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WEB6 days ago · The Ohio Capital Journal is an independent, nonprofit news organization dedicated to connecting Ohioans to their state government and its impact on their lives. The Capital Journal combines Ohio state government coverage with incisive investigative journalism, reporting on the consequences of policy, political insight and …
Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice candidates have very different ...
WEBOct 10, 2022 · Morgan Trau is a political reporter and multimedia journalist based out of the WEWS Columbus Bureau. A graduate of Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Trau has previously worked as an investigative, political and fact-checking reporter in Grand Rapids, Mich. at WZZM-TV; a reporter and MMJ in Spokane, Wash. at KREM-TV and has interned at 60 Minutes and worked ...
Recreational marijuana is now legal in Ohio. Here are some do's …
WEBDec 12, 2023 · Republish photo only with original story.) Ohio became the 24th state where recreational marijuana is legal last week. The law is now in effect after voters passed Issue 2 in the November election. Although marijuana is legal, there are quite a few caveats because lawmakers can tweak that law, and it could be several months before the state ...
Private school voucher challengers end fight to compel …
WEBAug 21, 2024 · Groups seeking to eliminate a private school voucher program in Ohio have withdrawn a subpoena for Senate President Matt Huffman and cancelled a written deposition, saying they don't need his testimony to make their case.
Science of reading curriculum is now being taught in all Ohio …
WEBAug 22, 2024 · As students return to school this fall, their reading curriculum might look a little different. This is the first academic year Ohio school districts are required to teach the science of reading curriculum, which is based on decades of research that shows how the human brain learns to read and incorporates phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.
Ohio State Fair was a vehicle to inform the public about divisive ...
WEBAug 15, 2024 · Staffing a booth at the Ohio State Fair provided a unique opportunity to talk to Ohioans about the state legislature's massive expansion of private school vouchers, costing more than $1 billion this year, and the public schools fighting back.
Ten Ohio counties ban wind, solar projects under new state law
WEBBy: Jake Zuckerman - August 23, 2022 3:55 am. Photo by Xuanyu Han/Getty Images. At least 10 Ohio counties have passed resolutions blocking the development of new utility scale wind and solar projects within all or part of their jurisdictions in the last year. The counties’ moves come after the October 2021 enactment of a state law giving the ...
Columbus, Dayton, gun safety advocates settle court case over …
WEBAug 22, 2024 · The cities of Dayton and Columbus as well as Everytown For Gun Safety settled a four years-long court battle this week with the state of Ohio over the criminal background check system. Under the agreement, the cities and state officials will work together to upgrade the system's technology and …
Ohio Attorney General's push to revive the death penalty is …
WEBJan 31, 2024 · Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost just couldn’t resist jumping onboard a new way to kill people. His push is untimely, unseemly, and unnecessary. It is an exercise in personal and political vanity at a time when Ohioans are less interested in executions, writes retired Columbus Dispatch reporter Alan Johnson, who witnessed 21 executions as a …
Republican Senator faces many questions over new version of …
WEBNov 6, 2023 · A proposal to massively overhaul higher education in Ohio has gotten a rewrite. An anti-striking provision is out, but a new retrenchment provision was added, and tenure evaluation based on if an educator allegedly showed bias remains in the new version of the bill.. State Sen. Jerry Cirino, R-Kirtland, introduced another substitute bill for Senate Bill 83 last week in the Ohio House Higher ...
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