By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The coronavirus vaccine will be available to anyone in Ohio 16 years and older by the end of the month, Gov. Mike DeWine announced Tuesda…
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Advocates, some AGs wary of Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Some state attorneys general and opioid addiction activists pushed back Tuesday against a settlement offer from OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, saying it didn’…
County GOP officials join call for ex-Ohio speaker’s removal
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The former Republican speaker of the Ohio House, now under criminal indictment, should be expelled from the Legislature, a group of elect…
Lobbyist named in $60M Ohio bribery probe is found dead
By JULIE CARR SMYTH and FARNOUSH AMIRI AP/Report for America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A powerful Ohio lobbyist who spent decades at the center of many of the state’s significant policy battles was …
Anxiety, confusion, terror, relief: Giving birth in pandemic
By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Pregnancy, birth and life with a newborn in the middle of a pandemic has brought on high anxiety, ever-shifting hospital protocols and intense isolati…
Cities, groups aim to stop Ohio’s push for early census data
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press A coalition of cities, counties and civil rights groups sued the U.S. Census Bureau last year to stop it from ending the 2020 census early out of fear a premature fi…
Scientists: Climate-whipped winds pose Great Lakes hazards
By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Powerful gusts linked to global warming are damaging water quality and creating a hazard for fish in Lake Erie and perhaps elsewhere…
Timing key in consulting deal between FirstEnergy, regulator
By MARK GILLISPIE and JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Shortly before a utility lawyer and lobbyist was appointed Ohio’s top regulator of electric and power generating companies…
‘It’s exhausting.’ A year of distance learning wears thin
By JEFF AMY, KANTELE FRANKO, CEDAR ATTANASIO, and CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press AMERICUS, Ga. (AP) — At first, many schools announced it would last only a couple weeks. A year later, the unplanned…
A look at big settlements in US police killings
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The attorney for George Floyd’s family said Friday that a $27 million settlement of a federal lawsuit by the city of Minneapolis is the largest pretrial civil rights settlemen…