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Feud at state teachers pension system escalates as Ohio AG sues to remove board members
The lawsuit comes hours ahead of a two-day pension board meeting that begins Wednesday.
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Ohio committee sets stage for June recreational cannabis sales
The state joint committee advanced rules on the applications for existing medical dispensaries to get dual licenses to sell to adult, non-medical customers in Ohio.
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Ohio’s congressional Dems demand vote on contraception protection
Democrats from Ohio’s U.S. Congressional delegation want the right to contraception codified into federal law, an effort that’s now in its third attempt on Capitol Hill.
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Transgender Ohio Statehouse candidates line up behind bill allowing people to run under legal name
A handful of transgender candidates filed to run for office in Ohio this year, but faced protests over the names they used on their paperwork. Now they are supporting proposed legislation that would make exceptions for all legal name changes.
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Ohio Democrats move to ban semi-automatic weapons, GOP lawmakers sticking to their guns
Ohio Democrats continue to propose legislation to curb gun violence. The latest would ban semi-automatic firearms that fire more than 31 rounds without reloading. Unsurprisingly, the Republicans are sticking to their guns.
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As COVID relief funds dry up, two city school districts face cuts
Cincinnati Public and Cleveland Municipal schools each received hundreds of millions of dollars in COVID relief funds over the past three years. Now, those funds are drying up.
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New list rates the most bipartisan members of Congress—and the least
A newly released analysis from the Lugar Center and the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University shows Ohio Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan as the least bipartisan member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Analyzing Ohio’s two $15 minimum wage proposals
Ohio Senators have proposed a law increasing the minimum wage as an alternative to a proposed amendment supporters are trying to get on the November ballot. Policy columnist Rob Moore looks at some key differences.
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GOP politicians rush to Manhattan to line up behind Trump as hush money trial continues
Republican lawmakers are taking turns showing up at a Manhattan courthouse to support their party’s 2024 U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump in his felony criminal trial over alleged hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels.