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Bill Would Give State Authority Over Local Lawsuits Against Drug Makers
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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The family behind the maker of one of the main drugs blamed for the nation’s opioid crisis has reportedly offered $12 billion to settle a huge federal case in Cleveland. There… Read More
![Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O'Brien speaks during a court hearing for defendant William Husel, second from left, as defense attorneys Diane Menashe and Jose Baez and assistant prosecutor James Lowe listen on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019, in Columbus, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/AP_19240695950383-1-e1567021879159-900x422.jpg)
Doctor in Murder Case Gets 2 New Lawyers, June Trial Date
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The Ohio doctor charged with 25 counts of murder is now scheduled for trial next June and has two new lawyers, including one known for successfully… Read More
![Ohio Valley Medical Center in Wheeling, West Virginia.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ovmc-building002-e1565285785696-900x422.jpg)
1,079 to Lose Jobs When West Virginia, Ohio Hospitals Close
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WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) – Notices filed in West Virginia and Ohio reveal that 1,079 workers will lose their jobs when two hospitals are closed this fall. Worker Adjustment and Retraining… Read More
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DeWine Says He’ll Strengthen Gun Background Checks System
By: Karen Kasler | Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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Gov. Mike DeWine says his administration is adding another piece to his 17 point plan to reduce gun violence by calling for more required reporting into criminal databases used for… Read More
![This April 16, 2019, file photo, shows a Juul vape pen in Vancouver, Wash.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/AP_19129612475366-e1562184717682-900x422.jpg)
Suit Charges E-cigarette Maker Markets Products to Teens
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – An Ohio woman’s lawsuit against an e-cigarette maker charges that the manufacturer markets its nicotine vapor products to teens like her daughters and fails to warn… Read More
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Five State Employees File Lawsuit Against State Leaders And Unions
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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Five state employees have filed a lawsuit in federal court, claiming their rights have been violated by being required to pay union dues. Four employees with the Ohio Department of… Read More
![Sen. Sherrod Brown gives his victory speech at the Ohio Democrats 2018 Midterm Election Night Watch Party at the Hyatt Regency in Columbus, Ohio on November 6, 2018.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/JK_ODP_WatchParty-05-1-e1545084935666-900x422.jpg)
Sherrod Brown Wants Companies To Offset Impact Of Automation Displacement
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) is touring the state pushing for a way to soften the blow for workers who lose their job to automation by adding requirements for companies…. Read More
![Voters cast their ballots on Election Day in McArthur, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/3-e1524771260692-900x422.jpg)
Pro-Nuclear Bailout Group Joins Battle Over Ohio’s New Energy Law
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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A group is looking to collect signatures statewide to ask voters to overturn the law that bails out nuclear power plants. But a competing group has formed to argue in favor of… Read More
![Prize winners and other observers look on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, in Columbus, Ohio, as another $2.4 million is awarded through the Ohio Opioid Technology Challenge.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/AP_18255530360391-e1566927116327-900x422.jpg)
Ohio Awards Final Prizes in Opioid Science Challenge
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio has awarded the final round of prizes in its global technology challenge seeking scientific breakthroughs to address the U.S. opioid crisis. Four winners were announced… 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)
State’s Largest School District, Teachers OK 3-year Contract
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The state’s largest school district and its teachers union have approved a three-year contract that includes pay raises and some smaller class sizes. The Board of… Read More
![Mayor David Scheffler (R-Lancaster, left) talks with Mayor Nan Whaley (D-Dayton) and Mayor Andrew Ginther (D-Columbus). They were at the Ohio Mayors Alliance luncheon where seven cities received more than $200,000 for local educational projects.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/scheffler_whaley_and_ginther-e1566844060932-900x422.jpg)
Bipartisan Ohio Mayors’ Group Lobbying Lawmakers On Gun Policy Changes
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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Mayors are actively lobbying state lawmakers to consider a package of changes to gun laws and mental health policy unveiled by Gov. Mike DeWine in the wake of the Dayton mass shooting… Read More
![The Ohio Supreme Court building in downtown Columbus, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Ohio_Supreme_Court-e1504696468122-900x422.jpg)
State Supreme Court Offers New Learning Program for Schools
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s Supreme Court is offering a new learning program that allows high school students to see how the court operates without leaving their classrooms. The court’s… Read More
![Makeshift Memorial in Dayton](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/AP_19218517400087-e1565149036959-900x422.jpg)
Group to Give Nearly $2M to Ohio Shooting Victims, Families
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio nonprofit is convening more than a dozen volunteers to oversee disbursement of nearly $2 million raised to help those affected by the recent mass… Read More
![W.H. Sammis Coal Plant in Stratton, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/wh_sammis_power_plant_-_firstenergy-e1554831003255-900x422.jpg)
Advocates Say Climate Change, Children’s Health Issues Intertwine
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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A new report from the Ohio Environmental Council and Policy Matters Ohio says climate change has significant negative impacts on children’s health, which they say highlights the urgency to reduce… Read More
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Fourteen Charged in Alleged Athens County Drug Ring
By: WOUB News Team
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UPDATE 11:30 A.M. 8/23 – Two more people allegedly connected to an Athens County drug ring have been apprehended and appeared in court. Athens County Common Pleas Judge George McCarthy set… Read More
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Developer Cuts Plans for Power Plant After Nuclear Bailout
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LORDSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio electricity company says it is canceling plans to build a gas-fired power plant because of the state’s recent nuclear bailout. The Vindicator reports that the plant… Read More
![Mourners bring flowers to a makeshift memorial Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, for the slain and injured in the Oregon District after a mass shooting that occurred early Sunday morning, in Dayton.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/AP_19218610659782-e1565121795868-900x422.jpg)
History Organization Accepts Mass Shooting Memorial Items
By: Associated Press
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — A history organization says it will preserve and archive items left at a temporary memorial to victims of an Ohio mass shooting earlier this month. Brady… Read More
![House Speaker Larry Householder (R-Glenford) and Senate President Larry Obhof (R-Medina) discuss the importance of increasing the wage for direct support professionals in the state budget.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/larry_householder_with_larry_obhof_beind_hq_082019_-_chow-e1566426675731-900x422.jpg)
State Increases Wages For Developmental Disability Support Professionals
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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The state is increasing wages for direct support professionals who work one-on-one with people with developmental disabilities in hopes of creating more stability for families and providing a livable wage… Read More
![Gov. Mike DeWine speaks to reporters](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/img_1804_2-e1566399126586-900x422.jpg)
Gov. DeWine Outlines His Plans To Make Ohio’s Schools Safer
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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Governor Mike DeWine says more needs to be done to make sure Ohio’s schools are safe. Statehouse correspondent Jo Ingles reports. Gov. DeWine signed an executive order to establish the… Read More
![Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, Gov. Mike DeWine and OBM Director Kimberly Murnieks](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/husted__dewine_and_murnieks_at_budget_press_conf_-_kasler-e1552929681311-900x422.jpg)
Governor: Ohio Medicaid Lead Abatement Plan Gets Federal OK
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Gov. Mike DeWine says Ohio’s Department of Medicaid has received federal approval for its plan to enhance and expand Medicaid’s lead abatement program. DeWine said in… Read More
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Ohio to Put Raccoon-Rabies Vaccination Baits in 14 Counties
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s Department of Health is set to begin oral raccoon-rabies vaccination operations in 14 northeast Ohio counties. The department says the annual fall baiting operations done… Read More
![This Feb. 20, 2019 file photo, shows the exterior of the Cuyahoga County Corrections Center in Cleveland.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/AP_19205663074993-e1564067373951-900x422.jpg)
Cuyahoga County Jail Official Pleads Guilty to Misdemeanor Charges
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CLEVELAND (AP) – A troubled county jail system’s associate warden accused of ordering a corrections officer to turn off his body camera after an inmate’s fatal overdose and lying to… Read More
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ACLU Of Ohio Asks Court To Block Controversial Abortion Ban Permanently
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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The ACLU of Ohio is asking a federal court to permanently block a ban on abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy. Pro-choice advocates had secured an order to temporarily stop the… Read More
![Lake Erie](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/9852525_hiweb-e1461432171903-900x422.jpg)
Man Rescued After Clinging to Capsized Boat for 12 Hours
By: Associated Press
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PORT CLINTON, Ohio (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says the crew on a Lake Erie fishing boat rescued a man who had been clinging to his capsized sailboat for… 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)
The Plan to Expand Ohio’s Sales Tax Holiday
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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Some kids are going back to school this week in Ohio along with items bought during the state’s annual sales tax holiday two weekends ago. Ohio is one of 16… Read More
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