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Listen: “Crooked City: Youngstown, OH” Episode 4, The Pied Piper
The new weekly podcast on the history of the mob, crime and politics in Youngstown
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CHIP, Which Helps Hundreds of Thousands of Ohio Kids Every Year, Marks Silver Anniversary
1.3 million Ohio children were enrolled in Medicaid, including 230,000 through CHIP
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Ohio Charities That Received Money From Columbia Gas Laud Company in $212 Million Rate Hike Case Despite Cost Pressure on Low-Income People They Serve
Charity groups often depend on utilities for funds to do good works
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‘Just Keep Being Yourself:’ Ohio’s Transgender Student-Athletes Speak Out Against Anti-Trans Sports Ban
“Keep showing people that you are human, and that you deserve the same rights as any other human being.”
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Fifty Years In, Death Penalty Still Unworkable, Group Says
11 exonerations mean one wrongful conviction for every five that have been executed since Ohio restarted the death penalty
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The World’s Longest Yard Sale Returns This Weekend to Ohio for 35th Year
The annual event stretches 690 miles along the 127 corridor from Alabama to Michigan — and right through Covington and Cincinnati
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Despite Promises, One Ohio Tax Break is Costing $1 Billion a Year and Creating Few Jobs, Study Says
Benefits from the tax break skew heavily toward the wealthy.
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Listen: “Crooked City: Youngstown, OH” Episode 3, Jim Traficant for Sheriff
The new weekly podcast on the history of the mob, crime and politics in Youngstown
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Mental Health Worker Shortage Grows in Ohio
Longer waits mean higher risks for patients too
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Black Ohio State Lawmakers Take Aim at Vance Over Comments Likening Abortion to Slavery
“It’s rooted in racism”
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Religious Leaders: Ohio Abortion Law Violates Constitutional Freedoms
In Judaism, for example, religious law requires abortion “where the pregnancy endangers the life or health of the pregnant person”
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Report Confirms Rents are Skyrocketing in Ohio
109,000 Ohio households saw their rent increase by more than $250 a month during the past year