The Ohio Newsroom
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Ohio’s 911 response system is outdated. The state has begun its rollout of upgraded technology that could improve its emergency response times in rural areas.
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A so-called 'demographic cliff' and rising expenses are putting small Ohio higher education institutions in a bind. -
Health, Science & EnvironmentThe Great Lakes are losing about 14 winter days every decade, according to a recent study published in the Environmental Research Letters. -
States across the country have rapidly expanded private school voucher programs in recent years. According to reporting from ProPublica and The New Yorker, Ohio officials helped pioneer the push. -
Health, Science & EnvironmentConsumers will soon have access to money for insulation and energy-saving appliances in Ohio and just about every other state. But, experts are hesitant about the program's implementation. -
Some Ohio farms have stayed in one family for more than 100 years. Those families are working to preserve their agricultural legacy, as farmland decreases. -
A new database tracks how state and local governments across the country are spending billions of dollars in opioid settlement funds. In Ohio, about half of those funds are untraceable. -
Crime fell in cities across the country last year, including in some Ohio metros like Toledo, which saw an 18% drop in homicides. -
The Ohio History Connection has one of the largest collections of Native American human remains. The nonprofit is working with tribal leaders to comply with the federal law NAGPRA and repatriate them. -
Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at Ohio Northern University in 1968. One woman remembers the impact the prominent civil rights leader’s words had at the rural northwest Ohio school. -
For decades, people have been chowing down on a sandwich informed by the city's Eastern European and Black culinary history: the Polish Boy.
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Journalists from WOSU Public Media, ideastream Public Media in Cleveland, Cincinnati Public Radio, and WYSO in Yellow Springs produce and share in-depth, fact-driven public service journalism on radio and digital platforms statewide. WGTE (Toledo), WOUB (Athens), and WYSU (Youngstown) also participate and contribute reporting to the initiative. All public radio stations in Ohio that broadcast NPR content are invited to join The Ohio Newsroom.
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