Year: 2024
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Bill to address issues from Ohio’s infant mortality to early childhood education passes legislature
Read more: Bill to address issues from Ohio’s infant mortality to early childhood education passes legislatureGetty Image By: Susan Tebben – Ohio Capital Journal Legislation to make improvements to systems ranging from infant care to early childhood education throughout the state of Ohio was passed by the Ohio General Assembly on Wednesday. House Bill 7 made it through the lame duck session with passage the day after the measure was favorably passed in the…
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Ohio Senate committee approves child welfare bill, leaves out money to fund it
Read more: Ohio Senate committee approves child welfare bill, leaves out money to fund itGetty Images By: Susan Tebben – Ohio Capital Journal The Ohio Senate Finance Committee approved long-awaited changes to child welfare processes and agencies in the state, but the bill no longer includes appropriations to fund provisions in the measure. Ohio House Bill 7 moved on from the committee on Tuesday, and may see a full Ohio Senate vote…
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Assault on DEI: Critics use simplistic terms to attack the programs, but they are key to uprooting workplace bias
Read more: Assault on DEI: Critics use simplistic terms to attack the programs, but they are key to uprooting workplace biasFG Trade Latin/Gerry Images by The Conversation (Written by M. Cristina Alcalde, Vice President for Transformative and Inclusive Excellence at Miami University) ________________ Prominent politicians have recently increased their attacks on workplace programs that promote diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI. They claim that initiatives that seek to be inclusive are divisive and lack merit. President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to ban…
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Ohio Senate bill would automatically close low-performing public schools
Read more: Ohio Senate bill would automatically close low-performing public schoolsGetty Image Republican State Sen. Andrew Brenner introduced Senate Bill 295 which would revise the state’s automatic school closure language. By: Megan Henry – Ohio Capital Journal A Republican bill in the state Senate would automatically shut down low-performing Ohio public schools. State Sen. Andrew Brenner, R-Delaware, introduced Senate Bill 295 over the summer, which would revise the state’s…
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Religious release time bill added to parents’ bill of rights during Ohio Senate Education Committee
Read more: Religious release time bill added to parents’ bill of rights during Ohio Senate Education CommitteeLifeWise Academy is a Hilliard-based religious instruction program that started in 2019 and now enrolls 50,000 students across 29 states. (Photo by Megan Henry, Ohio Capital Journal.) House Bill 8 passed the Ohio House last summer By: Megan Henry – Ohio Capital Journal Ohio Senators have added a public school mandatory religious release time policy bill to…
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Bill that would expand fracking leases on state property is going to Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine
Read more: Bill that would expand fracking leases on state property is going to Ohio Gov. Mike DeWineBy: Megan Henry – Ohio Capital Journal A bill that would expand fracking leases in state public lands, parks, and wildlife areas from three years to five is going to Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s desk for his signature. Once he receives the bill, DeWine will have 10 days to sign the bill into law or veto it.…
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Loveland teams do well in FIRST LEGO League Challenge
Read more: Loveland teams do well in FIRST LEGO League ChallengeLoveland, Ohio – The Mighty Coding Monkeys and Rookie teams 66554 Chicken Submarine, 66935 Underwater Coders, and 67024 Duckie Nuggies competed at the Lakota Ohio FIRST LEGO League Challenge Regional robotic tournament on Sunday. Team 60480 Mighty Coding Monkeys won the Engineering Excellence Award and is advancing to the Loveland District Tournament. Rookie teams 66554…
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Governor DeWine Announces New Effort to Improve Care Coordination and Reduce Fatal Drug Overdoses
Read more: Governor DeWine Announces New Effort to Improve Care Coordination and Reduce Fatal Drug OverdosesColumbus, Ohio – Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Ohio Board of Pharmacy Executive Director Steven Schierholt announced today that Ohio’s prescription drug monitoring program, known as the Ohio Automated Rx Reporting System (OARRS), will begin alerting healthcare providers about patients who have experienced a non-fatal drug overdose. These alerts are intended to improve care coordination…
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Ohio Supreme Court: Opioid judgment against pharmacy chains not allowed under product liability law
Read more: Ohio Supreme Court: Opioid judgment against pharmacy chains not allowed under product liability lawBy: Susan Tebben – Ohio Capital Journal An Ohio Supreme Court decision could bring about challenges to those hoping to keep pharmaceutical companies accountable for the opioid crisis, and others who hope to file claims of a “public nuisance.” The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that lawsuits in Ohio can’t claim pharmaceutical chains “caused a public nuisance” by…
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Biden commutes sentences of nearly 1,500 people, pardons 39 in historic clemency action
Read more: Biden commutes sentences of nearly 1,500 people, pardons 39 in historic clemency actionBy: Ariana Figueroa – Ohio Capital Journal WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden Thursday commuted the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were placed in home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic, and granted pardons for 39 individuals with convictions for nonviolent crimes. “America was built on the promise of possibility and second chances,” Biden said in a statement. He noted…