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Cedar Point Reaches Settlement With Woman Who Suffered Traumatic Brain Injury in Top Thrill Dragster Accident
Rachel Hawes has needed millions of dollars in medical care and will require millions more for the rest of her life
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Ohio Lt. Gov. Husted Won’t Say If He Knew About $1M FirstEnergy Dark-Money Contribution
Donation came from utility behind massive bribery scandal
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Ohio’s True State of the State: Relentless Misrepresentation, Extremism and Corruption
Meanwhile, Ohio ranks in the bottom half of all states on education, economy, environment, infrastructure, and health care.
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Transgender Student Bathroom Ban Bill Passes Out of Ohio House Higher Education Committee
House Bill 183 would require Ohio K-12 schools and colleges to mandate that students could only use the bathroom or locker room that matches their sex assigned at birth.
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FirstEnergy Gave $1 Million to Boost Ohio Lt. Gov Husted’s Campaign Before Scandal, Document Shows
Records show Jon Husted worked behind the scenes to bail out the company’s nuclear power plants. The million dollar donation was secret — until now.
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Former Ohio Supreme Court Justices Lead Redistricting Reform Effort Against Gerrymandering
“This whole focus on party over people and power over people, it’s not the way a democracy works”
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What Ohio Officials Want You to Know About Traffic, Safety and More on Eclipse Day
You’re going to want to have a plan, and patience
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Raise the Wage Ohio is Trying to Get a Minimum Wage Constitutional Amendment on the Ballot
The amendment would increase the state’s minimum wage to $15 by 2026
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More Black Babies Die in Ohio Before Their First Birthday When Compared to White Babies
Ohio’s infant mortality rate was 14.2 for Black babies and 5.4 for white babies in 2021, according to the Ohio Department of Health most recent report.
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Here Are Ohio’s Proposed Rules for Recreational Marijuana Dispensaries
Ohio expects the sale of recreational weed to begin sometime this summer
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Will Ohio Prisoners Be Allowed to View the Eclipse? It Depends on the Facility
There’s no statewide policy from the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction, which means some will witness history outdoors while others won’t