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The 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.
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Council 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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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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Former Ohio State football coach and Youngstown State’s ex-president Jim Tressel becomes Ohio’s 67th lieutenant governor officially Friday with a Statehouse swearing-in ceremony.
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Sen. Kristina Roegner (R-Hudson) has announced she will run for Ohio treasurer in 2026, a few days after another Republican joined that contest.
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More than 800 people submitted testimony opposing the bill.
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The Upper Arlington school board on Tuesday unanimously removed a May 2021 policy that created “all-gender” bathrooms for students.
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Cordray was head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for five years until he chose to run for Ohio governor in 2018. Cordray says the agency is under threat from President Donald Trump.
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The Eddie Eagle cartoon, produced by the National Rifle Association in the late 1980s, is being used in Cleveland, Akron and cities across the country to try to teach children gun safety. But research shows it's ineffective.
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The vote to pass the anti-DEI higher ed bill came less than a day after hundreds of opponents testified at the Ohio Statehouse in a hearing that went more than eight hours.
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Business & EconomyJP Morgan Chase President and CEO Jamie Dimon helped open the bank's first community center branch in Columbus. He took questions from reporters on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and return-to-work policies.
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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.
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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.
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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%.
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Four Ohio lawmakers are preparing to introduce identical bipartisan bills that legislate what they call end-of-life procedures.
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The first numbered bills in Ohio's new two-year general assembly have been filed, all with Republicans as their main or joint sponsors.
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Beatty's appointment was announced during Monday night's city council meeting.
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Republican state auditor Keith Faber has announced a move that’s long been expected – he’s running for attorney general in 2026.