Statehouse and Around Ohio
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Ohio to get $110 million from DuPont in PFAS lawsuit settlement
In this Dec. 9, 2015 file photo, the company name of Dupont appears above its trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)AP By Jake Zuckerman, jzuckerman@cleveland.com COLUMBUS, Ohio – The state will receive $110 million from two massive chemical manufacturers for their role unleashing vast sums of toxic…
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Candidates for Ohio Supreme Court seats make it official
The Gavel outside the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio, September 20, 2023, at 65 S. Front Street, Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Graham Stokes for Ohio Capital Journal. Republish photo only with original article.) BY: SUSAN TEBBEN – Ohio Capital Journal The Ohio Secretary of State’s Office released the names of March 19 primary candidates for…
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Federal agency asks DeWine to improve child Medicaid enrollment
Xavier Becerra, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. (Photo by Michael Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images) BY: SUSAN TEBBEN – Ohio Capital Journal In a recent letter to Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Ohio is among the top states with children losing Medicaid coverage. HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra sent a letter to…
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Governor DeWine Reappoints Kari Gunter-Seymour as Ohio Poet Laureate
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced today that he will be reappointing Kari Gunter-Seymour of Albany, Ohio as the state’s poet laureate. Gunter-Seymour’s next term begins Jan. 1, 2024. “Fran and I are pleased that Kari Gunter-Seymour will continue to serve as Ohio’s Poet Laureate where she will continue her work of creating connections through poetry…
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Ohio law banning gender-affirming care and trans athletes heads to Gov. Mike DeWine’s desk
Health & Wellness, Inclusion & Accessibility, Latest Stories, News, Spotlight, Statehouse and Around OhioCOLUMBUS, Ohio — DECEMBER 13: Advocates for the trans community protest outside the Senate Chamber while inside lawmakers debated and passed HB 68 that bans gender-affirming care for transgender youth and bars transgender kids from participating on sports teams, December 13, 2023, at the Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Graham Stokes for Ohio Capital…
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Paul Craft will be Ohio’s next State Superintendent of Public Instruction
The Ohio Department of Education in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Graham Stokes for Ohio Capital Journal. Republish photo only with original story.) BY: MEGAN HENRY – Ohio Capital Journal The Ohio State Board of Education appointed Paul Craft to be the next State Superintendent of Public Instruction during Tuesday’s monthly meeting. Craft’s first day as superintendent will be Jan.…
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Recreational marijuana is legal in Ohio, but bills are trying to change the law
BUCKEYE LAKE, Ohio — AUGUST 17: Workers remove lower leaves from marijuana plants to increase the growth above in a flowering room, August 17, 2023, at PharmaCann, Inc.’s cultivation and processing facility in Buckeye Lake, Ohio. (Photo by Graham Stokes for Ohio Capital Journal) BY: MEGAN HENRY – Ohio Capital Journal Marijuana is now legal in Ohio,…
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Second closed primaries measure gets a hearing in the Ohio House
Rep. Gary Click, R-Vickery, describing a bill he’s co-sponsoring with Rep. Jennifer Gross, R-West Chester, to close Ohio’s primary elections. (Photo by Nick Evans, Ohio Capital Journal.) BY: NICK EVANS – Ohio Capital Journal Two Ohio lawmakers want voters to declare their party months before the primary election. But in its first committee hearing this week the…
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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Lt. Gov. Jon Husted subpoenaed in civil suit over bailout scandal
COLUMBUS, OH — MAY 03: Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine joined on stage by First Lady Fran DeWine, grandson Calvin, Lt. Gov. Jon Husted and Second Lady Tina Husted to celebrate DeWine winning the Republican Party nomination for governor in the Ohio primary election, May 3, 2022, at the DeWine-Husted campaign headquarters, Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by…
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More signs that criminal investigation into Ohio utility bailout continues
Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station with electricity pylons, Ohio. Getty Images. BY: MARTY SCHLADEN – Ohio Capital Journal Five have been charged and four have been convicted in a massive bribery and money-laundering scandal, but there were more signs this week that the federal criminal investigation is continuing. In court documents filed in a separate case on Monday,…
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