Region and Beyond
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May Festival: Call to singers
Singers in the May Festival come from diverse neighborhoods across the Cincinnati region. They are your friends, neighbors, and colleagues, working in a variety of industries from healthcare to education to supply chain logistics. Let’s hear your beautiful voice. Love music and like to sing? This is for you. Below you’ll find information on auditioning…
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Clermont and Warren County don’t have enough poll workers for Tuesday’s Special Election
Photo by the New Jersey Monitor/States Newsroom Butler and Hamilton have also not met their “Goal” BY: MEGAN HENRY – Ohio Capital Journal Twenty-three Ohio counties don’t have the minimum number of poll workers needed for Tuesday’s special election. These counties don’t have enough poll workers as of Thursday morning: Ashtabula, Clermont, Columbiana, Coshocton, Defiance, Fulton, Greene,…
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Ohio Issue 1: Official ballot language, explanation, arguments for/against, and full text
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Loveland, Ohio – For the upcoming Tuesday, August 8 Special Election next week, Ohio voters will have the chance to vote on a statewide ballot issue: Issue 1 – Raising the standards to qualify for an initiated constitutional amendment and raising the bar to pass any constitutional amendment at the ballot box. This “Satewide Issue…
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Ohio sales tax holiday begins Friday for back to school shopping
Education, Events, Latest Stories, Loveland & Local, News, Region and Beyond, Spotlight, Statehouse and Around OhioLoveland, Ohio – the Ohio sales tax holiday is on the first Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of August. During the holiday, the following items are exempt from sales and use tax: An item of clothing priced at $75 or less; An item of school supplies priced at $20 or less; and An item of school…
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Additional disconnection protections for natural gas and electric
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has ordered Ohio’s investor-owned electric and natural gas utilities to suspend disconnections of customers for nonpayment if the customer has a pending application for various energy assistance programs. Specifically, utilities will be prohibited from disconnecting for nonpayment for 30 days after a customer has applied for Winter and Summer…
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“No shooting death is just a number,” Ohioans call for common gun sense
Ohio House Minority Leader Allison Russo, D-Upper Arlington, spoke about the need for common-sense gun legislation during a press conference outside the Ohio Statehouse on July 27. (Photo by Megan Henry, Ohio Capital Journal.) A recent Suffolk University/USA Today poll shows 92% of Ohioans want mandatory background checks for firearm purchases — including 99% Democrats…
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Ohio sales tax holiday begins 1st Friday in August
Education, Events, Latest Stories, Loveland & Local, News, Region and Beyond, Spotlight, Statehouse and Around OhioLoveland, Ohio – the Ohio sales tax holiday is on the first Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of August. During the holiday, the following items are exempt from sales and use tax: An item of clothing priced at $75 or less; An item of school supplies priced at $20 or less; and An item of school…
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“Unhealthy” air quality alert extended into Friday
Loveland, Ohio – The Southwest Ohio Air Quality Agency is extending the Air Quality Alert for FRIDAY, JULY 28 through 11:59 PM for Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, and Warren counties in Ohio; Boone, Campbell, and Kenton counties in Kentucky; and Dearborn County in Indiana. The Agency expects to see levels of ozone in the “Unhealthy for…
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Supporters of recreational marijuana in Ohio have 10 days to collect about 700 valid signatures for ballot
BY: MEGAN HENRY – Ohio Capital Journal Not enough valid signatures were collected to put recreational marijuana on Ohio’s November ballot. The Coalition to Regulate Marijuana like Alcohol submitted 123,367 valid signatures, but 124,046 signatures were needed. Supporters will now have 10 days to collect the needed 679 valid signatures. “It looks like we came up a little short in this…
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Ohio abortion rights amendment a go for November ballot
495,938 valid signatures certified to bring proposal to Ohio voters BY: SUSAN TEBBEN – Ohio Capital Journal An abortion rights amendment proposed for the Ohio Constitution was certified on Tuesday to go forward for consideration by voters in November as nearly 500,000 signatures in support were verified by the Secretary of State’s office. In a letter to the…
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