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George Shillcock/WOSUErin 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. -
Sarah Donaldson/Statehouse News BureauMoreno said the historic Chillicothe paper mill, owned currently by Pixelle Specialty Solutions, will pause its permanent closure until December.
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There’s no change in the Republican House budget, as Ohio food banks are wrestling with cuts at the federal level too. -
The congressman's Facebook and X accounts stated the call-in information would be posted prior to the town hall's 5:30 p.m. start time Tuesday. The details were never posted, but Carey's office did livestream the forum. -
Faber said in a letter the school met behind closed doors in May 2024 to discuss a controversial strategy document authored by board member Brandon Simmons. That document plunged a debate on whether to close several aging school buildings into chaos. -
Columbus Public Health recently lost about half of a $6 million grant for COVID-19 enhanced operations, leading CPH to let go of 11 infectious disease investigators. -
A Franklin County judge granted a temporary restraining order stopping the election that was planned for Wednesday of a new president of the Columbus branch of the NAACP. -
The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office and Dublin Police will soon use drones as first responders in some cases. Dublin Police are also adding robots with 360 degree cameras to two locations in the city. The ACLU of Ohio wants regulations on this technology to protect the privacy rights of citizens. -
It’ll take about $1 billion for the state to pay back the $600 million in bonds to help fund the Cleveland Browns' new stadium and development, but Republican House leaders say it will be money well spent. -
Nana Watson, the former president of the Columbus branch of the NAACP, wants a Franklin County judge to stop the organization from electing a new president by issuing a restraining order.
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The House version of Gov. Mike DeWine's budget doesn't include implementation of the two final years of the bipartisan plan designed to make public K-12 funding in Ohio more fair. -
Ohio House Finance committee members will continue to vet the amendments in hearings this week, with a full floor vote tentatively scheduled next Wednesday.
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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. -
Roger Reynolds is posting documents online he says were improperly withheld during his trials and accuses Ohio's attorney general and the Butler County sheriff of using "lawfare" to falsely accuse him of wrongdoing. -
The Ohio Library Council warns the proposal, which eliminates the Public Library Fund and replaces it with a line-item appropriation, would cut funding to Ohio libraries by more than $100 million.
