COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Lawmakers and literacy advocates in Ohio used the birthday of one of America's most frequently banned authors on Tuesday to defend difficult texts that they fear could be impacted by new pushes against diversity initiatives and the teaching of "controversial" ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Lawmakers and literacy advocates in Ohio used the birthday of one of America's most frequently banned authors on Tuesday to defend difficult texts that they fear could be impacted by new pushes against diversity initiatives and the teaching of "controversial" ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio law requiring fetal or embryonic remains from surgical abortions to be cremated or buried violates the constitutional amendment protecting reproductive rights that the state's voters approved in 2023, a judge ruled in permanently blocking the law. The decision ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Vivek Ramaswamy is preparing to launch his 2026 bid for Ohio governor on Feb. 24 in his native Cincinnati, with ensuing announcements held over two days in the Columbus, Toledo and Cleveland areas, The Associated Press has learned. The 39-year-old biotech ...
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Vivek Ramaswamy is preparing to launch his 2026 bid for Ohio governor on Feb. 24 in his native Cincinnati, with ensuing announcements held over two days in the Columbus, Toledo and Cleveland areas, The Associated Press ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine extended the state's unofficial death penalty moratorium once again Thursday as he postponed three more executions that had been scheduled for this year. The governor's announcement again cited the state's inability to secure the drugs ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A bill banning diversity, equity and inclusion programs at Ohio's public colleges and universities and stripping certain collective bargaining and tenure protections from faculty cleared the Republican-led Ohio Senate on Wednesday, over the objections of more than 1,000 ...
College Football Hall of Fame coach Jim Tressel, who won the 2002 national title at Ohio State University, has been nominated to be the state's next lieutenant governor, joining a long list of sports figures who've moved into politics. Tressel, nicknamed "The Senator" during his coaching days ...
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio city that was racked with chaos and threats last year related to an influx of Haitian immigrants filed a lawsuit on Thursday against a neo-Nazi group that it alleges was at the heart of the onslaught. The city of Springfield, Mayor Rob Rue and several others sued ...
East Palestine and Norfolk Southern have announced a $22 million settlement resolving all of the village's claims arising from the disastrous 2023 train derailment near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border that prompted a national reckoning on railroad safety. The settlement is to be used for ...