1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (15+ words) At this Ohio church for the Deaf, the congregation feels the music'The Statehouse News Bureau...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (323+ words) Several rural southwest Ohio residents trying to get a proposed constitutional amendment on the November ballot banning large-scale data centers have cleared a hurdle. They still have a ways to go. At its Thursday morning meeting, the Ohio Ballot Board…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (551+ words) Long ago, elk roamed the wooded-areas of Ohio. But after years of deforestation and over-hunting, the last native eastern elk was killed in Ashtabula in 1840. Now, more than a century later, one state legislator wants to give the large deer-like…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago  (418+ words) A Republican-sponsored bill would allow Ohioans to deduct the profits from sales of real estate, stocks and other investments from their state income tax. Its sponsor said exempting capital gains from state taxes would help economic development across the state,…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago  (753+ words) Amanda Wagner herds a set of goat horns into a stanchion at a farm in Allen County. The rural veterinarian is performing an ultrasound on Nala: a shaggy goat that tap dances nervously as Wagner probes her hairy belly. "So…...

4+ day, 10+ min ago  (268+ words) A jury in Akron hearing bribery and corruption charges against former CEO Chuck Jones and former senior vice president Michael Dowling is unable to come to a verdict. This comes on what would have been the jury's ninth day of…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago  (217+ words) It's not unusual for a judge to issue what's called an Allen or Howard charge to jurors to reconsider their positions. It's also known as a dynamite charge, to break up a deadlocked jury. Judges want to avoid declaring a…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago  (808+ words) On the second Friday of March, a steady stream of DoorDash drivers lined up outside Shared Harvest Foodbank in Fairfield, a small city north of Cincinnati. Instead of restaurant takeout, volunteers squeezed cardboard boxes full of shelf-stable groceries into their…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago  (443+ words) "He has a lot of good ideas in there," said Gov. Mike DeWine of Ramaswamy's op-ed. But he's cautious. "I'm not in favor of consolidating our colleges or doing away with any of our 14 public universities," DeWine said to reporters…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago  (872+ words) In this election year, Democrats are talking about affordability, including the 33 Democrats in the Ohio House. Last week, Democrats talked up two bills that they say will help with energy and utility costs. On Monday, they talked about legislation that…...