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George Shillcock/WOSUErin Upchurch, executive director of the Kaleidoscope Youth Center, said staffing changes, lack of a venue and the current political climate led to the dance's cancellation. -
Sarah Donaldson/Statehouse News BureauMoreno said the historic Chillicothe paper mill, owned currently by Pixelle Specialty Solutions, will pause its permanent closure until December.
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The National Transportation Safety Board identified the Ohio bridges as part of an investigation into the 2024 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Maryland. -
Ohio's transportation budget was approved in plenty of time to make the deadline of the end of this month, and there were some changes between the House and Senate version. -
Ohio's unions are concerned about what they see as an attack on organized labor in Senate Bill 1, the measure that seeks to ban diversity programs and faculty strikes at public universities. -
The Ohio House advanced its first property tax proposal this session. Some lawmakers say it was the first of many bills on an issue constituents are calling about. -
Marysville Exempted Village Schools Board of Education voted Thursday to cut 24.5 teaching and 5.5 classified positions if the district's emergency operating levy fails. -
The state will automatically cancel certain suspensions. Letters will be mailed to eligible drivers, sharing steps for getting licenses back. -
Senate Bill 2 addresses a range of related issues, including energy costs for consumers, reliability, and barriers to entering the market for utilities. -
Business & EconomyWorthington Steel held an earnings call with investors on Thursday where company President/CEO Geoff Gilmore expressed cautious optimism in the market. Gilmore said uncertainty and change are leading to a sense of unease in some supply chains. -
Legal Aid of Southeast and Central Ohio provides free legal services to those facing housing discrimination through a federal grant from HUD. That grant was just canceled. -
The city has already spent close to $400,000 to plant more than 1,200 trees, with many of them in historically Black neighborhoods.
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President Donald Trump addressed a joint session of Congress at the Capitol on Tuesday night. -
The board voted Monday afternoon to deny the challenge brought by D.J. Byrnes, who runs the political blog "The Rooster." -
Columbus City Council and Aspyr announced the CAREER 500 grant recipients, including Goodwill and Columbus and Riverview International Center. -
CCS Superintendent Angela Chapman said Gov. Mike DeWine's new funding formula takes into account higher property tax values, but not the increased cost of education. -
Dozens of students and some faculty protested the decision by Ohio State University President Ted Carter to close the university's diversity, equity and inclusion offices. Many said Carter is closing the offices prematurely and not fighting back against state and federal government attacks on DEI. -
Kate Curry-Da-Souza, Tiara Ross and Jesse Vogel are running to fill the seat currently held by Otto Beatty III. -
The bill would raise the minimum hours of instruction for core classes in Ohio by a little over two weeks each year. -
Former Rep. Elliot Forhan was accused by Ohio Democratic House leaders of “inappropriate behavior” during the last two-year session. -
At around $11.5 billion, Ohio's biennial transportation budget would primarily fund state highway, route and bridge construction projects. -
SB 56 strictly prohibits smoking cannabis in public, limiting Ohioans to partaking in private residences, and reduces home grow from 12 plants or less to six plants.
