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Ohio leads the nation in percentage of those who dropped ACA healthcare coverage
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid show Ohio has the highest percentage of residents who dropped their healthcare coverage purchased through the Affordable Care… Read More
An Ohio University professor’s research shows the struggles of rural hospitals are complex
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Most of the hospitals in the United States are nonprofit organizations. In lieu of paying taxes, there are requirements that they invest in improving the health… Read More
A Vinton County judge issues a another gag order. This time in the case against the grandmother charged with child endangerment
By: Thomas Billington
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – A Vinton County judge has issued an order banning parties from talking about the child endangerment case against Christina Siders. Siders is one of the four… Read More
Ohioans will continue to see high electric bills based on a recent auction
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The regional power grid operator fell short in securing electric reserves, it said last week, even as the price for electricity again hit a maximum… Read More
Trump claims China compromised Ohio voter rolls. LaRose’s office says there’s ‘not a breach of any kind’
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — President Trump claimed in a speech Thursday night that voter rolls in 18 states were compromised by China in the 2020 election that he… Read More
A body found in Gallia County has been identified as a missing man
By: Thomas Billington
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — The human remains that were found in a wooded area of Gallia County earlier this week have been identified as a man who had been missing since… Read More
Ohio Heritage Clinic offers free health screenings for un-insured women
By: Natalie LaFleur
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — The Ohio Heritage Clinic offers free health screenings monthly for under or uninsured women. The screenings include mammograms, pelvic exams and breast exams. According to the National Breast Cancer Foundation, about one in eight women will be… Read More
After tragedy in Vinton County, an Ohio lawmaker wants more guardrails on home schooling
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As investigators continue to look for records and details about the 16 children discovered in a filthy home in Vinton County last week, many are… Read More
A new law will require Ohio to issue SNAP benefit cards with embedded chips
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio will become only the second state to issue electronic benefits cards to SNAP or food stamp recipients with computer chips in them, after… Read More
Ohio teachers urge lawmakers to restore educators’ power on the State Teachers Retirement System board
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — There’s a bill under consideration by state lawmakers that would undo something lawmakers did last year in the budget. And teachers are urging them to… Read More
A strained Vinton County seeks help to care for 16 siblings from a squalid home and prosecute their family
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The discovery of 16 siblings who authorities say were held at a rural Vinton County home for years in squalid conditions is straining the county’s resources… Read More
A bill mandates Ohio university students take a required course at ‘intellectual diversity centers’
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — It’s been a year since Senate Bill 1 became law, banning mandatory diversity training and faculty strikes at Ohio’s public universities. The Republican behind that… Read More
Vinton County’s prosecutor says a “medical issue” contributed to Gary Siders Sr.’s bond modification
By: Aaron Payne
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – The oldest of four adults charged after 16 children were removed from a Vinton County home is out on bond and receiving treatment after a “medical… Read More
An investigation is underway after two people were found dead in a Ross County home
By: Thomas Billington
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Two people in Ross County are dead after deputies found their bodies during a welfare check. The Ross County Sheriff’s Department was called to the house… Read More
Sixteen children were rescued from a “horrific scene” following the search of a Vinton County home
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Four people were arrested and charged with multiple counts of felony child endangerment following the execution of a search warrant early Tuesday afternoon at a home… Read More
Ohio mail-in ballots are unaffected by the US Supreme Court ruling
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a Mississippi law that allows a five-day grace period for mail-in ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but… Read More
Gov. Mike DeWine blocked a stricter ID mandate for Ohio mail-in voting
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have, starting in 2027, instituted stricter ID requirements for mail-in voting. In a mad dash… Read More
There are different views of how Ohio’s anti-DEI law is affecting state universities in its first year
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s law banning diversity, equity and inclusion policies at state colleges and universities went into effect on June 27, 2025. Known as Senate Bill… Read More
A panel of federal judges upholds Ohio’s age verification law on social media and websites
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A federal court in Cincinnati has upheld a 2024 state law requiring age verification on social media and websites for kids under 16, ending the… Read More
Why reform of JobsOhio won’t go anywhere this legislative session
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Earlier this year, state lawmakers introduced bills establishing stricter government oversight into JobsOhio, the powerful and private arm that pursues economic projects on the… Read More
An Ohio group backing equal rights and same sex marriage amendments won’t try for the fall ballot
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Backers of two amendments that would have allowed Ohioans to vote on repealing the ban on same-sex marriage and extending legal protections to women,… Read More
Ohio’s attorney general supports the death penalty though Gov. Mike DeWine, who appointed him, wants it ended
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s attorney general says he will continue to uphold the state’s death penalty law, in spite of a call for abolishment of the capital punishment… Read More
A program that gives seniors vouchers for the farmers markets will see fewer recipients this season
By: Amanda Pirani
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — Farmers markets around the region will see fewer senior vouchers this season after the expiration of American Rescue Plan Act funds (ARPA). The law… Read More
A new report argues ‘uneconomic coal operations’ affect Ohio
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio got rid of direct subsidies for electric generation last August, including by ending two controversial subsidies that went to aging coal-fired power plants. But how… Read More
Ohio University’s Board of Trustees approves a tuition increase while reports show strong enrollment numbers
By: Jenna Bolton
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — New students attending Ohio University starting this fall can expect to pay more for tuition, housing and meal plans after the board of trustees approved new rates last week. For incoming freshmen on the Athens campus, undergraduate… Read More
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