By SARAH BLAKE MORGAN Associated Press DEL RIO, Texas (AP) — As Haitian migrants stepped off a white U.S. Border Patrol van in the Texas border city of Del Rio after learning they’d be allowed t…
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DeWine offers new vaccine incentive for young people
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohioans ages 12-25 who receive the coronavirus vaccine can enter a new lottery making them eligible for five $100,000 college scholarship…
Ohio Rep. Bob Latta contracts COVID-19 after vaccination
The Associated Press BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) — U.S. Rep. Bob Latta became the second member of Congress from Ohio to test positive this week for COVID-19 despite being vaccinated against the virus. T…
GOP state Sen. Matt Dolan jumps into US Senate race in Ohio
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican state Sen. Matt Dolan formally entered the race for Ohio’s open U.S. Senate seat on Monday, adding a centrist voice more aki…
New redistricting commissions splinter along partisan lines
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press When voters in some states created new commissions to handle the politically thorny process of redistricting, the hope was that the bipartisan panelists could work to…
Judge lifts race, gender hiring quotas for Cincinnati police
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge has lifted race- and sex-based hiring quotas imposed on the Cincinnati Police Department 40 years ago to fix its lack of …
House Republican who voted to impeach Trump won’t run again
By JILL COLVIN and JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press One of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump for his role in inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol …
Activists demand tougher federal review of Columbus police
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The announcement that the U.S. Justice Department will provide technical assistance to Columbus pol…
Most states have cut back public health powers amid pandemic
By LAUREN WEBER and ANNA MARIA BARRY-JESTER KHN (Kaiser Health News) Republican legislators in more than half of U.S. states, spurred on by voters angry about lockdowns and mask mandates, are taking a…
11th-hour negotiations under way on new Ohio legislative map
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The powerful new redistricting panel tasked with drawing Ohio’s new legislative districts remained at an impasse late Wednesday, with R…