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Abortion rights advocates ask the Ohio Supreme Court to block the six-week ban as unconstitutional
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Opponents of the state’s ban on abortion after six weeks that’s currently on hold while the Ohio Supreme Court considers it are filing a… Read More
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Athens leaders are discussing the possibility of putting trash services back under local government control
By: Jack Greene
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – The city of Athens has just signed a contract with a new garbage collector, but it’s already exploring another option. This option would be to make… Read More
The Mount Zion Baptist Church in Athens receives two grants to help preserve its history
By: WOUB News Team
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — The Mount Zion Baptist Church Preservation Society has received $25,000 to support preservation efforts at the historic church in Athens. One grant for $10,000 from the… Read More
A bill that bans Ohio trans youth from gender-affirming care headed to the governor’s desk
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio lawmakers voted Wednesday to both ban transgender youth from school athletics and limit their access to gender-affirming care. The 24-8 vote in the… Read More
College athletes who transfer twice can play, for now, after a judge sets aside the NCAA’s transfer rule
By: John Raby | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — College athletes who were denied the chance to play immediately after transferring a second time can return to competition — for now — after a federal… Read More
Athens’ city council approves the trash rate increases
By: Jack Greene
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Athens residents will see at least a $7 increase in their monthly garbage rates come the new year. The Athens City Council voted 6-1 Monday to… Read More
Ohio’s Supreme Court digs into lawsuit from a diner injured by a bone in “boneless wings”
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Should the sellers of food that’s advertised to be free of bones, shells, lactose or some specific substance be responsible if it’s not? That’s the… Read More
A uranium enrichment plant in Piketon has plans to become an energy hub for the region and beyond
By: Gabriel Scotto
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PIKETON, Ohio (WOUB) — After undergoing 13 years of cleanup, a former uranium enrichment plant in Piketon is being repurposed as an alternative energy hub and manufacturing facility. As part… Read More
The marijuana industry is watching for changes to Ohio’s recreational law
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — With the possession, use and home growth of marijuana legal as of Thursday morning for Ohioans who are 21 and older, those in the cannabis industry… Read More
Ohio’s Attorney General says the six-week abortion ban is now unconstitutional, but the state Supreme Court case should go on
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The parties in the lawsuit in the Ohio Supreme Court over the state’s ban on abortion after six weeks filed arguments yesterday on how Issue… Read More
Backup QB Jake Browning shines again as the Bengals pound the Colts 34-14 to stay in playoff mix
By: Mitch Stacy | AP
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CINCINNATI (AP) — In a span of six days, Jake Browning has gone from Joe Burrow’s little-known backup to the potential savior of the Bengals’ season. Making his third NFL… Read More
Ohio’s new abortion amendment is in effect but doctors are reluctant to make any big changes
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Issue 1, Ohio’s new voter-passed amendment that enshrines abortion rights into the state constitution, went into effect Thursday. But while legal scholars say the… Read More
Amtrak expansion in Ohio is expected to bring jobs and revenue, but not for a while
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — New numbers show the Amtrak expansion that’s planned for Ohio will bring thousands of new jobs and millions in new taxes. Earlier this week, the… Read More
Backup QBs Browning and Minshew are in the spotlight as the Bengals host the Colts in a key AFC matchup
By: Mitch Stacy | AP
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CINCINNATI (AP) — When quarterback Joe Burrow was lost for the season because of a wrist injury amid a three-game skid, the Bengals playoff hopes seemed to be fading fast…. Read More
Ohio and six other states sue the NCAA over transfer rules
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and six other states’ attorneys general sued the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) over one of its transfer eligibility directives…. Read More
Norfolk Southern will end relocation aid right after the one-year anniversary of its fiery Ohio derailment
By: Josh Funk | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Norfolk Southern railroad plans to stop paying relocation aid to people displaced by last February’s fiery derailment in eastern Ohio right after the one-year anniversary of the crash…. Read More
Recreational marijuana is now legal in Ohio, but legislators could still modify the details
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Possession, use and home growth of recreational marijuana is legal in the Buckeye state as of midnight Thursday, but legislators can still and likely will… Read More
Starting today, Ohioans have a constitutional right to an abortion as Issue 1 takes effect
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A month after nearly 57% of voters approved Issue 1, the amendment guaranteeing abortion access and reproductive rights has taken effect in Ohio. “I am… Read More
Brian Chavez is the new state senator for Ohio’s 30th District after Hoagland’s retirement
By: WOUB News Team
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Brian Chavez is the new senator for Ohio’s 30th District after Frank Hoagland’s retirement. The Marietta Republican was sworn in Wednesday to finish Hoagland’s… Read More
An Ohio House committee OKs the contentious higher ed bill, despite House leader claiming little support
By: Samantha Hendrickson | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio House committee cleared a contentious higher ed bill Wednesday that would eliminate nearly all diversity and inclusion training requirements in Ohio’s public colleges and universities and… Read More
A GOP rep who supports legal marijuana in Ohio has his own plan to implement Issue 2
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — There’s a new bill in the Ohio House to implement the marijuana law voters approved in November. This bill is sponsored by a Republican lawmaker who has… Read More
The judge weighing Issue 1’s impact on Ohio abortion laws keeps anti-abortion groups from writing in
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge in Ohio has denied a group of anti-abortion advocates the ability to weigh in on long-running litigation over abortion clinic transfer agreements, as… Read More
Republican senators propose extensive changes to the recreational marijuana program
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — With just days until recreational marijuana would be legal in Ohio, Republican state senators have unveiled what they want to see modified within the state’s… Read More
Ohio’s school bus safety task force findings are coming in January
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A state task force assembled by Gov. Mike DeWine to assess school bus safety met for its sixth, and likely final, time Friday morning—and is… Read More
Sam Randazzo has been indicted in the nuclear bailout law scandal
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The former chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, the state entity charged with regulating utilities, is the latest to be indicted in… Read More
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