Ohio police chief indicted on 70 counts of sexual battery, unlawful conduct with a minor
Bethel Police Chief Chad Essert, arrested in Florida, faces 280 years if convicted on all counts tied to alleged abuse of a student between 2005 and 2010.
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Trump crypto founders bankrolled Ramaswamy as he pushes to invest Ohio public funds in Bitcoin
The $116,000 cluster arrived on primary day from founders of a venture under Senate scrutiny, while Ramaswamy holds Bitcoin and backs a bill to invest state pension funds in crypto.
4 men hospitalized after 8 suspects force entry into Tiffin apartment; 2 arrested
The attack at Tiffin West Apartments followed an earlier robbery, as victims went there to recover a stolen hat and necklace before eight men forced their way in.
What to know about the Ohio Organizing Collaborative after FBI searches
The Ohio Organizing Collaborative is a key part of the state’s progressive political infrastructure, playing leading roles in voter registration drives and ballot issue campaigns.
FBI searches offices of Ohio voting-rights group
Reps. Shontel Brown and Emilia Sykes demand answers after agents searched the Ohio Organizing Collaborative's Cleveland office and seized devices statewide, months before November's midterms.
Judge blocks Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization’ fund until government agrees it’s been dissolved
Judge Brinkema gave the government one week to get Todd Blanche and Scott Bessent to sign off on the $1.776 billion fund's dissolution or face continued injunction.
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The Ohio Supreme Court set safeguards for renters’ electric bills. Republican lawmakers rolled them back
In a late-night vote Wednesday, lawmakers rolled back legal protections for submetered renters’ electric bills that were established by the Ohio Supreme Court.
Ohio lawmakers send math intervention bill to Gov. Mike DeWine with science of reading exemption
The carveout exempts Ohio's eight Hillsdale College-affiliated classical schools from a curriculum DeWine has called one of his most important achievements.
Addressing toxic exposure in Ohio firefighters: The impact of the National Firefighter Registry
Cancer now accounts for roughly 66% of career firefighter line-of-duty deaths nationwide, yet fewer than 1,000 of Ohio's 40,000 crews have enrolled in the CDC registry.
Ohio man throws away $100,000 lottery ticket, dumpster dives to get it back
The Willard man retrieved the $5 Bingo Times 25 ticket from a community dumpster after household members had already moved the trash outside, netting $73,250 after taxes.
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Tariff refunds for small businesses past due, US Senate Dems tell Trump administration
Sens. Wyden and Markey say only $20.6B of $166B in court-ordered refunds has been paid, with $60B not even in process, and demand answers by June 24.
Head of Social Security challenged by lawmakers over long lines, wait times
Democrats called SSA's customer service stats misleading as its chief actuary warned Congress is nearly out of time to prevent a 22% benefit cut in 2032.
As AI use in schools grows, lawmakers and districts scramble to set up guardrails
Ohio's July 1 deadline for district AI policies arrives as 70% of teachers say student AI use is preventing kids from learning core skills.
Republicans in Congress clear final hurdle for $70B boost in immigration enforcement
Democrats opposed the bill as a blank check to ICE without oversight, citing two citizen killings by immigration agents in January.
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What Jefferson and Madison would have thought about ‘rededicating’ the US to God
Speaker Mike Johnson's May 17 rally prayer echoes arguments Jefferson and Madison spent 50 years arguing against.
What’s the matter with data centers?
Ohio's data center tax breaks have cost $1.6 billion more than projected, prompting lawmakers to introduce legislation phasing out the subsidy.
Trump had his name slapped on JFK’s memorial. An Ohio congresswoman fought back and won
Judge Casey Cooper ruled Trump's name must be removed from the Kennedy Center, finding the board violated a 1964 congressional statute establishing it as Kennedy's memorial.
I went to Catholic school for 13 years. I still oppose Ohio’s private school voucher program
A Catholic school alumnus and pastor argues Ohio's voucher program mostly subsidizes families already in private school while starving rural public districts with no alternatives.
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