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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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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. -
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. -
Sen. Kristina Roegner (R-Hudson) has announced she will run for Ohio treasurer in 2026, a few days after another Republican joined that contest. -
More than 800 people submitted testimony opposing the bill. -
The Upper Arlington school board on Tuesday unanimously removed a May 2021 policy that created “all-gender” bathrooms for students. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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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Under the Columbus City Charter, a candidate for Columbus City Council is required to reside within city limits one year prior to the city's May primary. The Rooster, operated by by D.J. Byrnes, claims Ross lived in Reynoldsburg as recently as August. -
An analysis of the numbers in Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's proposed budget shows there are cuts to K-12 public school funding, but increases for vouchers and charter schools. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Gov. Mike DeWine and Attorney General Dave Yost are divided on whether to extend a contract right now with the powerful firm pursuing economic projects for the state.
