By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Retail pharmacy chains contributed to a deadly and expensive public nuisance in two Ohio counties where the opioid crisis continues to rage, an atto…
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Court: Giant e-school cannot appeal Ohio board’s $60M order
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio school board’s order requiring a giant, now-defunct online charter school to repay the state $60 million over inflated enrollm…
Ohio expands vaccine lottery program to $2M, ages 5-11
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Report for America/Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio doubled the amount of money for its new Vax-to-College program Friday to $2 million and plans to expand the age range t…
School board group asks US for help policing threats
By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press A group representing school board members around the country asked President Joe Biden on Thursday for federal assistance to investigate and stop threats made over…
Ohio lawmakers set to miss another redistricting deadline
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Report for America/Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — State lawmakers in Ohio will miss their initial Thursday deadline for redrawing the state’s congressional district maps for …
Friends from Ohio get 45 days in jail for Capitol riot
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Federal prosecutors assert that everybody who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 should be evaluated individually when deciding whether a…
Bill would ban Ohio abortions in event of high court ruling
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Should the U.S. Supreme Court find abortion unconstitutional, abortions would automatically be banned in Ohio under nearly all conditions, including in cases of rape and incest, …
Far-right cryptocurrency follows ideology across borders
By ERIKA KINETZ and LORI HINNANT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The Daily Stormer website advocates for the purity of the white race, posts hate-filled, conspiratorial screeds against Blacks, Jews a…
Ohio State sex abuse survivors plan appeals, defend motives
By KANTELE FRANKO Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — After a judge recently dismissed some of the biggest unsettled lawsuits against Ohio State over decades-old sexual abuse by a long-dead team do…
Ford to add 10,800 jobs making electric vehicles, batteries
By TOM KRISHER and BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press GLENDALE, Ky. (AP) — Ford and a partner company say they plan to build three major electric-vehicle battery factories and an auto assembly plant by …