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Watch Ohio Supreme Court Judicial Candidates Forum 2020 here
Loveland Magazine is one of the many media organization in Ohio who have joined to share this one-hour debate by candidates for the Ohio Supreme Court presented by the Ohio Debate Commission. ODC Ohio Supreme Court Judicial Candidates Forum program was recorded live-to-tape this past Friday, October 9, 2020 The Ohio Supreme Court Judicial Candidates…
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Report: Rate of uninsured Ohio children rises significantly
After hitting a historically low rate in 2016, the number of uninsured children has gradually grown to eliminate progress made in the country. Ohio, alone, had a double-digit jump in the three-year study. Susan Tebben is an award-winning journalist with a decade of experience covering Ohio news, including courts and crime, Appalachian social issues, government, education,…
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Plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor started in a ritzy Columbus suburb, prosecutors say
A man protesting Ohio’s health orders at the state Capitol on May 1. Gov. Mike DeWine later repealed most of them only to start reimposing orders on Tuesday as coronavirus cases continued to surge. Capital Journal photo by Marty Schladen by Jake Zuckerman and the Ohio Capital Journal This summer, a cabal of a least 15…
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Fraternal Order of Police, teachers, former law enforcement against armed teacher policy
by Susan Tebben – and the Ohio Capital Journal An organization representing more than 23,000 police officers, including school resource officers, says allowing teachers to bring guns to school under only a concealed carry permit could do more harm than good. The Fraternal Order of Police of Ohio said this in a brief…
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Power company says utility commission has no power to investigate role in bailout scandal
By Marty Schladen An Akron-based utility company that figures prominently in a massive nuclear bailout scandal is saying that state regulators don’t have the authority to investigate whether the company improperly financed the bailout effort. Over the past week, FirstEnergy Corp. has filed two documents with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio saying that the…
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Maintain electric and natural gas service by using a “Winter Reconnect Order”
A Winter Reconnect Order is issued by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) on an annual basis. The order allows residential customers who are disconnected or are threatened with disconnection to pay a maximum amount of $175 to have their service restored or maintained. Who is eligible to use the Winter Reconnect Order? Any…
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Take our POLL: Who won last night’s Presidential Debate
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Ohio schools ask state supreme court to support armed personnel
Pictured is the Thomas J. Moyer Ohio Judicial Center where the Ohio Supreme Court meets. Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons.. By Susan Tebben Arguing for their right to arm school personnel, 17 schools from 11 counties in Ohio asked the Ohio Supreme Court to allow them to continue using firearms as an option for student safety.…
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Coronavirus death toll surpasses 100 in Ohio prisons
Belmont Correctional Institution. Source: ODRC By Jake Zuckerman More than 100 inmates and workers in Ohio’s prison system have died from COVID-19, state data shows. Jake Zuckerman is a statehouse reporter. He spent three years chronicling the West Virginia Legislature for The Charleston Gazette-Mail after covering cops and courts for The Northern Virginia Daily. Five…
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Advocates urge at-risk tenants to apply for eviction moratorium
By Ohio Capital Journal Staff Advocates from the Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio are advising tenants facing eviction to act immediately to get protection under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s new eviction moratorium. The CDC recently issued the first ever nationwide order temporarily banning the eviction of tenants who are unable…
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