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Second Bill Seeking To Ban Student Mask Requirements To Enter Ohio House
An Ohio GOP state rep is making another push to ban mask mandates for students in schools, as child COVID-19 cases rise.
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Ohio Governor Won't Say He Regrets Picking Regulator Now At The Center Of Historic Utility Scandal
A huge Ohio utility paid Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's pick to be the state's top utility regulator millions and the regulator, Sam Randazzo, ...
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State Leadership Gives Mixed Reviews For Federal Change To Medicaid Work Requirement
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said he's disappointed in the Biden administration's reversal in approving a work requirement waiver for Medicaid ...
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Ohio Businesses Hit With More Than $250,000 In Fines For Health Order Violations
Thursday's Lounge in Akron received a $25,000 fine in lieu of a liquor license revocation for violating health orders. Aftermath in Colu ...
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Study: Child Poverty, Family Stability See Major Impacts During Pandemic
A new study shows the coronavirus pandemic erased gains against child poverty and family stability, among other indicators of child well ...
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Environmental Groups Tried To Warn DeWine Not To Appoint Regulator Embroiled In Scandal
Late last year, as his administration was plunging deeper into a scandal over a nuclear bailout, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said he supported ...
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Continued Student Loan Debt Pause Could Help Many Ohioans
With Ohioans carrying millions of dollars in student loan debt, it may come as a relief to many that the U.S. Department of Education an ...
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Redistricting Commission Starts Work Under Rushed Timeline
The Ohio Redistricting Commission had their first meeting Friday without much fanfare, and very little on the agenda, despite a squeezed ...
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Medicaid Provider's Profits Surge Just After It Announces Massive Settlement
The business of administering the government health program for the poor continues to be very, very good for Centene — even after it ann ...
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Mapping Team At OU A Part Of Redistricting Process
Before the Ohio Redistricting Commission was appointed, before advocacy groups started mobilizing for fair districts, before even the la ...
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Those Who Voted, Registered Illegally Could Face Prosecution
More than 100 non-citizens could face penalties for having cast ballots or being illegally registered to vote during the 2020 election c ...
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Ohio Sent Troopers, Guard To The Texas Border. Nobody Will Say Where They Are Or What They're Doing.
Four people, presumably Mexican citizens, could be seen in the Rio Grande River last Wednesday just off the shore of Ciuda ...
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Proposal Made To Expand Veterans' Free Access To All National Parks
U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Iowa testified before the House Natural Resources Committee hearing in suppor ...
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Vote Expected Soon On Expanding Regulation On Toxic Chemicals In Drinking Water
WASHINGTON — Members of Congress and Biden administration officials at a conference on Wednesday outlined how they're attempting to regu ...
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Some Voter Education Programs May Be In Jeopardy Due To New Ohio Law
With Ohio searching for more poll workers during the pandemic last year, Secretary of State Frank LaRose had to get creative.
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State School Board Member Asks Ohio Supt.: ‘Are You Paid By Bill Gates?'
During a recent state school board discussion of student vaccinations, a board member offered a question to the Ohio superintendent of p ...
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State School Board To Ask AG For Opinion On Anti-Racism Resolution
In the weeks after the death of George Floyd spurred a nationwide movement against racism and police brutality, members of the Ohio Boar ...
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She Says Vaccines Make You Magnetized. This Lawmaker Invited Her Testimony, Chair Says.
After a discredited doctor's conspiracy theories involving COVID-19 vaccines, magnetics and 5G towers made a mockery of the Ohio House o ...
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Misinfo Thrives At Spanish-Speaking Vaccination Site; Health Workers Are Fighting Back
LORAIN — Wanda knows she's lucky to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
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Ohio Consumer Watchdog Asks Regulators To Revisit Coal Plant Bailouts
A consumer watchdog last week asked state regulators to revisit their decision to allow two Ohio utility companies to pass onto customer ...
