15+ hour, 37+ min ago  (1516+ words) Special to The Times The lawmaker sponsors of two different Ohio bills seeking to address claims of child care fraud paint drastically different pictures of the Ohio Department of Children and Youth's cooperation in the process. The bills were responses…...

2+ week, 14+ hour ago  (893+ words) Ohio Senate Democrats have introduced a raft of legislation aimed at reining in data centers. The bills would eliminate tax breaks, require developers cover infrastructure costs and impose greater oversight for data center projects. Although Democrats are dwarfed by Republicans…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (658+ words) Ohioans for Cannabis Choice can start collecting signatures to get a referendum on the ballot to block a law that will change the state's voter-passed recreational marijuana law and ban intoxicating hemp products. But there are others in the industry…...

1+ mon, 6+ hour ago  (588+ words) There were 371 schools, districts, and county boards of developmental disabilities who were awarded thousands of dollars each in Ohio School Bus Safety Grants from the state. Gov. Mike DeWine and the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce Director Stephen Dackin…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (875+ words) During a recent U.S. Senate committee hearing, Ohio Republican U.S. Sen. Jon Husted spoke against the abortion pill, a target of the Trump administration as well as legislation at the Ohio Statehouse. The U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee held a…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (953+ words) The child care sector in Ohio and nationwide is furiously pushing for federal leaders to walk back funding freezes for some states, and boost support in the next congressional budget for every state. More than three dozen child care organizations…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (176+ words) Washington State College of Ohio invites the community to bring their leftover jack-o-lanterns and join in on the second annual Pumpkin Chuckin. The event will be from 3-5:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, and will also include games, food trucks, live music and a…...

4+ mon, 13+ hour ago  (341+ words) YOUNGSTOWN " The Ohio Senate approved legislation sponsored by state Sen. Al Cutrona, R-Canfield, that requires the creation of a curriculum that teaches students in grades six to 12 to marry before having children. The "Success Sequence Curriculum" bill is a three-pronged…...

4+ mon, 1+ day ago  (1106+ words) YOUNGSTOWN " About 600 law enforcement officers lined Armed Forces Boulevard near the Beeghly Center at Youngstown State University in order to salute the coffin of Ohio STate Highway Patrol Trooper Nicholas Cayton as it passed by Wednesday. Cayton, 40, was killed Oct....

6+ mon, 2+ day ago  (617+ words) BELPRE " The Belpre City Schools Board of Education voted 4-1 to appoint Elford Inc., a Columbus based construction company, as the construction manager at risk for the district's $45.7 million bond project to construct a new, consolidated campus for grades 6-12. The lone…...