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Flickr.comThe software auto-detects the language of an incoming text and translates for dispatchers, then translates back to those contacting them. It's been in use since April 9. -
WOSUCouncil President Pro Tem Rob Dorans said the system is being put in place to help aid code enforcement teams by more quickly identifying vacant properties causing problems in the community.
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The decision last week by Hamilton County Judge Alison Hatheway came in a case brought by a group of clinics and the ACLU of Ohio. An earlier iteration of the legal challenge had argued that a lack of rules, including whether a death certificate would be required, made complying with the law “impossible.” -
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.
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Gov. Mike DeWine introduced former Ohio State football coach and ex-Youngstown State president Jim Tressel as his new lieutenant governor. -
Ohio has been without a lieutenant governor since Jan. 21, when Jon Husted was sworn in to replace Vice President JD Vance in the US Senate. -
Five candidates filed to run for Columbus City Councilmember Otto Beatty III's seat. Beatty told reporters he would not seek election after he was appointed to the seat in January. -
LaRose, 45, a former state senator and U.S. Army Green Beret, is the last of Ohio's five term-limited statewide executive officeholders to make his future plans known. -
Columbus City Council is adding $13 million in amendments to Mayor Andrew Ginther's proposed budget for the next year. -
The return date of March 17 set by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine falls almost five years to the day after the state declared an emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic on March 9, 2020, and allowed certain employees to work remotely. -
Mike DeWine will release his two-year state budget Monday - the final spending plan of his two terms as Ohio's governor. -
A state lawmaker has a bill that would keep cash as an option at retailers in Ohio. -
Business & EconomyBlack Kahawa Coffee at the corner of Broad and High streets is one of the first businesses to open with the help of Columbus City Council's Downtown Ground Floor Growth Initiative. -
The Ohio Senate has resurrected a proposal that overhauls the state’s relatively young recreational marijuana program, raising the tax on product sales from 10% to 15%.
