusk in Washington](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ap22026627559273_wide-784ae8db61a78a7e6fba8832ca20858bebc9d58a-scaled-e1649105819114-900x422.jpg)
Ohio doctors are watching the U.S. Supreme Court on a law requiring emergency care and abortion
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Doctors in Ohio are closely watching a U.S. Supreme Court case involving abortion and a federal law that requires hospitals that receive federal money… Read More
![The Ohio Senate votes on a budget](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/download-7-e1686889346573-900x422.webp)
Ohio’s Senate unanimously passes a bill to eliminate the loophole on spousal rape in state law
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — After decades of efforts to change a provision of state law shielding people who rape their spouses from prosecution, the Ohio Senate has voted… Read More
![A cell phone](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/AP_883029211573-900x422.jpg)
A bill tells Ohio public schools to limit student phone use on property
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Two state lawmakers have proposed requiring Ohio’s public middle and high schools to create and publicize internet safety policies, including disallowing student phone use… Read More
![FirstEnergy Corp.'s Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP20274726027008-scaled-e1601557459669-900x422.jpg)
New fallout in the HB 6 nuclear bailout scandal leads to calls for more campaign finance disclosure
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — New documents show FirstEnergy paid $2.5 million in secret to help Mike DeWine’s initial campaign for governor in 2018. It’s the latest twist in… Read More
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