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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 of Dayton is putting together the final pieces to welcome hundreds of guests from all over the world for the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, May 22-26, 2025. -
Columbus City Council votes on a resolution Monday to consider rezoning a three-mile stretch of Route 161 in the Northland area. -
Foreign investors bought up a couple thousands of Ohio acres, according to most recent data from the USDA. -
The local protests drew national attention after Vance posted on X about his interaction with a group of protesters in East Walnut Hills on Saturday -
Sen. Al Cutrona (R-Canfield) is proposing establishing an Ohio personal income tax deduction for gym and other personal training costs that total $1,500 or less per year. -
Concerns and online anger are continuing over the university's choice to place the 2025 Black Alumni Reunion in Athens and a Women's History Month event in Lancaster on hold. -
There’s a lot of concern about temporary protected status for refugees from Ukraine in Ohio, with an estimated 1 in 10 Ukrainians in the US on TPS living in northeast Ohio. -
A week after Ohio State University announced the closure of its diversity, equity and inclusion offices, OSU's Black Alumni Society encouraged alumni to make their voices heard. -
Columbus City Schools' Board President Michael Cole is not seeking re-election. Cole just became president of the board this year and replaced two other presidents who didn't hold the position for long. Cole spoke to WOSU about why he thinks leadership is changing so much. -
The new Eastland plan focuses on eight areas: housing, retail, small business, education, community well-being, jobs, transportation, identity, and gathering spaces.
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Health, Science & EnvironmentDoulas help navigate pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. Though the process hasn’t been without problems, the state has certified dozens of doulas in at least 20 counties. -
Columbus leaders have established the Commission on Immigrant & Refugee Affairs. The commission’s new chair, Bartholomew Shepgong, spoke with WOSU’s Debbie Holmes to explain what the agency will do. -
Federal and state individual income tax returns are due, but as Ohioans close the books on a year’s worth of earnings, tax researchers and advocates are looking forward. -
The county’s Democratic chairman says they likely won’t weigh in on a tightly contested three-way race for Columbus City Council District 7. -
A proposal that rail advocates say will move Ohio toward reviving passenger train service is back on track. -
The budget proposed by House Republicans that passed on a mostly party line vote includes $600 million in 30-year state-backed bonds for a domed stadium project for the Browns in a suburb of Cleveland. -
Business & EconomyOhio's biennial state budget now heads to the Senate, and that chamber is targeting a tentative June 12 floor vote, with a June 30 deadline. -
The change involved a small tweak to the plan to give property tax relief to people in Ohio school districts that lawmakers think have too much reserve money in their operating budgets. -
Under a state law signed last year, Ohio public schools had to pass a policy limiting student device use, though the details were theirs to decide. -
Roger Reynolds is posting documents online he says were improperly withheld during his trials and accuses Ohio's attorney general and the Butler County sheriff of using "lawfare" to falsely accuse him of wrongdoing.
