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Ohio Senate will nix House projects from budget, clears path for new $1 billion fund
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio senators plan to remove earmarks for $1 billion in one-time spending from the state operating budget and place the money into a new fund for community projects to be doled out next spring, a high-level Ohio Senate source told The Associated Press. ...
Editorial Roundup: Ohio
Cleveland Plain Dealer. June 4, 2023. Editorial: The Statehouse con on selling Issue 1 in the Aug. 8 election, exposed There are many, many things wrong with how the GOP supermajority in the Ohio legislature is trying to ram through a hugely consequential...
Saturday's Scores
Girls Softball OHSAA Softball Championships Division I State Final Austintown Fitch 6, Whitehouse Anthony Wayne 1 Division II Tallmadge 8, Canfield 0 Division III Wheelersburg 6,...
Friday's Scores
Girls Softball Division I State Semifinal Austintown Fitch 3, Lebanon 0 Whitehouse Anthony Wayne 2, Pataskala Watkins Memorial 1 Division IV State Semifinal Bascom Hopewell-Loudon 9, Rockford...
Man cleared in hunters' killings after 21 years in prison seeks $1M from Michigan
DETROIT (AP) — A man who spent nearly 21 years in prison for the deaths of two Michigan hunters filed a lawsuit Friday seeking $1.02 million for wrongful convictions, just a day after a prosecutor dropped murder charges and ruled out a second trial. “Jeff Titus is 71 years old....
State Supreme Court: Ohio abortion question will go forward as single issue
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — In a blow to abortion opponents in Ohio, a fall ballot issue aimed at enshrining access to the procedure in state's constitution will not be split into two separate issues — one about abortion, and one about other reproductive healthcare. In a unanimous...
Proposals would bring dramatic change to Ohio's voucher program
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio parents could soon see more taxpayer money in their pockets to help send their schoolchildren to private and religious schools, or fund homeschooling, under changes to a voucher program that Republican state lawmakers and the governor must hammer out by month’s end. ...
Charges dropped against man who served 21 years in prison for deaths of 2 Michigan hunters
DETROIT (AP) — Prosecutors dropped murder charges Thursday against a man who spent nearly 21 years in prison for the fatal shooting of two Michigan hunters. Jeff Titus was released in February when authorities acknowledged that critical information in police files about another...
Thursday's Scores
OHSAA Softball Championships Division II Canfield 2, Steubenville 1 Tallmadge 6, Greenville 5 Division III State Semifinal Lewistown Indian Lake 3, Johnstown 0 Wheelersburg 6, Canfield South...
Alabama rises from slow start, coach's firing to host first NCAA regional in 17 years
Alabama entered May with a losing Southeastern Conference record, and the situation appeared even more dire when coach Brad Bohannon was fired amid a gambling scandal. The Crimson Tide’s fortunes have been on the rise heading into June. Alabama (40-19) has weathered those troubles...
