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FBI searches offices of Ohio voting-rights group
Reps. Shontel Brown and Emilia Sykes demand answers after agents searched the Ohio Organizing Collaborative's Cleveland office and seized devices statewide, months before November's midterms.
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The Ohio Supreme Court set safeguards for renters’ electric bills. Republican lawmakers rolled them back
In a late-night vote Wednesday, lawmakers rolled back legal protections for submetered renters’ electric bills that were established by the Ohio Supreme Court.
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Ohio Republican lawmakers pass bill that includes requiring schools to teach when to have kids
Three GOP lawmakers joined House Democrats in voting against the 58-36 bill, which drew on Heritage Foundation model legislation and added the mandate to an interstate school psychologist compact.
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Ohio doctors push back against 24-hour abortion waiting period proposal
Physicians told a Senate committee the bill would force them to share debunked abortion-reversal information, as the panel's next meeting may not come until November.
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Ohio State University settles with hundreds of Strauss victims
The $100 million deal covers 279 of 280 remaining victims, bringing Ohio State's total Strauss payouts to more than $161 million across seven settlements since 2018.
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Ohio lawmakers send math intervention bill to Gov. Mike DeWine with science of reading exemption
The carveout exempts Ohio's eight Hillsdale College-affiliated classical schools from a curriculum DeWine has called one of his most important achievements.
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Addressing toxic exposure in Ohio firefighters: The impact of the National Firefighter Registry
Cancer now accounts for roughly 66% of career firefighter line-of-duty deaths nationwide, yet fewer than 1,000 of Ohio's 40,000 crews have enrolled in the CDC registry.
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Ohio man throws away $100,000 lottery ticket, dumpster dives to get it back
The Willard man retrieved the $5 Bingo Times 25 ticket from a community dumpster after household members had already moved the trash outside, netting $73,250 after taxes.
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Vivek Ramaswamy's company spent $70K lobbying Washington on Covid-19 drugs. He's now campaigning against 'Covid ideology.'
Roivant Sciences paid Baker Donelson and Tiber Creek Group $70,000 to lobby the White House and NIH on Covid drug approval as Ramaswamy now attacks Acton's pandemic record.
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Senate ethics complaint targets Jon Husted and top aide over payments from rebranded Columbus lobbying firm
Attorney Anne Griffin's complaint argues Dunn's $22,652 in consulting fees from his renamed lobbying firm broke Senate Rule 37, and that Husted failed his duty to prevent the conflict.
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A $1,778 tax cut for a family of 4: What Amy Acton's affordability agenda would mean for working Ohio households
Acton's plan pairs a refundable earned income credit with a child tax credit DeWine proposed but Republicans stripped from the state budget.
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Spending among Ohio consumers slows as gas threatens to go even higher
Exxon and Chevron warn oil could hit $150–$160 a barrel as diesel stocks hit a 40-year low, while U-M sentiment data shows consumers already cutting spending.
