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Senate GOP 2-year Ohio budget proposal includes lower taxes

Published on June 12, 2019 | Updated 12:20 p. m.

COLUMBUS — Ohio would lower income taxes for individuals and direct more money toward water quality initiatives, local governments and libraries under a two-year state budget proposal introduced Tuesday in the Republican-controlled state →

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Sponsor of closed online school ECOT to repay state $879,000

Published on June 12, 2019

COLUMBUS — The sponsor of a huge online charter school that abruptly closed in Ohio has agreed to repay the state $879,000. The Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow closed in January 2018 after the Educational Service Center of Lake Erie West →

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Some Ohio farmers won't plant crops at all because of rain

Published on June 10, 2019 | Updated 2:15 p. m.

TOLEDO — The constant rains this spring are forcing some Ohio farmers to give up hopes of planting any corn this spring and wonder if they'll have any crops at all this year. Just one-third of Ohio's corn crop had been planted as of a week →

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Opponents of NEXUS pipeline argue land was improperly seized

Published on June 6, 2019 | Updated 2:09 p. m.

GREEN — Landowners in Ohio hope to convince a federal appeals court that they were forced by a federal agency to sell their property to a pipeline builder sending large quantities of natural gas to Canada. At issue is the Federal Energy →

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5 of 6 candidates to be Lorain's next mayor have been ruled ineligible (UPDATED)

Published on June 4, 2019 | Updated 11:36 a. m.

A new law rules out anyone who was a candidate in the primary election. →

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Bill would ban synthetic urine used to skirt drug tests

Published on June 5, 2019

COLUMBUS — An Ohio lawmaker wants to prevent people from using fake urine to defeat drug tests with legislation banning its manufacture, sale or possession. State Rep. Theresa Gavarone, a Bowling Green Republican, introduced the bill banning →

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Lawsuit says thrill ride maker knew of defect before crash

Published on June 4, 2019

COLUMBUS — A lawsuit filed against the maker of an amusement ride that broke apart at the Ohio State Fair says the company knew years before about a defect that caused the deadly crash. The family of an 18-year-old who died at the fair and →

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Former attorneys general: End time limits on rape charges

Published on June 3, 2019 | Updated 6:04 a. m.

Gov. Mike DeWine made a similar request last month in light of the ongoing sex abuse scandal at Ohio State University. →

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Second body recovered after Lake Erie search

Published on June 3, 2019

GENEVA — Authorities in northeastern Ohio say they have recovered the second body, after a search for two boaters who went missing after taking a small boat out on Lake Erie more than two weeks ago. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources →

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Governor: Warrants for serious crimes should be prioritized

Published on May 31, 2019

COLUMBUS — Gov. Mike DeWine says Ohio's lack of an organized statewide warrant system has created a growing backlog of unserved arrest warrants for serious violent crimes. DeWine says a task force studying changes to Ohio's arrest-warrant →

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Tornadoes leave trail of destruction across Ohio, Indiana

Published on May 28, 2019 | Updated 8:33 a. m.

BROOKVILLE — A rapid-fire line of apparent tornadoes tore across Indiana and Ohio overnight, packed so closely together that one crossed the path carved by another. The storms strew debris so thick that at one point, highway crews had to use →

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Coroners issue warnings after spikes in drug overdose deaths

Published on May 24, 2019

CLEVELAND — Ohio coroners have issued new warnings after recent spikes in drug overdose deaths around the state. Some urge people with family or friends who might be at risk to have the overdose-reversal drug naloxone (nuh-LAHKS'-ohn) →

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Ohio senator issues report recommending end to academic distress commissions

Published on May 23, 2019 | Updated 11:44 a. m.

An Ohio Senate subcommittee’s minority report calls for an end to academic distress commissions. Sen. Teresa Fedor, D-Toledo, released the Senate Finance Primary and Secondary Education Subcommittee on the biennial budget. In it, she calls →

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Attorneys: Ohio State needs to reveal who knew about abuse

Published on May 21, 2019 | Updated 2:40 p. m.

TOLEDO — Administrators at Ohio State University should release the names of all coaches, trainers and personnel who knew of but failed to act on complaints about a now-dead team doctor who sexually abused male students for nearly two decades, →

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Senate GOP 2-year Ohio budget proposal includes lower taxes

Sponsor of closed online school ECOT to repay state $879,000

Some Ohio farmers won't plant crops at all because of rain

Opponents of NEXUS pipeline argue land was improperly seized

5 of 6 candidates to be Lorain's next mayor have been ruled ineligible (UPDATED)

Bill would ban synthetic urine used to skirt drug tests

Lawsuit says thrill ride maker knew of defect before crash

Former attorneys general: End time limits on rape charges

Second body recovered after Lake Erie search

Governor: Warrants for serious crimes should be prioritized

Tornadoes leave trail of destruction across Ohio, Indiana

Coroners issue warnings after spikes in drug overdose deaths

Ohio senator issues report recommending end to academic distress commissions

Attorneys: Ohio State needs to reveal who knew about abuse

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