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![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
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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
![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
![A traffic camera is set up on a utility pole along a street.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/download-25-e1710255647964-900x422.webp)
A bill continues Ohio lawmakers’ crackdown on traffic cameras by requiring each to have a license
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Several cities are still running red light and speed cameras, even as lawmakers have tried to crack down on them. One of the legislature’s… Read More
![MORPC Executive Director William Murdock points to a map with proposed Amtrak expansion in Ohio](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/npr.brightspotcdn-12-e1708536252383-900x422.webp)
New, extended Amtrak service in Ohio is a long-haul for planners and politicians
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Columbus is one of the biggest cities in America without passenger trains through Amtrak. William Murdock could talk about their possibilities all day. “When… Read More
![The Amtrak Airo train travels by a lake in the forest](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/download-22-e1707751075688-900x422.webp)
Bills are being drafted for Ohio to rejoin a multi-state passenger rail commission
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio lawmakers from both parties and chambers are planning to introduce concurrent bills later this year to rejoin the Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Commission… Read More
![Ohio Department of Public Safety Director Andy Wilson stands in front of a screen at a news conference](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/download-21-e1706808791221-900x422.webp)
An Ohio task force does not recommend mandating seatbelts on school buses
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A statewide task force released its guidance to boost safety among Ohio’s fleet of school buses Wednesday, but mandating seatbelt restraints on all of them… Read More
![An Ohio snowplow at work](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/npr.brightspotcdn-6-e1705950896733-900x422.webp)
Snowplow crashes are already in double digits for Ohio this year
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Every time it snows, you’ve probably heard the saying ad nauseam: “don’t crowd the plow.” But some Ohioans apparently aren’t getting the message about… Read More
![One of the lighthearted efforts by the Ohio Department of Transportation to get across safety messages to drivers - this one during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend in 2019 reads "visiting in-laws? slow down. get there late.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/download-12-e1705371088581-900x422.webp)
Feds slam the brakes on funny electronic messages to drivers in Ohio and other states
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — It’s the end of the road for the funny, punny one-liners that the Ohio Department of Transportation has been putting up as electronic messages… Read More
![An Amtrak train pulls into a station in Ashland, Virginia.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/download-3-1-e1676042286967-900x422.webp)
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
![At the first meeting of the Ohio School Bus Safety Working Group, Ohio Highway Patrol Lt. Aaron Reimer opens up the back of a school bus to demonstrate to the board and governor mike DeWine the inspection done on buses.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/download-e1694548603449-900x422.webp)
Ohio’s School Bus Safety group begins work. Recommendations are expected by year’s end
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A group focused on school bus safety in Ohio convened its first meeting Monday, three weeks after the death of an 11-year-old student in… Read More
![Traffic moves along Interstate 395 on Friday morning in Washington, D.C.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/gettyimages-1637205478-30bd4e71dbfd455d155536e7599a0ca59d1fdc37-scaled-e1693604907463-900x422.jpg)
Roads and airports will be crowded this weekend. Here’s how to prepare
By: Rachel Treisman | NPR
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Updated September 1, 2023 at 11:50 AM ET WASHINGTON (NPR) — This Labor Day weekend is shaping up to be a crowded one, from airports to roads. The Federal Aviation… Read More
![A row of school busses from the back.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/schoolobusfeatureimage1-e1676409510217-900x422.jpg)
Ohio schools start a new year facing an old problem: a bus driver shortage
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio students are headed back to school, but getting them there might prove to be a challenge. There hasn’t been much of a break… Read More
![A "for rent" sign in front of a home on July 12, 2023 in Miami, Florida.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/gettyimages-1537696713-2-7d0a41e77e4e6739d9c4924e35341fd829a9a867-scaled-e1691701244926-900x422.jpg)
Inflation got a little higher in July as prices for rent and gas spiked
By: Scott Horsley | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — The rising cost of rent, gas and groceries pushed the annual inflation rate slightly higher last month. Consumer prices in July rose 3.2% from a year ago…. Read More
![Potential buyers look at a 2023 Cooper Countryman S sports-utility vehicle on the floor of a Mini dealership](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ap23089627457653_custom-56b60a6b22f2c3298c594792e7b5880883d8ec92-e1691605796677-900x422.jpg)
New car prices are cooling, but experts say you still might want to wait to buy
By: Joe Hernandez | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — Some welcome news for potential car buyers: dealerships are taking their foot off the gas on new car prices. According to Kelley Blue Book, the average transaction… Read More
![The 2023 State of Poverty in Ohio report.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/2023-poverty-report-e1689028879388-900x422.jpg)
A new report on poverty in Ohio highlights three areas of pressing need
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — Low-income Ohioans are falling behind despite the state’s improving economic prospects, according to the 2023 State of Poverty in Ohio report. The report, issued… Read More
![Mitch Landrieu, speaking at the White House in May](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/gettyimages-1489506056-aaf1cb959fa92a1e5fd9d7a9531e85bcbed014df-scaled-e1687799816290-900x422.jpg)
Mitch Landrieu is Biden’s man to rebuild America and deliver broadband to millions
By: Scott Detrow | Brianna Scott | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — When President Biden delivered his State of the Union Address this past February, a big emotional thrust of the speech was a law he had signed more… Read More
![Road construction is seen on Stimpson Avenue in Athens, Ohio, on Monday, July 26, 2021. [Joseph Scheller | WOUB]](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/072621_StimpsonAvenueConstruction_0008-e1685133684310-900x422.jpg)
Ohio drivers urged to plan ahead to avoid frustration with road construction
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The summer travel season will be fully underway in Ohio this weekend — and so will more than 1,000 road construction projects that could… Read More
![Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw (center, at podium) takes questions from members of the Ohio Senate Select Rail Safety Committee about the derailment of one of his company's trains in East Palestine in February.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/download-3-1-e1681928629604-900x422.webp)
Norfolk Southern’s CEO takes questions from Ohio Senators about the toxic East Palestine derailment
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The CEO of Norfolk Southern, which has seen five trains derail in Ohio since October was at the Statehouse Tuesday. Norfolk Southern CEO Alan… Read More
![Smoke rises from burning train cars near East Palestine, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/apmisinfostory-e1679256085386-900x422.png)
Norfolk Southern’s CEO set to testify in the Ohio Senate about East Palestine train derailment
By: Samantha Hendrickson | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Norfolk Southern’s CEO is set to testify before an Ohio Senate rail safety panel Tuesday, more than two months after a fiery train derailment including hazardous… Read More
![Traffic moves along I-270 in northeast Columbus at dusk](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/download-5-e1679069391866-900x422.webp)
DeWine signs the $13.5 billion Ohio transportation budget with no vetoes
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — No vetoes by Gov. Mike DeWine for Ohio’s $13.5 billion transportation budget, right on the March 31 deadline for it to be in place. The… Read More
![orange barrels on I-270](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/barrels_on_270-e1549409907593-900x422.jpg)
There’s one more stop for Ohio’s $13.5 billion transportation budget before this weekend’s deadline
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The two year, $13.5 billion state transportation budget is on its way to Gov. Mike DeWine for his signature, with a nearly unanimous vote in… Read More
![Vehicles drive along the Ohio Turnpike in Strongsville, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/AP_16232547160086-e1508256391854-900x422.jpg)
DeWine hints at a veto if speed limit increases are in Ohio’s transportation budget
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine is strongly suggesting that if his Republican colleagues in the legislature pass an increase in speed limits in the Ohio’s transportation… Read More
![Traffic moves along I-270 in northeast Columbus at dusk](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/download-5-e1679069391866-900x422.webp)
The Senate’s transportation budget changes boost speed limits and cut the rural Ohio highway fund
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio Senators have made changes in the state’s proposed transportation budget, with just two weeks to go before it needs to be signed into… Read More
![Some of the railcars that derailed Friday night when a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed are in the process of being cleaned up on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023 in East Palestine, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/AP23040745941722-e1676569734663-900x422.jpg)
National Transportation Safety Board opens probe into rail operator Norfolk Southern
By: Josh Funk | John Seewer | AP
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Federal investigators on Tuesday announced a probe into rail operator Norfolk Southern following a fiery derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border in February and several other accidents, including… Read More
![Some of the railcars that derailed Friday night when a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed are in the process of being cleaned up on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023 in East Palestine, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/AP23040745941722-e1676569734663-900x422.jpg)
Angry East Palestine residents confront Norfolk Southern over health fears
By: Josh Funk | John Seewer | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Residents who say they’re still suffering from illnesses nearly a month after a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed in Ohio confronted the railroad’s operator Thursday at a town… Read More
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