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A Franklin County Auditor's Office report authored by two independent economists found the use of the tax incentives may be losing their effectiveness while limiting revenue from schools and other taxing agencies.
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Gov. Mike DeWine has said he’ll fully expects to endorse the Republican candidate for Ohio governor next year—but hasn't so far.
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Nearly half of Ohio lawmakers who are still alive from the General Assembly that passed the death penalty statute have signed onto a letter calling for a repeal of the law they helped create.
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Five of the six candidates talked about budget cuts and other pressing issues at a candidate forum hosted by The Columbus Dispatch on Oct. 21.
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Ohio House lawmakers advanced long-stalled legislation Wednesday afternoon redoing cannabis laws and more strictly regulating other THC.
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For one Mansfield lawyer, 'offensive' advertisements and a modest tax turned out to be the way to keep the city's roads smooth.
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Ohio elected officials are now less than 10 days away from blowing a second deadline to pass a bipartisan Congressional map.
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Marc Conte, who is the executive director of the downtown Columbus special improvement district, or SID, accused the mayor of mounting a pressure campaign on downtown property owners to remove their support for both SIDs, which rely on voluntary taxes from property owners to operate.
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Ohio Democrats unveiled a map in September that was quickly rejected by the Republican supermajority, but the GOP has not yet publicly unveiled a map it will support.
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Many prosthetics and orthotics that are now covered by insurance in Ohio cannot get wet and do not give the wearer enough flexibillity to run or swim.
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Farm Safety Net programs typically help farmers access loans, commodity or program payments and disaster assistance — services that have been halted as agencies during the government shutdown.
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In a more than three-hour hearing Monday, Bibb's administration came before members of council to explain the thinking behind the deal rather than continuing to fight the move to Brook Park.
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About two-thirds of Tiara Ross' spending isn't from her own campaign's fundraising efforts. The strategy has become an issue in the Columbus City Council race as her opponent focuses on grassroots fundraising.
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Columbus has no shortage of ghost stories. The Ohio Statehouse is rumored to have has many ghosts, including Abraham Lincoln, who occasionally shows up to dance with a former governor’s daughter.
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If the shutdown continues into November, many SNAP, WIC, or TANF recipients in Ohio could lose funds they rely on to avoid going hungry.
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The Republican who heads the Ohio Senate’s Education committee has a plan that he says will solve the over-reliance on local property taxes to pay for education.
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The Ohio House overwhelmingly passed two property tax related bills that backers say will provide more than $2 billion in tax relief over the next three years.
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Curious CbusThe "monolith" on Ohio Department of Transportation property looks like a small Washington Monument wearing a tin hat. It's part of a system that improves GPS accuracy.
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The Midwest Connect passenger rail line would cut through central Ohio, providing Columbus and many other cities with their only local access to this mode of transportation.
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Ohio lawmakers have been debating bills requiring app stores to establish age verification measures. Meta is behind one version and Google is backing the other one.
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Franklin County voters can expect to see levies for the Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Board and the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. Columbus residents will vote on contested city council and school board races alongside $2 billion in bonds.
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A judge in Franklin County has for now blocked Gov. Mike DeWine’s short-term ban of “intoxicating” hemp products with psychoactive ingredients, like delta-8 THC or THC-A.