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Kent State Names School’s Provost as New President
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KENT, Ohio (AP) – A national search for a new president at Kent State University in Ohio has landed on campus with the selection of the school’s provost and executive… Read More
Speaker Says Republicans Still Want To Squeeze Income Tax Cut In Tight Budget
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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State lawmakers have been advised by their economic researchers to cut the spending in Gov. Mike DeWine’s budget. And they may try to add something into the House version of the… Read More
Multi-State Trooper Project Focuses on Distracted Driving
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The State Highway Patrol says a recent distracted driving enforcement project with other members of the 6-State Trooper Project resulted in more than 1,600 citations for… Read More
DeWine Considering Red-Flag Gun Law After Recent Attacks On Worshippers
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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Gov. Mike DeWine says he’s deeply concerned about attacks at houses of worship, including at a synagogue in California this weekend. And that has him looking into a specific type… Read More
New OK for Out-of-Sight Flights Expands Ohio Drone Research
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) – Researchers will expand testing of defense-related drone technology with new permission to fly beyond their line of sight in a limited area of Ohio. The Federal… Read More
Report: 80,000 Distracted Driving Crashes In Ohio In Last Five Years
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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Those crashes killed at least 268 people and injured more than 3,000. Gov. Mike DeWine is fighting back with a panel to make some policy recommendations based on a new… Read More
Lawsuit Settled Over Flag-Burning Arrest at GOP Convention
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CLEVELAND (AP) – The city of Cleveland will pay $50,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a protester arrested during a flag-burning at the Republican National Convention in 2016. Steven… Read More
Strip Club Dancers Sue Vice Cops, Claim Retaliatory Charges
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Six Ohio strip club dancers accusing police of malicious prosecution say they were wrongly charged under retaliation by two officers from a Columbus vice unit that… Read More
State Launches Portal To Showcase Investment Opportunities In Low-Income Sites
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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The state has launched a new portal for its 320 opportunity zones, so those economically distressed communities can showcase the projects potential investors can put money into. The 2017 federal… Read More
Judge Tosses Death Sentence of Man on Death Row Since 1988
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CLEVELAND (AP) – A judge in Ohio has ruled that a man who’s been on death row for more than 30 years is intellectually disabled and has thrown out his… Read More
State’s Aviation Policy Panel Seeks Experts from Public
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio is looking for members of the public with expertise in aviation and aerospace technology to serve on a state panel. State Rep. Rick Perales, a… Read More
Charter Students Get Less Than Traditional Public Students Under New School Funding Formula
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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A new school funding formula proposed by two state lawmakers would cost a billion dollars more than the current K-12 formula. And that proposal didn’t include money for charter schools. Now… Read More
Opponents Argue Costs Of Nuclear Subsidies, Alternative Energy Programs
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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Opponents are speaking out against the bill that would prop up two struggling nuclear plants while also toss out the state’s green energy requirements for utilities. There’s a debate over whether the legislation… Read More
County Jails Struggle With A New Role As America’s Prime Centers For Opioid Detox
By: Eric Westervelt | NPR
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The National Sheriffs’ Association has published a detailed guide to jail-based medication-assisted treatment. States hardest hit by opioids are moving fastest to get inmates the help needed to quit.
Ohio Officials Discuss Hate Crimes Before Klan-Related Rally
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) – Federal and local officials in Ohio are discussing how to prevent and respond to hate crimes at a public meeting ahead of a Ku Klux Klan-related… Read More
Judge Blocks Schools From Ohio Suit Against E-school Founder
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A judge won’t let school districts intervene in Ohio’s civil case seeking to recoup millions of dollars in public funding from leaders of a now-defunct online… Read More
Historic Flag Returns to Statehouse for Lincoln Anniversary
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – An historic flag is returning to the Ohio Statehouse during this year’s commemoration of the repose of President Abraham Lincoln. The 36-Star flag that flew over… Read More
Bill Would Ban Child Drag Performances
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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Social media posts from groups in Lancaster have been abuzz for weeks following a child’s performance in a drag queen show at a local bar. Now the state lawmaker who represents that area has… Read More
Bill Would Increase Penalties For Roughing Up The Referee
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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Referees at sporting events are used to being heckled by fans but, sometimes, they are victims of actual assault. A new bill has been introduced in the Ohio Legislature to… Read More
Nearly $20 Billion In Tax Credits In DeWine’s Budget Likely To Stay
By: Karen Kasler | NPR
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There aren’t any tax cuts in Gov. Mike DeWine’s first budget. Lawmakers may change that when they introduce their version of it soon. But they probably won’t change the $19.2 billion… Read More
Renacci Congressional Staff Did Improper Work For Campaign
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A congressional agency says staffers to then-U.S. Rep. Jim Renacci of Ohio inappropriately used government resources to benefit his 2018 U.S. Senate bid. Cleveland.com reports the Office of… Read More
Ohio Supreme Court Provides $3 Million in Technology Grants
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor has announced 47 local court projects are receiving nearly $3 million in technology grants. The grants pay for security… Read More
Cannabis Economy: With Medical Marijuana, Ohio’s Meigs County Hopes To Cash In On “Golden” Opportunity
By: Aaron Payne | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Meigs County, Ohio, has a complicated history with marijuana. “Meigs County Gold” has been grown illegally for years. Local legend has it that was the strain of choice for musicians… Read More
FirstEnergy Corp, FirstEnergy Solutions: What’s The Difference?
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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The Ohio House is considering a piece of legislation, HB6, that will create a new fee on electric bills and scrap the state’s green energy standards. FirstEnergy Solutions’ two nuclear plants… Read More
Ohio Medicaid Wellness Initiatives To Include Quitting Smoking
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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Gov. Mike DeWine is revealing more about the wellness initiatives that he wants to implement for the 2.8 million people on Medicaid in Ohio, including the 677,000 in Medicaid expansion…. Read More
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