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Voter rights groups want to ensure naturalized citizens in Ohio aren’t turned away from the polls
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Some representing voters fear naturalized citizens who have a right to vote are being denied that opportunity because of the state’s year-old law requiring… Read More
Analysts say some Ohio Statehouse races are tight ahead of the election
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s no longer a swing state, but ballots are busy this fall, with more than just the contest for the White House in front… Read More
The poverty rate in Ohio stays steady, but agencies are concerned about kids in low-income families
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The poverty rate in Ohio stayed steady from last year, but the number of children living in poverty is concerning the state’s community action… Read More
Former Ohio Gov. Bob Taft, who’s the scion of a Republican family, backs Democrat Sherrod Brown for Senate
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Former Ohio Gov. Bob Taft, scion of one of the state’s best-known Republican families, threw his support Sunday behind Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown in his hotly contested reelection… Read More
Students drag race and drift their way to technical degrees at this Ohio college
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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LIMA, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Tire marks paint the black concrete of a secluded parking lot on University of Northwestern Ohio’s campus in Lima. This semester, student Eric Kananowicz… Read More
ArtsVote Ohio hopes to make its mark on November’s election
By: Allie Vugrincic | WOSU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — Over the course of a few days in mid-September, posters cropped up in cities across Ohio. They are royal blue, teal, red and white with bold… Read More
The Justice Department will monitor voting in an Ohio county where the sheriff made comments about Harris supporters
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RAVENNA, Ohio (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department will send election monitors to an Ohio county where a sheriff was recently accused of intimidating voters in a social media post, federal officials… Read More
Your early vote will be counted in Ohio if you die before Election Day
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Democratic former President Jimmy Carter, who’s 100 years old and has been under hospice care, cast a ballot Tuesday during Georgia’s early voting period. His… Read More
A Republican-sponsored bill would penalize immigrants who enter Ohio without federal legal status
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Some Republican state lawmakers want to penalize immigrants for entering Ohio if they haven’t gotten legal authorization to be in the United States. Introduced… Read More
The MRSS state number for youth in crisis is expanding across Ohio
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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AKRON, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — When Maxx Richards was in sixth grade, they were having a really hard time at school. “I went to my school counselor for doing… Read More
Ohio’s state agencies say data show distracted driving law is working
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Distracted driving became a primary offense well over a year ago in Ohio, on the phone or otherwise. State agencies marked a milestone Wednesday with… Read More
The GOP majority on Ohio’s Supreme Court upholds an order limiting who can use ballot drop boxes
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Voters can’t assist other voters by putting their ballots into a secure ballot drop boxes. That order from Republican Secretary of State Frank Larose… Read More
A circuit court says Ohio can ban green card holders from giving election money
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled Tuesday in a 2-1 decision that Ohio can for now enforce in full its newly enacted… Read More
Lawmakers want a May vote for renewal of the public works bond program and boost of its cap to $2.5 billion
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The 2024 election isn’t even over, but two lawmakers are making plans for an issue on next spring’s ballot. A bipartisan proposal is coming to… Read More
Ohio’s expanded sales tax holiday this summer brought in some unexpected numbers
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The state’s revenue numbers for September include the impact of the sales tax holiday, expanded to 10 days this year and including nearly anything under $500…. Read More
The Chillicothe Halloween Festival helps an Appalachian city embrace its ‘quirk’ and haunted history
By: Emily Votaw
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CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (WOUB) – Enormous pumpkins were weighed, elaborate costumes were worn and soapbox derby cars done up like coffins raced down the middle of Yoctangee Park this weekend during… Read More
![A classroom is seen at the new East Elementary school, in Athens, Ohio, on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021. [Joseph Scheller | WOUB]](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/081021_NewSchools_064-scaled-e1629925951933-900x422.jpg)
Ohio is funding the expansion of private, religious schools. Here’s what you need to know
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom, Zack Carreon | WVXU
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — Last year, Ohio expanded its school voucher program so that all families, regardless of income, can apply for private school scholarships. Now, the state is… Read More
The number of domestic violence deaths inches up in Ohio, including 15 children and teens
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The number of Ohioans killed in domestic violence incidents in the last fiscal year ticked up a bit, with kids comprising more than a… Read More
Republican, Democratic and Independent women pen a letter to Moreno on his abortion comments
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — More than 1,200 Ohio women have signed an open letter to Republican U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno to tell him they don’t think comments he made… Read More
Big wheels turning as Ohio voters decide who will take the drivers’ seat in the state’s redistricting process
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As early voting begins in Ohio, organizers for and against Issue 1 are beginning to take the road to convince voters to get on board… Read More
The Athens Area Stand Down event helps veterans experiencing homelessness
By: Alison Patton
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Now that October is here and the nights are getting chillier, people who are experiencing homelessness are even more vulnerable. Those concerned about veterans hope a… Read More
Southeast Ohio will soon have its first women and children’s hospital
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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BELPRE, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Memorial Health System, headquartered in southeast Ohio, broke ground on a new hospital Tuesday. Once built, it’ll be the only women and children’s hospital… Read More
US Sen. Sherrod Brown seeks a crackdown on “predatory investing” into housing in Ohio
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Affordable housing is elusive in some areas of the state. And U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) said it’s a problem made much worse by… Read More
Early voting is underway in Ohio for the November election
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Election Day is four weeks from Tuesday, and across Ohio, early voting brought out people to cast their ballots at their boards of elections… Read More
Here are the changes to voting in Ohio since the 2020 presidential election
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohioans can start early in-person and mail-in voting for the November election today. Ohioans will cast ballots in the first presidential election under rules from a… Read More
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