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Erin Gottsacker/Timber Road Wind Farm, EDP Renewables North America LLCAbout a quarter of Ohio counties have bans on renewable energy projects. In northwest Ohio, Paulding County has embraced them. -
Jo Ingles/Statehouse News BureauOhio’s Mobile Response & Stabilization Services, which provide mental, emotional, and behavioral health care to kids in crisis, are being expanded.
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A state legislative board extended Ohio’s lucrative funding contract with JobsOhio, the private firm pursuing economic projects on the state’s behalf. -
The university eliminated the position of senior vice provost of inclusive excellence. Meanwhile, the school's interim vice provost for diversity and inclusion retired. -
Jim Tressel, 72, succeeds Republican Jon Husted, who was appointed last month to the U.S. Senate seat formerly held by Vice President JD Vance. -
Senate Bill 100 would also exclude the Ohio Farm Bureau’s proposal for personal health plans from oversight by the Ohio Department of Insurance. -
Ideastream's sports commentator Terry Pluto believes former Ohio State Buckeyes football coach Jim Tressel has the skillset to succeed as the state's next lieutenant governor. -
More than 200 opponents of the bill that targets what Republicans say is liberal ideology in Ohio universities showed up to offer testimony at the Statehouse Tuesday, with hundreds more submitting their comments in writing. -
Bruce Johnson went through the confirmation process to become Ohio's lieutenant governor in 2005. -
Ohio Democrats say people from other countries who are in the state legally are fearing for their safety, as the federal administration cracks down on illegal immigration. -
The Ohio Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday from lawyers representing the Columbus Dispatch and the Columbus Division of Police. The case before the court will decide whether privacy protections afforded to victims of crime also apply to on-duty police officers. -
The group met with an aid about changes to federal funding, Elon Musk's access to data at the U.S. Treasury Department and mass deportations.
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The county party's screening committee weighed endorsing or not in both races, but opted to move ahead only with the three open seats on the Columbus City Schools' Board of Education. -
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.
