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Ohio’s BMV says immigrants aren’t getting favors when getting driver’s licenses or ID cards
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The leader of the state agency that issues driver’s licenses and state identification cards said he wants to set the record straight when it comes… Read More
FirstEnergy will pay $100M in a HB 6 settlement with the SEC; ex-CEO will face civil fraud charges
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — FirstEnergy has agreed to pay a $100 million fine to settle civil fraud charges filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission related to the House Bill… Read More
Voter registration tour comes to Ohio’s college campuses to bring in younger voters
DELAWARE, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — On a crisp September morning, a 19-foot Airstream trailer, colorfully painted with slogans to promote voting, was parked on the main drag in downtown… Read More
Lunchroom, gym, optometrist? Ohio schools build on-site health centers
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Students returning to Springfield High School this year can access a full-service health center, complete with exam rooms, a lab with flu and COVID… Read More
Fewer than 400 households reject $600 million East Palestine train derailment settlement
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Very few people who live near the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment opted out of a $600 million class action settlement despite residents’ reservations about whether the deal… Read More
DeWine sends money and more Ohio highway patrol to Springfield amid national immigration debates
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine said Tuesday afternoon he will send at least $2.5 million in state assistance to Springfield, a western Ohio community home to a quickly… Read More
Ohio suicide prevention advocates brace for the potential of fewer funds
Suicide is a public health crisis. If you or anyone you know is in crisis, the National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline can be reached by calling or texting 988. More… Read More
Norfolk Southern railroad says its CEO Alan Shaw is under investigation for alleged ethical lapses
ATLANTA (AP) — Norfolk Southern’s CEO Alan Shaw is under investigation for potential ethical lapses, the railroad confirmed Monday. A spokeswoman for the Atlanta-based railroad that is one of North America’s… Read More
Judges toss out the lawsuit over who controls Ohio House Republicans’ campaign account
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A panel of three appeals court judges has thrown out the months-long dispute over who controls the Ohio House Republicans’ campaign account, which turns… Read More
DeWine is confident Intel will stay the course on Ohio production plants despite financial struggles
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine said Thursday he was in touch with Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger a month ago and sees no signs that Intel would pull… Read More
The small law conservationists hope can have a (monarch) butterfly effect
CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — At the Cincinnati Nature Center, patches of native plants are the setting for a sort-of scavenger hunt. Research ecologist Tess Mulrey stops at each milkweed… Read More
A judge blocks Ohio from enforcing laws restricting medication abortions
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two more Ohio laws restricting abortions have been blocked by the courts as the legal impacts of a 2023 constitutional amendment guaranteeing access to the procedure continue to… Read More
DeWine says Ohio lawmakers should revisit a foreign contributions ban, but not other voting law changes
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The state has asked a federal court to allow a law to go into effect that would ban foreign contributions to ballot issue campaigns in… Read More
Are you Ohio? According to the kids, that’s not a good thing
BRECKSVILLE, Ohio (Ideastream Public Media) — There are longstanding profiles of certain states that, for better or worse, they can never shake. California’s association with new age spiritualism, New Jersey’s… Read More
No youth prison for offenders under 14 is among the recommendations for Ohio’s juvenile justice system
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Kids under 14 shouldn’t be placed in Ohio’s three juvenile lockups, according to one of 26 recommendations from a working group assembled to come… Read More
JD Vance has said Catholicism helped shape his views. So did this little-known group of Catholic thinkers
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — By his own account, Ohio Sen. JD Vance’s 2019 conversion to Catholicism provided a spiritual fulfillment he couldn’t find in his Yale education or career success…. Read More
LaRose orders limits on the use of secure ballot drop boxes in this fall’s election
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A few days after suggesting to state lawmakers that they ban secure ballot drop boxes entirely, Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose has limited their… Read More
Athens will appeal the ruling against its ban on single-use plastic bags
ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens City Council directed its city law director to appeal a ruling against the city’s ban on single-use plastic bags. At the council’s meeting Tuesday, officials… Read More
LaRose presses Ohio lawmakers to add citizen status to voter registration papers
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, a Republican, is pressing lawmakers to pass legislation so his office can ask Ohioans to prove they are… Read More
Many southeast Ohio counties have been declared natural disaster areas due to drought
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated 22 Ohio counties as natural disaster areas because of the state’s drought. The move announced Tuesday by the department’s… Read More
A new report shows Ohio workers are earning more money but many don’t realize it due to inflation
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — There’s good news for working Ohioans – at least when you look at a new report on wages and the economy. They are earning more…. Read More
When he finally found his dream TR8 sports car, he bought it on the spot. It took another two years to prove it was really his
ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Chris Schermacher sat in the courtroom with his attorney. It had taken two years of jumping through bureaucratic hoops to get to this point. And now… Read More
A judge blocks an Ohio law banning foreign nationals from donating to ballot campaigns
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge has blocked a new law banning foreign nationals and green card holders from contributing to state ballot campaigns in Ohio on the grounds… Read More
Experts stress Ohio’s elections system is secure as GOP recruits watchers to look for fraud
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As their candidate for president continues to falsely claim there was widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election, Republicans are hoping to recruit and train… Read More
A rural veteran firefighter provides insight into Ohio’s volunteer shortage
LAKEVIEW, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Ohio has nearly 400 vacant volunteer firefighter positions, according to job listings compiled by Make Me A Firefighter. Governor Mike DeWine announced last week… Read More
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