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Shutterstock/ShutterstockState, national and international leaders are remembering Pope Francis, who died just after Easter Sunday. -
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.
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Westerville City Council voted Tuesday to ban mental health practitioners from the practice of "conversion therapy," a practice that tries to get a person to change their gender identity or sexual orientation. -
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. -
Hamilton County has already received upwards of $7 million in opioid settlements, with millions more to come. How is the county spending its payout? -
Former Ohio State coach Jim Tressel was sworn in as lieutenant governor in front of hundreds of officeholders, family members and other guests – including some of his former players. -
About a dozen members of IATSE Local 12 held signs reading "Ohio State - Unfair to Local Labor," during a demonstration in front of Ohio State University's Mershon Auditorium. -
The 39-year-old biotech entrepreneur, a 2024 presidential candidate who left President Donald Trump's government efficiency initiative last month, will kick off his closely watched campaign at Cincinnati's CTL Aerospace Inc. -
A Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas judge permanently blocked the law in the ruling Friday morning. -
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. -
Ohio must try to get back around a billion dollars in pandemic unemployment benefits from the federal government and distribute it to Ohioans who have been waiting since June 2021.
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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. -
The Ohio Library Council warns the proposal, which eliminates the Public Library Fund and replaces it with a line-item appropriation, would cut funding to Ohio libraries by more than $100 million. -
Gov. Mike DeWine said Friday state lawmakers should reconsider increasing funding for some of his most prioritized programs. -
The Ohio House version of the two-year budget changes the way public libraries are funded by eliminating the Public Library Fund and instead earmarking a flat line item amount for each year. -
There are questions about the provision that allows Ohio's public school districts to hold only 25% of their operating budget in reserve. -
There’s no change in the Republican House budget, as Ohio food banks are wrestling with cuts at the federal level too. -
Faber said in a letter the school met behind closed doors in May 2024 to discuss a controversial strategy document authored by board member Brandon Simmons. That document plunged a debate on whether to close several aging school buildings into chaos. -
It’ll take about $1 billion for the state to pay back the $600 million in bonds to help fund the Cleveland Browns' new stadium and development, but Republican House leaders say it will be money well spent. -
The House version of Gov. Mike DeWine's budget doesn't include implementation of the two final years of the bipartisan plan designed to make public K-12 funding in Ohio more fair. -
Ohio House Finance committee members will continue to vet the amendments in hearings this week, with a full floor vote tentatively scheduled next Wednesday.
