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Money from the Inflation Reduction Act aims to bolster forest farming in southeast Ohio
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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BLUE ROCK, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — Kaleb Wilkins grew up around kids whose dream was to escape Appalachia. “Kids that I went to school with, everybody wanted to grow… Read More
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Five people from Appalachian Ohio were honored with Jenco Awards for service to their communities
By: WOUB News Team
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MIDDLEPORT, Ohio (WOUB) – Five Appalachian Ohio residents who go above and beyond in their service to others were honored as 2023 Jenco Award recipients. The 2023 Jenco Award recipients… Read More
![A child care room has a rainbow on the wall with a pot of gold. There are cubbies to keep things up against the same wall. The tables nearby are well organized with cubs of coloring materials in them.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/child_care__credit_aleksander_krsmanovic__shutterstock.com_-scaled-e1659451504479-900x422.jpg)
Child care advocates praise DeWine’s proposed vouchers but say more needs to be done
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine said he wants to expand eligibility for vouchers for state-funded child care. During his State of the State speech, DeWine proposed… Read More
![Old voting stickers](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/ohio_i_voted_voting_stickers_-_credit_kasler-e1555010470816-900x422.jpg)
Some lawmakers are again pushing to close Ohio’s primary elections
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republican state lawmakers have put out at least four different proposals to close Ohio’s partisan primary elections since the start of the legislative session… Read More
![Ohio Senate President Huffman talking to reporters November 15, 2023](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/download-22-e1700159291524-900x422.webp)
Senate President Matt Huffman says Biden will be on Ohio’s fall ballot
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — State legislators have until May 9 to change a law that could keep President Joe Biden off the Ohio ballot this fall, because the… Read More
![Former Ohio Department of Health Director Dr. Amy Acton points at a chart as she talks about "flattening the curve" of COVID patients so hospitals aren't overwhelmed, on March 11, 2020.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/download-38-e1713535231960-900x422.webp)
Ohio’s Supreme Court rules the state death database with names and addresses isn’t a public record
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A state death database with information from death certificates including causes of death along with names and addresses is not a public record. The… Read More
![Sen. Michelle Reynolds speaks at a podium in the Harding Briefing Room.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/download-37-e1713533873852-900x422.webp)
Ohio lawmakers roll out housing bills, but movement likely won’t come this session
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — There are only 40 affordable units for every 100 Ohio households, according to a report last year from the Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in… Read More
![Rep. Juanita Brent, Cuyahoga County Councilmember Meredith Turner, Rep. Sara Carruthers and Maria York with the Ohio Domestic Violence Network talk to reporters at a press conference.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/npr.brightspotcdn-8-e1713468656920-900x422.webp)
An anti-domestic violence bill has been introduced in the Ohio legislature — for the third time
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Backers of a bill meant to protect survivors of domestic violence are hoping the third time will be the charm for their legislation. Reps…. Read More
![Fire line tape with flames in the background](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/AP_487109506929-e1563306991872-900x422.jpg)
Fire in a truck carrying lithium ion batteries lead to a 3-hour evacuation in Columbus
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Authorities evacuated an area of Columbus for several hours on Thursday out of fear that a fire in truck’s trailer could have caused lithium ion batteries… Read More
![Bernie Moreno speaks on winning the Republican nomination for Ohio's US Senate race at his election night watch party, with his wife Bridget alongside him.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/npr.brightspotcdn-7-e1710904244579-900x422.webp)
There’s often little drama at Ohio election night watch parties – but that might be changing
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — On election nights, candidates or backers of issues often hold what have become commonly known as “watch parties” where supporters can gather together to… Read More
![Sally and Tom Zito, from Detroit, view the total solar eclipse at the Ohio Turnpike’s Middle Ridge Service Plaza in Amherst leaning against their vehicle.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/npr.brightspotcdn-5-e1713459019115-900x422.webp)
Officials say Ohio drivers and out-of-state visitors successfully avoided ‘post-eclipse gridlock’
By: Tana Weingartner | WVXU
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CINCINNATI (WVXU) — State transportation and law enforcement officials have a message for people who traveled within or to Ohio for the April 8 total solar eclipse: Good job! According… Read More
![The voting board shows the Ohio House votes to override a veto of HB 68.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-e1704922602169-900x422.webp)
A judge puts a short-term pause on HB 68 in Ohio prior to its effective date
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A judge in Franklin County put a short-term pause Tuesday on House Bill 68, a statewide ban on gender-affirming care for trans minors that… Read More
![GOP lawmakers look to be recognized on the floor of the Ohio House at a session](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/npr.brightspotcdn-4-e1707421628380-900x422.webp)
Ohio’s House GOP caucus votes to pull the speaker’s control of incumbents’ election fund
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A faction of the Ohio House GOP is again trying to wrest control of money set aside for campaigning incumbents from Speaker Jason Stephens… Read More
![Construction on the $1.4 billion Columbus Crossroads mega-project on I-70 and I-71 in downtown Columbus started in 2010. This is how part of it looked in 2019.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/download-36-e1713281148849-900x422.webp)
Orange barrels are blooming on Ohio’s roadways as construction season starts up
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Now that winter is over, road construction season is underway in Ohio. There are 950 road and bridge projects totaling $2.8 billion set for… Read More
![Former Public Utilities Commission of Ohio chair Sam Randazzo leaves federal court in Cincinnati accompanied by his wife on Dec. 4, 2023.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/npr.brightspotcdn-2-e1712701030258-900x422.webp)
The 911 call requesting a wellness check for Sam Randazzo that led to his body being found has been released
By: Renee Fox | WOSU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — A 911 call released by Columbus police reveals more details about how the body of Sam Randazzo was discovered Tuesday morning. A spokesperson for the Franklin… Read More
![A trumpeter swan swims in a lake](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/npr.brightspotcdn-4-e1713197816314-900x422.webp)
Trumpeter swans have been removed from Ohio’s Threatened Species List
By: Tana Weingartner | WVXU
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CINCINNATI (WVXU) — The trumpeter swan is officially off the Threatened Species List in Ohio. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) reports the Ohio Wildlife Council voted to delist… Read More
![Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles office in Gahanna, Ohio](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/bmv_agency_gahanna__credit_dan_konik_-scaled-e1681483493690-900x422.jpg)
An overhaul of the license suspension process may be on the horizon for Ohio drivers
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The process to begin a driver’s license suspension can begin for a whole host of reasons in Ohio and Sen. Catherine Ingram (D-Cincinnati) knows… Read More
![Ohio Lieutenant Governor Jon Husted speaks during a news conference on Friday Jan. 21, 2022 in Newark, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/AP24101664006104-e1712861839540-900x422.jpg)
FirstEnergy made a secret $1 million payment in 2017 to support ‘Husted campaign’ in Ohio
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Akron-based energy company at the center of a $60 million bribery scheme in Ohio gave a secret $1 million contribution to a dark money group… Read More
![An overhead shot of rail cars shown off the track with some on fire.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/download-2-1-e1675698693695-900x422.webp)
Lawyers want East Palestine residents to wait for the details of a $600 million derailment settlement
By: Josh Funk | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — The lawyers who negotiated a $600 million settlement with Norfolk Southern over that railroad’s disastrous 2023 derailment in East Palestine, Ohio want residents to talk… Read More
![House Minority Leader Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington) and Senate Minority Leader Nickie Antonio (D-Lakewood) talk to reporters at the Statehouse while seated at a wood table](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/npr.brightspotcdn-3-e1712859434143-900x422.webp)
Democrats say there are options to ensure Biden is on Ohio’s ballot beyond changing state law
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — President Biden could be off the Ohio ballot this fall, according to Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose. He says in a letter to… Read More
![People stand outside the heavily damaged building of E.C.O. Builders, in the aftermath of severe storms that swept through the region in Slidell, La., Wednesday, April 10](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/AP24101671898008-e1712858736268-900x422.jpg)
Severe weather takes aim at parts of the Ohio Valley after battering the South
By: Associated Press
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ATLANTA (AP) — Severe weather rumbled over parts of the U.S. Southeast early Thursday, prompting a few tornado warnings, causing flash flooding, and delaying the start of one of the… Read More
![Gov. Mike DeWine (center) stands with Republican and Democratic leaders from the Ohio House and Senate outside the House chamber before his State of the State speech](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/download-35-e1712847664678-900x422.webp)
DeWine gets some praise and some pushback on State of the State from both parties
By: Karen Kasler | Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine’s sixth State of the State got some positive reviews, but also received pushback from legislators in his own party. Both Speaker… Read More
![Gov. Mike DeWine gives his 2024 speech to the Ohio General Assembly](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/download-34-e1712787405772-900x422.webp)
DeWine focuses on reading, health and kids in his annual State of the State speech
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republican Gov. Mike DeWine proposed a few new ideas and asked state lawmakers to follow through on some plans that were already in motion… Read More
![House Speaker Jason Stephens stands at the dais in front of the Ohio House](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/npr.brightspotcdn-8-e1708026954515-900x422.webp)
Ohio’s legislature won’t take on marijuana law tweaks: ‘There’s just not that consensus’
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — With adult-use marijuana sales in Ohio on track to start in early fall, the window for state lawmakers to retool the state’s pending recreational program… Read More
![Former Public Utilities Commission of Ohio chair Sam Randazzo leaves federal court in Cincinnati accompanied by his wife on Dec. 4, 2023.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/npr.brightspotcdn-2-e1712701030258-900x422.webp)
Former Ohio utilities panel chair Sam Randazzo, accused in a state bribery scheme, has died
By: Sarah Donaldson | Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Former Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Chair Sam Randazzo, accused of involvement in a more than $60 million bribery scheme involving state lawmakers and energy… Read More
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