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Number of Ohio Unclaimed Fund Claims and Payouts Surged After State’s Plan to Use Money for Stadiums
In 2026, 184,083 claims paid out $182 million. In 2025, 68,787 claims paid out $109 million.
Megan Henry, Ohio Capital Journal
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Ohioans’ Average Student Loan Debt is About $35,000
“Folks are just really being pinched at every level. … We’re really concerned about what’s coming down the pike here, because of the One Big Beautiful Bill, but also all these other things that are happening simultaneously.”
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More Than 110 Ohio School Districts and Schools Have Armed Staff Members
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill into law in 2022 that grants local boards of education authority to decide whether to allow their teachers and school workers to carry firearms.
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More Than 15,000 Acres of Ohio Public Land Approved to be Fracked by Out-of-State Companies
“Our lands are being destroyed by the oil and gas industry,” said one resident.
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Ohio Equal Rights Will Try to Get Two Amendments on 2027 Ballot
As the statehouse considers more bills, the group says it will eye next year’s ballot
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Ohio Cities Brace for Impact of Supreme Court Allowing Trump to Take Legal Status Away from Haitians
DeWine decried the ruling, which will affect about 30,000 Haitians with temporary status who live in central Ohio.
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Ohio Proposed Constitutional Amendment to Ban Data Centers Will Not Be on This Year’s Ballot
The amendment would have needed more than 413,000 signatures from at least 44 of Ohio’s 88 counties by July 1 to get on this year’s ballot. Conserve Ohio collected more than 70,000 signatures as of June 18.
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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine Calls on Lawmakers to Get Rid of State’s Death Penalty
“It is impossible today to make the case that the death penalty is a deterrent,” DeWine said. Ohio’s last execution was in July 2018 due to a shortage of drugs.
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Ohio Republican Lawmakers Pass Bill that Includes Requiring Schools to Teach When to Have Kids
The bill requires the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce to have a curriculum list for the “success sequence” for grades 6-12 and this would be a graduation requirement.
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Ohio Republican Lawmakers Send Constitutional Amendment Requiring Voter Photo ID to Ballot
Ohioans will vote in November on a constitutional amendment requiring photo ID to vote after state Republican lawmakers passed the ballot resolution Wednesday.
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Ohio Men Previously Involved With LifeWise Academy Charged With Sex Crimes Involving Minors
“LifeWise has received zero reports of misconduct involving LifeWise students in connection with these matters or during LifeWise activities more broadly,” LifeWise said in a statement.
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Educators Testify Against Bill That Would Ban Diversity and Inclusion Efforts in Ohio K-12 Schools
“This bill is frustratingly vague about what does and doesn’t qualify as prohibited diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives,” Ohio Federation of Teachers President Melissa Cropper said.