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DeWine Pushes for Stricter Seat Belt Law in Ohio
...$30 for the driver and $20 for a passenger. To make his case, the governor cited statistics from an Ohio Department of Public Safety Survey that showed seat belt use in Ohio in 2022 hit its lowest level in...
04/16/2024 Online
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Spectrum News One Dayton
Charges against Trump and Jan. 6 rioters at stake as Supreme Court hears debate over obstruction law
...Fischer into a line of police inside, they said in a court filing. Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio, Lauren Boebert of Colorado, Matt Gaetz of Florida and Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia...
04/16/2024 Online
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WKBN Fox 27 Youngstown
Ohio passes rules banning gender transition surgery for minors
...to make Ohio as inhospitable as possible to the most persecuted groups." The rules fall under the Ohio Department of Health’s purview and will be up to it to enforce. It will take at least 10 days before...
04/16/2024 Online
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WYSU-FM
Ohio House GOP caucus votes to pull speaker's control of incumbents' election fund
...House GOP is again trying to wrest control of money set aside for campaigning incumbents from Speaker Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill), showing the infighting over last year's divisive speakership election is...
Sarah Donaldson
04/16/2024 Online
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Spectrum News One Columbus
Bill seeks to withhold state money from communities that fund abortion access
...areas that support abortion access. "After the passage of Issue 1, we simply want to state as a legislature that we will not subsidize those decisions made by local governments under their home rule authority,"...
Samana Sheikh
04/16/2024 Online
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WPOK & WBll 98​.3/1390 (Bellafontaine)
State Disaster Relief Program Activated for Logan County
(COLUMBUS, Ohio)— Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced today that $5 million is now available to support local governments and eligible non-profit organizations impacted by the tornados in Logan and Auglaize...
April King
04/16/2024 Online
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Highland County Press
Feds, scientists take fire for allegedly hiding COVID origins truth
...evidence related to the origins of COVID-19. Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, sent a letter to the National Emerging Infectious Disease Institute asking for more...
Casey Harper
04/16/2024 Online
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Highland County Press
Fixing a misguided Department of Energy regulation to save Ohio steel jobs
By U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown D-Ohio For the last year, we’ve been fighting to stop a proposed Department of Energy rule that would have put the supply chain for transformers at risk and threatened hundreds...
04/16/2024 Online
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WPOK & WBll 98​.3/1390 (Bellafontaine)
Cross, Controlling Board Approve Funds for Disaster Recovery in Indian Lake
COLUMBUS -State Rep. Jon Cross (R-Findlay) Monday approved the increase of over $3.9 million in funds to the State Disaster Relief Program (SDRP) during a State Controlling Board meeting, increasing the...
April King
04/16/2024 Online
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ThisWeek Community News
My daughter rights are under attack. Has Mike DeWine forgotten about trans children?
...Dispatch Trans youth missing from DeWine's address During his State of the State last week, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine focused on the future of Ohio for our youth, encouraging lawmakers to take strides and invest...
04/16/2024 Online
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Dayton Daily News
Blackshear urges DeWine to reconsider Medicaid enrollment change for kids
...other states for at least three months at a time from 2019 through 2022, according to Auditor of State Keith Faber. The auditor's office estimated the potential financial impact to Ohio of multi-state enrollees...
Samantha Wildow
04/16/2024 Online
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Lisbon Morning Journal News
DeWine brushes over economy in address
...rising property taxes. He didn’t address economic development or workforce development." State Sen. Michael Rulli, R-Salem, said he "was a little surprised he didn’t really touch on economic development."...
David Skolnick
04/16/2024 Online
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WFMJ 21 - TV
State approves $3M to renovate YSU
State Rep. Lauren McNally announced earlier today that $3,012,048.70 has been approved by the Ohio Controlling Board for the purpose of renovating buildings on Youngstown State University's campus. 7 hrs...
Maura Rubinic
04/16/2024 Online
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East Liverpool Review
DeWine’s YSU literacy forum focuses on economic benefits
YSU President Bill Johnson, left, and Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, share a moment together before the start of a roundtable discussion on literacy at the university Monday afternoon. (Photo by R. Michael Semple)...
Dan Pompili
04/16/2024 Online
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