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Erin Upchurch, executive director of the Kaleidoscope Youth Center, said staffing changes, lack of a venue and the current political climate led to the dance's cancellation.
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Moreno said the historic Chillicothe paper mill, owned currently by Pixelle Specialty Solutions, will pause its permanent closure until December.
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There were 58 "Hands Off" protests held in cities throughout Ohio.
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Health, Science & EnvironmentOhio plans to add work requirements for people insured under the Medicaid expansion, even after hearing that efforts to do this in other states did not lead to more employment, just less access to health care.
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Ohio school groups are asking lawmakers to cut from the state budget a provision that would require property taxpayers be refunded anything over a 25% reserve in a district’s operating account.
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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.
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Ohio lawmakers will try again to pass age verification provisions regulating major technology companies, this time targeting application stores rather than individual apps.
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The ban on gender-affirming care for minors, which was part of the Ohio law that also banned trans athletes in girls’ sports, was ruled unconstitutional last month.
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State humanities councils were established by Congress about 50 years ago to make sure National Endowment for Humanities funds made it to smaller communities and organizations.
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The Ohio House GOP folded hundreds of changes into the two-year state budget Tuesday, including several non-fiscal items further legislating sex and gender issues.
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Business & EconomyIn November, an Athens city employee paid $700,000 for construction work on a new fire station. But the money never reached the construction firm it was intended for.
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There are questions about the provision that allows Ohio's public school districts to hold only 25% of their operating budget in reserve.
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Health, Science & EnvironmentCustomers will be able to take a reusable cup to go, then bring it back later. They'll get their next drink in another reusable cup while the shop washes the first one.
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The bill called "The Parents' Bill of Rights" requires K-12 schools to notify parents if sexuality is discussed plus it requires schools to allow release time for religious education.
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Neither will Ohio's county commissioners, judges and statewide elected officials, after a proposal to hike their pay stalled in lame duck.
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Ohio students who face expulsions for “imminent and severe endangerment” would have to undergo psychological assessments prior to being allowed back to school.
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Police were called to Sabor Latino in the Greater Western Shopping Center around 170 times in the last two years for fights, thefts and reports of gunshots.
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The bill would more control to Ohio's attorney general in potentially more opportunity to stall the process of putting a referendum on a statewide ballot.
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Columbus City Council released the names of the 10 finalists who they will pick from to fill Shayla Favor's vacancy when she becomes Franklin County's next prosecutor.
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Attempts to attach an amendment to ban the federal government from using local and state police entities to enforce national firearms laws in Ohio failed.
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The bill’s Republican sponsor says it’s not just sour grapes from Ohio State’s loss to Michigan, which led to a midfield fight and police using pepper spray to disperse it.
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The Ohio Senate approved a bill that seeks to define antisemitism in state law for universities and state agencies investigating whether ethnic intimidation has been committed.