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Ohio’s $86 billion state budget clears Legislature, heads to governor

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's new budget could include almost $3 billion in income tax cuts, funding for universal school vouchers and hundreds of other measures. The $86.1 billion two-year budget cleared both chambers of the Republican-dominated Legislature on Friday evening, just hours ...

This Ohio museum shows that TV is older than you might think

The history of television began long before millions of people gathered in front of their black-and-white sets and fiddled with the antenna and horizontal hold to watch Lucy, Uncle Miltie and Howdy Doodie. "Everybody thinks TV started in the '50s or the late '40s. Almost nobody knows it ...

Ohio’s $86 billion state budget clears Legislature, heads to governor

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's new budget could include almost $3 billion in income tax cuts, funding for universal school vouchers, bans on flavored vape products, and hundreds of other measures. The $86.1 billion two-year budget cleared both chambers of the Republican-dominated Legislature on ...

Lordstown Motors files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

Commercial electric vehicle startup Lordstown Motors Corp. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection nearly two months after it warned that it was in danger of failing. In early May electronics company Foxconn wavered on a $170 million investment in Lordstown. The Ohio company said in a ...

Ohio mom charged in death of toddler left alone for 10 days, prosecutors say

CLEVELAND (AP) — Prosecutors in Ohio have announced murder charges against a woman in the death of her 16-month-old daughter, who authorities say was left alone for 10 days while the woman went on vacation. The Cuyahoga County prosecutor's office said Monday that Kristel A. Candelario, 31, ...

As fuel taxes plummet, states weigh charging by the mile instead of the tank

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Evan Burroughs has spent eight years touting the virtues of an Oregon pilot program charging motorists by the distance their vehicle travels rather than the gas it guzzles, yet his own mother still hasn't bought in. Margaret Burroughs, 85, said she has no intention of ...

Jayland Walker’s family sues officers and city, alleging excessive force

By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America AKRON, Ohio (AP) — The eight police officers who shot Jayland Walker last summer used excessive force when they fired 94 bullets at him during a foot chase and participated in a "culture of violence and racism" within Akron's ...

Father admits to fatally shooting 3 young sons at Ohio home, prosecutors say

MONROE TOWNSHIP, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man accused of fatally shooting his three young sons admitted to planning the killings and lined them up before executing them with a rifle, prosecutors said Friday. Chad Doerman, 32, who is also accused of wounding the boys' mother at the family's home, ...

Ohio Senate clears GOP-crafted budget with some contentious policy changes

By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Republican-dominated Ohio Senate cleared its version of the state's operating budget Thursday along party lines with a nearly $86 billion price tag, tackling funding for universal school vouchers, income ...