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The most ambitious part of the pandemic stimulus package signed by President Joe Biden earlier this year is about to hit th ...

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The most ambitious part of the pandemic stimulus package signed by President Joe Biden earlier this year is about to hit th ...

The union that represents Columbus police is saying one thing but doing another regarding possible misconduct during last summer's demon ...
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Some of the wealthiest state lawmakers stand to save thousands of dollars annually on their taxes thanks to changes they enacted in the ...
The loss of $300 in extra unemployment assistance has hampered recovery from the pandemic for many Ohioans, including women, advocates say.
As the delta variant takes hold, the unvaccinated are in for a rude awakening. It's not just ignorance — they're begging for a Darwin Aw ...
Gov. Mike DeWine said Tuesday it is in the state's best interest to send more Ohio National Guard troops and other law enforcement offic ...
Members of the Ohio House and Senate finally reconciled their respective versions of the state budget, passing it with bipa ...
The military has rebranded unidentified flying objects as unidentified aerial phenomena — UAPs — in part to avoid the stigma...
In early August of 2014 — almost seven years ago — a harmful algae bloom (HAB) in Lake Erie caused the water to be shut off for almost a ...
Child care in Ohio will still have one standard-making process that was nearly cut from the state budget, while other investments i ...
Gov. Mike DeWine signed into state law Thursday legislation that blocks cities or counties from banning natural gas or propane hookups t ...
Gov. Mike DeWine and legislative leaders in the Statehouse met in 2019 with Robert Kennedy Jr., a scion of the American political dynast ...
State GOP lawmakers passed legislation around 1 a.m. Tuesday morning that bestows new powers unto county commissioners, allowing them ki ...
The Ohio House's version of a public school funding overhaul won the day after negotiations ended for the new two-year state budget.
Coordinating government health care for poor people has been very, very good to Michael F. Neidorff. By one measure, he's the country's ...
Ohio House Republicans passed legislation Friday that would expand the definition of “obstruction of justice” broadly enough to capture ...
In a move that caught even supportive lawmakers by surprise, the Ohio House on Thursday quickly amended a sweeping, anti-vaccination law ...
Ohio lawmakers approved a bill Thursday to allow college athletes to profit off their name, image and likeness, with Republicans adding ...
The Republican leadership of the Ohio Senate is attempting to give an Ohio-based Medicaid managed-care company a do-over after it failed ...