Statehouse and Around Ohio
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Feds to provide $50M in food assistance to Ohio
Shelves of canned foods sit partially empty. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. BY: MARTY SCHLADEN – Ohio Capital Journal Ohio’s foodbanks say they’re desperate as summer is turning to fall. Demand has skyrocketed with increasing food costs at the same time that their resources have evaporated. And with current supply chain disruptions, they need to order food now if…
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Outbreak of “Zombie Deer” Disease in Hamilton and Warren County
Although staring with no fear of the photographer, this is a healthy deer on the Simpson Farm, the location of the Loveland Magazine office This story by Sean Behling was originally published in the Loveland Roar The Ohio Division of Wildlife confirmed on Wednesday, August 31st, that there was an outbreak of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease…
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Judge holds off on Ohio abortion ban decision
BY: SUSAN TEBBEN – Ohio Capital Journal A Hamilton County judge said he needs more time to decide whether or not to put a pause on a six-week abortion ban in Ohio. Judge Christian Jenkins said in a Thursday hearing that he would not issue an opinion because the court still has questions about how the case moves…
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Ohio State employed a serial sex abuser. Its fight with his victims lives on
BY: JAKE ZUCKERMAN – Ohio Capital Journal As Ohio State University came to publicly acknowledge that a physician it employed abused hundreds of students over two decades, it also waged several high-stakes legal and political fights against some of his victims to narrow their path to financial damages, an Ohio Capital Journal investigation has found. In state and…
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Jewish congregations mount legal challenges to state abortion bans
Members of the Jewish community have spoken out against abortion bans in Ohio, saying it infringes on their religious freedom. Photo by Morgan Trau, WEWS. BY: ARIANA FIGUEROA – Ohio Capital Journal WASHINGTON — Thousands of years of Jewish scripture make it clear that access to abortion care is a requirement of Jewish law and practice, according to…
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Diabetes activists applaud drug reforms, say more needs to be done
Getty Images photo of diabetes patient injecting insulin. BY: MARTY SCHLADEN – Ohio Capital Journal Pricing reforms under a sweeping law signed on Tuesday by President Joe Biden are great for diabetics, but much more needs to be done, an activist said Wednesday. As part of the Inflation Reduction Act, monthly out-of-pocket insulin costs for Medicare recipients were…
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Ohio House Speaker calls redistricting deadline a ‘myth’
House Speaker Bob Cupp, R-Lima. Photo courtesy The Ohio Channel. U.S. Supreme Court appeal ‘a very real option’ BY: SUSAN TEBBEN Ohio Capital Journal The Ohio House Speaker wrote a letter to members of his party claiming “intentional misinformation” and the “myth” of a deadline for congressional redistricting, and signaling an appeal to the U.S. Supreme…
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Pearl Harbor hero from Ohio comes home for final rest
Chillicothe, Ohio – Musician 1st Class Joseph Hoffman was born in Lyndon, Ohio, and raised in Chillicothe. He gave his life aboard the USS Oklahoma during the attack of Dec. 7, 1941, will have his remains buried in Greenfield Cemetery, Greenfield, Ohio, on August, 20. He was the son of Lloyd Harry Hoffman and Donna Wornstaff.…
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Texts, calendars, emails link DeWine to FirstEnergy’s bribery scandal
BY: JAKE ZUCKERMAN – Ohio Capital Journal Gov. Mike DeWine and his administration played a hands-on role passing an allegedly pay-for-play nuclear bailout and appointing an industry-friendly regulator who has since been accused of taking a $4.3 million bribe, documents and messages show. Calendar records show DeWine, a Republican, met repeatedly to discuss energy policy with FirstEnergy Corp.…
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“God, no, not another case.” COVID-related stillbirths didn’t have to happen.
BY: DUAA ELDEIB, PROPUBLICA This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for ProPublica’s The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Late one afternoon last October, Dr. Shelley Odronic sat in her office and, just as she had thousands of times before, slid a rectangular…
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