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COVID-19 Cases Leap By 900% Over A Month, Health Department Says
More than 3,000 Ohioans per day are contracting COVID-19 on average, the highest the rate has been since early February.
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Ohio Medicaid Chief Dodges When Asked To Explain Business With Company AG Said “Fleeced” Taxpayers
Ohio Medicaid Director Maureen Corcoran didn't give many straight answers Wednesday when she was pressed about why her agency restarted ...
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Dreamland Revisited: County Featured In Bestselling Opioid Crisis Book Lone Holdout In Settlement
Scioto County featured prominently in the story of the opioid addiction epidemic that has devastated hundreds of cities and towns across ...
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District Maps Split Houses In Two, Making Representation More Difficult
Mindy Nagel's congressman changes depending on the side of her house in which she's sitting.
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As Classes Return, 62.5% Of Eligible 12-18 Year-Olds Unvaccinated
Nearly two in three age-eligible teenagers remain unvaccinated against COVID-19 as summer ends and the disease looms over its third cons ...
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Interim State Superintendent Named Yet Again
A new interim state superintendent will hold down the fort at the Ohio Department of Education, following the departure of the previous ...
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Opponents Of Sports Betting Bill Say It Won't Protect Consumers, Will Worsen Wealth Inequality
Opponents of the sports betting bill the Ohio Senate approved earlier this summer said the bill doesn't include proper consumer protecti ...
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Ohio Cities Revive Mask Mandates As New State Law Stops Health Departments
First the Mount Vernon City School District opted against requiring masks for students.
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Future Osteopathic Doctors Fight Against The ‘Disinformation Dozen' To Save Their Profession
When Dr. Sherri Tenpenny told a hearing of the Ohio House Health Committee that the COVID-19 vaccine magnetized people, not only was she ...
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Ohio Economists Say State's Pandemic Spending Cuts Won't Help The Economy
In May 2020, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced $775 million in state spending cuts in the face of what he expected to be lower tax revenue ...
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House Republicans Propose Voter Photo ID Law, Ending Most Absentee Voting, And More
Republicans in the Ohio House of Representatives proposed sweeping voting restrictions last week that would impose new hurdles for voter ...
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Redistricting: Education Funding Hangs In Balance With Unbalanced Districts
The redrawing of legislative maps has an impact on where you go to vote and who to call at the Ohio Statehouse, but it also determines t ...
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Health Dept: Immunocrompromised Ohioans Eligible For Additional COVID-19 Shot
The new head of the Ohio Department of Health said there are a few Ohioans who could be eligible for a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Six Months After Claiming Massive Fraud, Ohio Awards Contract Worth Billions To Health Giant
Ohio is again in business with a company that only recently it was accusing of massive fraud. The state's leaders seem reluctant to expl ...
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After Scandal Broke, FirstEnergy Lobbyist Pushed DeWine On “COVID Response”
On Sept. 23, 2020, McKenzie K. Davis, a lobbyist with the Success Group, registered to lobby the administration of Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine ...
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Ohio House Rep Protests Vaccine Mandates Outside Area Hospital Office
An Ohio House representative joined a protest last week outside a Miamisburg hospital that announced a requirement that caregivers recei ...
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Ohio One Of Few States To Skip On Eviction Moratorium During Pandemic
When the new coronavirus emerged, a rush of 43 states and Washington D.C. instituted an eviction moratorium, temporarily blocking landlo ...
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Redistricting Public Hearings Announced; Here Are The Dates And Locations
The Ohio Redistricting Commission announced the schedule for meetings throughout the state where the public will be able to give input o ...
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Census Data Released, Redistricting Work Can Officially Begin
The United States Census Bureau released its data from the 2020 census today, getting the ball rolling for redistricting in Ohio and acr ...
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Ohio Health Chief Warns Of New Coronavirus Variant But Won't Endorse Mask Mandate
The United States has more than enough coronavirus vaccine and more than enough masks, yet the refusal to mask up and get vaccinated is ...
