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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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Right now, Ohio law allows some vicious dogs to get a second chance. -
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.
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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. -
A bipartisan Ohio Senate resolution asks Congress to reimburse parties that have been injured by fraud and to tighten up safety measures on EBT cards themselves. -
Tiara Ross provided WOSU with a copy of her lease, which shows she started renting an apartment on May 3, 2023. If the document helps prove she lived in Columbus to the Franklin County Board of Elections, it could make her candidacy survive by a mere three days. -
We’ll talk with Columbus City Council President Shannon Hardin about how the city is navigating its growth on this hour of All Sides. -
Under the Columbus City Charter, a candidate for Columbus City Council is required to reside within city limits one year prior to the city's May primary. The Rooster, operated by by D.J. Byrnes, claims Ross lived in Reynoldsburg as recently as August. -
An analysis of the numbers in Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's proposed budget shows there are cuts to K-12 public school funding, but increases for vouchers and charter schools. -
Kate Curry-Da-Souza, Tiara Ross and Jesse Vogel are the three candidates running in the Columbus City Council District 7 race. Ten candidates qualified for three open seats on the Columbus City Schools' Board of Education. -
Sen. Hearcel Craig (D-Columbus) announced Monday that the Juneteenth flag will officially be flown outside the Ohio Statehouse on Juneteenth this year. -
Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has extended the state's unofficial death penalty moratorium once again with the postponements of three more executions scheduled for this year. -
More than 800 people submitted testimony opposing the bill.
