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Redistricting Court Challenges Move Forward
The fight over the legislative redistricting maps is ongoing in the Ohio Supreme Court, with a few wins already registered for opponents ...
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State Says Medicaid Director Complied With Ethics Law, Won't Share Documents
The Ohio Department of Medicaid and the governor's office last week insisted that Medicaid Director Maureen Corcoran complied with state ...
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Lawmakers Say They Planned To Fail On Strauss Sex Abuse Bill; Victims Weren't Told
Despite hearing public, firsthand accounts of sexual abuse from eight of at least 177 victims of Ohio State sports physician Dr. Richard ...
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COVID-19 Surge Begins To Ease In Ohio
A two-month surge in COVID-19 infections in Ohio appears to be easing, state data shows.
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‘Failed Abortion' Laws Already On The Books, Say Opponents Of New Bill
Opponents of a new abortion-related piece of legislation and one legislator on the committee reviewing the bill questioned why the bill ...
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‘Backpack Bill' Sponsors Seek Way Forward Under New Funding Formula
The sponsors of a bill that would promote the use of private school vouchers and “school choice” came together on Wednesday with a relig ...
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Ohio House Restarts Efforts To Ban Vaccine Mandates; Dem Calls It ‘Pandering'
It's déjà vu all over again, but with longer hearings this time.
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Ohio's Medicaid Director Owns The Stock Of Some Major Contractors, But Won't Say How Much
Since she became director of the Ohio Department of Medicaid in January 2019, Maureen Corcoran has owned stock in some of the department ...
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Man Whose Wife Sued Hospital To Force It To Administer Ivermectin Dies Of COVID-19
An Ohio man whose wife sued a Cincinnati area hospital for refusing to provide him ivermectin as he was intubated due to COVID-19 has di ...
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Abortion Rates Rise In Ohio Despite Efforts To Ban It
Over the last year, state data shows that abortions have risen in Ohio despite several efforts to deepen regulations on the practice.
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Medicaid Department Mum On Contacts With DeWine-Connected Lobbyist
A close, long-standing friend of Gov. Mike DeWine registered early this year to lobby on behalf of a giant Medicaid provider — just befo ...
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Ohio's Top Elections Official Rejects Fraud Claims
A spokesman for Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose said the office didn't want to get dragged in last week when a fellow Republican ec ...
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Supreme Court: Presence Of Drugs In Body Doesn't Equal Possession
The state's highest court found that a woman can't be charged with possession of drugs in Seneca County just because she and her newborn ...
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Taking Heat From All Sides, House GOP Shelves Anti-Vaccination Bill
Ohio House Republicans have pumped the brakes on what was once turbo-charged legislation aimed to restrict abilities of employers and co ...
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Vaccine Mandates Have Overwhelming Support Among Ohio Economists
Vaccine mandates in hospitals, long-term care facilities and large companies might be controversial in some circles. But among Ohio econ ...
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Abortion ‘Trigger Bill' Coming To House Committee
A piece of legislation meant to go into effect if federal abortion rights protections are overturned will start its path through the Ohi ...
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Ohio Kids' Show Elevated Lead Blood Levels At More Than Twice The National Rate, Study Finds
Ohio children have elevated levels of lead in their blood at more than two times the national rate, according to a study released Monday.
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Dems Push For Legislation After Strauss Dismissals
Days after lawsuits against a former OSU team doctor were dismissed because of the statute of limitations, Democratic state representati ...
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Huge Uptick In Pandemic ‘Air Rage' Hits Flight Attendants
Flight attendants have been subject to unprecedented harassment over masks and more during the pandemic, and a U.S. House panel on Thurs ...
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Lawsuit Accuses Ohio Redistricting Commission Of Violating Constitution
The ACLU has filed an expected lawsuit disputing the partisan legislative redistricting maps passed earlier this month by the Ohio Redis ...
