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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 Department of Government Efficiency under President Donald Trump said the National Institutes of Health grant would be canceled. Ohio State University declined to comment on the grant cancellation. -
The city council in Grove City voted to create a grant program to pay the health insurance premiums for the city's low-income residents. It may be the first program of its kind, but hasn't been funded yet. -
The U.S. Department of Agriculture canceled $420 million for a program called the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement, which helps food banks and other local groups provide food to their communities. -
A provision in Gov. Mike DeWine’s proposed budget could threaten health insurance coverage for the nearly 770,000 Ohioans receiving Medicaid through expansion of the program under the Affordable Care Act. -
Health, Science & EnvironmentUnhoused people were living temporarily in the Loyalty Inn on Columbus' Far East Side after the city dismantled outdoor encampments late last year. -
It's unclear whether the offices will close or be relocated. Among the offices where leases are expiring are the Small Business Administration and Food and Drug Administration. -
Business & EconomyThat could spell disaster for the local economy: research credits nonprofit organizations for making up at least a third of Cuyahoga County’s total gross domestic product. -
Gov. Mike DeWine said he hopes lawmakers will go forward with his Ohio sports facilities fund created with revenue from sports betting operators in his proposed budget. -
The idea of improving driver training is something Gov. Mike DeWine has been thinking about since a fatal school bus crash in Springfield in 2023. -
More than 15,000 civilian employees work at Wright-Patt. The Fairborn, Ohio, base is one of the largest in the nation. Base officials declined to comment on how many, if any, employees have been or could be dismissed.
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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. -
The data comes from the Pew Research Center's most recent Religious Landscape Study. -
Business & EconomyA central Ohio data center, RackSquared, was developed by the Columbus-based Wasserstrom restaurant supply company to meet the company's growing data needs. The data center developed into its own business.
