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Karen KaslerOhio's May 6 ballot will feature local primaries and money asks, but only one statewide question, on whether to renew a nearly 40-year-old initiative that allows the state to issue bonds to pay for local infrastructure projects. -
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.
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The city has already spent close to $400,000 to plant more than 1,200 trees, with many of them in historically Black neighborhoods. -
Presidential executive orders and legislation from the Ohio Statehouse have created concerns in the LGBTQ community about marriage equality. An Ohio law firm is advising couples to update their legal documents. -
Senate Bill 1 bans diversity programs and faculty strikes at Ohio's public colleges, but it didn't pass without protests. -
The group of protesters were led by the OSU chapter of the Ohio Student Association. -
Overall, around $100 million in state money would be cut from Ohio public schools under Gov. DeWine's proposed budget. -
A federal appeals court in Cincinnati will hear arguments Wednesday in a legal dispute that pits a Columbus-area school district’s gender pronoun policy against the free speech rights of classmates who believe there are only two genders. -
Proposals to cut or flatten Ohio's income tax are being talked about again by Republican state lawmakers, but also by the GOP candidates for governor next year. -
Retaliatory tariffs on U.S. agricultural products have some Ohio soybean farmers concerned. -
Vance will be the first sitting vice president to serve as party finance chairman, according to the RNC. The move places a top Trump ally within the party's campaign wing ahead of the 2026 midterms. -
The law banning gender transition treatments for minors is headed to the Ohio Supreme Court for a final decision.
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The 1.3 mile-long project to improve Refugee Road east of Noe-Bixby Road includes adding sidewalks for students and other pedestrians. -
Speaker Matt Huffman (R-Lima) told reporters he doubts lawmakers can use the bipartisan Fair School Funding Plan that's been used by two previous general assemblies. -
The signing comes as conservatives nationally increasingly criticize public schools as too liberal and seek to quash discussion of hot-button topics, particularly around gender identity. -
At issue is whether GOP Attorney General Dave Yost should be required to provide records to an appeals court that had been requested by the Center for Media and Democracy, which pertain to the nonprofit Republican association as well as its fundraising arm, the Rule of Law Defense Fund. -
Unlike the last session of the General Assembly, the candidate chosen by the Ohio House Republican caucus to be the leader was actually elected in the floor vote. -
Former Columbus City Councilmember and Ohio Sen. Ben Espy died on Saturday. -
The 136th Ohio General Assembly begins today. Statehouse News Bureau Chief Karen Kasler breaks down what the top issues could be in the new two-year session. -
Gov. Mike DeWine will appoint a successor to Vice President-elect JD Vance when he resigns from the Senate. -
We’re talking about Ohio’s three C’s: Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati. -
The Ohio House and Senate passed the ban on the use of electronic tracking devices without consent almost unanimously. But there was some opposition to it.
