You are viewing the "Ohio" Archives

Speaker Says Republicans Still Want To Squeeze Income Tax Cut In Tight Budget
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
Posted on:
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
By: Associated Press
Posted on:
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
Posted on:
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
By: Associated Press
Posted on:
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
Posted on:
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
By: Associated Press
Posted on:
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
By: Associated Press
Posted on:
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
Posted on:
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
By: Associated Press
Posted on:
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
By: Associated Press
Posted on:
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
Posted on:
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
Posted on:
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
Posted on:
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
By: Associated Press
Posted on:
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
By: Associated Press
Posted on:
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
By: Associated Press
Posted on:
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
Posted on:
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
Posted on:
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
Posted on:
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
By: Associated Press
Posted on:
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
By: Associated Press
Posted on:
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
Posted on:
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
Posted on:
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
Posted on:
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

Federal Opioid Strikeforce Indicts More Than A Dozen Ohio Valley Doctors
By: Aaron Payne | Ohio Valley ReSource
Posted on:
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Wednesday more than a dozen indictments against doctors in the Ohio Valley on charges relating to the illegal distribution of opioids. These are… Read More
- « Previous Page
- 1
- < <
- 147
- 148
- 149
- 150
- 151
- > >
- 155
- Next Page »