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Ohio Issues Highlighted In Report On Racial Disparities In Executions
A line can be drawn from lynchings and acts of historic racial discrimination and the fact minorities disproportionately are executed now.
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Alleged Householder Texts About Nuclear Bailout Are MIA, House Says
Prosecutors say they have a text message sent from then-House Speaker Larry Householder seeking to pressure a fellow lawmaker.
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Trump Admits He Tried To Downplay COVID-19, DeWine Takes Him At ‘Face Value’
President Donald Trump told journalist Bob Woodward in recorded interviews that the new coronavirus was much deadlier than the seasonal flu.
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Ohio Universities Tiptoe Back Into The Classroom
With school back in session, Ohio’s eyes are on the state’s 3,600 schools, but also its nearly 100 public and private universities.
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Food Bank Official Urges People To Lean On Congress For More Assistance
The fragile gains the poorest Ohioans made over the decade since the Great Recession have been wiped out by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Hydroxychloroquine Sales Soared In Ohio Despite Thin Evidence For Treating COVID-19
Hydroxychloroquine sales skyrocketed in Ohio the day President Donald Trump first touted the unproven anti-malarial drug as a treatment.
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New Tort Law 1st Step In Getting Justice For Sexual Assault Survivors, Victim Says
There is no amount of money that can keep Jessica Simpkins from replaying the images of her rape at the hands of a church pastor.
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GOP Lawmaker Wants To See If Gov. DeWine Can Be Criminally Charged
With his impeachment effort against the governor making little progress, state Rep. John Becker pulled up his email and brainstormed.
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Gov. DeWine Delays More Executions
Gov. Mike DeWine on Friday delayed three more executions.
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In ‘Political Pandemic,’ Ohio Lawmakers Punt On COVID-19 Response
The state General Assembly is not deploying any legislative effort to respond to the health toll of a pandemic that has killed 4,165 Ohioans
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Some Ideas For Gov. DeWine On How To Help Struggling Ohioans
In his Aug. 25 news conference Gov. Mike DeWine outlined some good work the state is initiating to expand COVID-19 testing in underserve ...
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At Least 3 Ohio Children With COVID-19 Died Since June, But It’s Not That Simple
People who knew Dorielis Reyes-Paula, a 9-year-old from Middletown, Ohio, described her as a curious student, bouncing down the hallways.
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Without A Statewide Strategy For Schools And Sports, Everyone Is On Their Own
Ohio has entered a new strange phase of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Without Taking Proper Precautions, Reopening Schools Carries Some Big Risks
Many school districts in Ohio are ignoring or short-cutting recommendations when implementing their school reopening plans.
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Reopening Begins For Ohio’s Colleges: Here’s How It Looks
Some Ohio colleges and universities have begun moving students in, but the navigation of a school year amid a pandemic is a balancing act.
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DeWine Says Coronavirus Fight Has To Take Priority Over Safety Net
Gov. Mike DeWine said that with limited resources, he’d have to prioritize fighting the disease over helping low-income Ohioans
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School Funding Bill To Get New Look Under New Speaker
A school funding bill originally sponsored by new Ohio House Speaker Bob Cupp is getting a fresh look and hopefully time in front of leg ...
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Inside The 19-Year-Old Database Tracking COVID-19 In Ohio
When the Ohio Disease Reporting System began tracking contagion in the Buckeye State, Harry Potter hadn’t yet made it to the big screen.
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Without Federal Unemployment Benefit, Hunger Said To Be Looming For Huge Numbers Of Ohioans
It can be hard for those of us who are comfortable to see.
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A Judge Denied Him Early Release, Now There’s An Outbreak In His Prison
Storm Harrington didn’t produce any evidence of a “specific nexus between himself and COVID-19,” wrote Judge Kevin Braig on May 4.
