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Wellness Wednesday: Research on loneliness
Even though we live in an age of social media, the irony is that many people aren’t as social.
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Education equity 70 years after Brown vs. Board of Education
For 70 years, since the landmark case of Brown vs. Board of Education, we’ve been saying we shouldn’t educate by ZIP codes and that all students, regardless of where they live, deserve a high-quality public education.
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Ohio Democrats move to ban semi-automatic weapons, GOP lawmakers sticking to their guns
The latest bill would ban “weapons of mass casualty,” or semi-automatic firearms that can or could be adapted to fire more than 31 rounds. Unsurprisingly, the Republicans are sticking to their guns.
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Advocates for Ohioans living with HIV find hope in two bills from a Republican sponsor
A Republican state lawmaker has introduced a pair of bills to change Ohio’s laws related to disclosure and exposure to the virus that causes AIDS.
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Why some Ohio cities are buying, and forgiving, residents’ debt
Cities like Cleveland, Toledo, Akron and Columbus have used ARPA funds to relieve residents’ medical debt. The jury is out on how the magnitude of its impact.
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AG Yost files lawsuit to remove members of teachers’ pension board, accuses them of breaching fiduciary duties
Defendants Wade Steen and Dr. Rudy Fichtenbaum have denied the allegations in the AG’s filing in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas.
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Central Ohio Olympian, veterinarian & artist are breaking ground, making headlines
An Olympian, a veterinarian and a fashion designer walk into a bar. That’s not the start of a joke. It’s the premise of this hour of All Sides.
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New Ohio Senate resolution asks feds not to include sexual orientation, gender identity in Title IX
A recently offered resolution in the Ohio Senate urges the federal government to keep sexual orientation and gender identification out of anti-discrimination rules used in education funding.
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Recent changes in Ohio make it easier to force landowners to allow oil and gas drilling
Ohio has seen a big jump in the number of agency orders forcing property owners to allow oil and gas development on their land, whether they want it or not. The number of so-called “unitization” orders issued by ODNR has surged in recent years.
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Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost files lawsuit to remove members of teachers’ pension board
Attorney General Dave Yost filed a lawsuit Wednesday against two State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio (STRS) board members, saying they must be removed from their roles for breaching their fiduciary duties. One called it a “sham investigation.”