COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A Trump-aligned Republican and an underdog progressive Democrat are taking an unusually early step in their campaigns for the U.S. Senate: They’re holding a debate. The odd…
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Think your home value is soaring? Talk to a farmer
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Fourth-generation corn and soybean farmer Jeff Frank doesn’t feel rich, but simply based on the skyrocketing value of his land in northwest…
Intel to build $20B Ohio chip facility amid global shortage
By JOHN SEEWER and ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Chipmaker Intel said Friday it will invest $20 billion to build a new factory in Ohio, an attempt to help alleviate a glo…
Ohio takes big step by sending body cams to all its prisons
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio will deploy more than 5,000 body cameras in all 28 prisons and its adult parole authority offices by May, the state corrections agen…
Partisan divide on COVID policy widens in state legislatures
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — In Democratic-led Washington state, just four lawmakers were present in the 98-member House this week as they convened a mostly remote sess…
Democrats try to stamp out school closures as omicron surges
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press When Chicago teachers voted to work remotely last week to protest COVID-19 safety protections in the nation’s third-largest school district, De…
EPA moves to crack down on dangerous coal ash storage ponds
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is taking its first major action to address toxic wastewater from coal-burning power plants, ordering utilities t…
Ohio Rep. Jordan rejects Jan. 6 panel request for interview
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, one of former President Donald Trump’s closest allies in Congress, on Sunday rejected a request for an interview by the House panel investigating …
‘Jeopardy!’ champ hits $1 million; talks fame, trans rights
By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Jeopardy!” champion Amy Schneider is adding to her list of bragging rights and admirers. Already the highest-earning female contestant in the qui…
In omicron outbreak, US governors lose appetite for mandates
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Governors took sweeping actions during earlier surges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many closed schools and ordered businesses shut down. They iss…