A bill proposed by a freshman lawmaker from the eastern Ohio Valley may not resolve the resulting deadlock in approval of the state’s redrawn congressional districts. House Bill 620, however, would ensure that any related expense associated with rescheduling or splitting off a portion of the traditional May 3 primary election would be offset by [...]
TOLEDO (AP) — The school closures, stay-at-home mandates and curfews that Republican Gov. Mike DeWine imposed early in the pandemic still infuriate Donald Trump’s most loyal supporters. But that may not be enough to topple DeWine in the state’s upcoming May 3 primary. Despite some notable splits with Trump, he is entering the final stretch [...]
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic ushered in what may have been the most rapid rise in homeschooling the country has ever seen. Two years later, even after schools reopened and vaccines became widely available, many parents have chosen to continue directing their children's educations themselves. Homeschooling numbers this year dipped from last year's [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans lean slightly toward expanding K-12 school discussions of racism and sexuality, according to a new poll. Still, however, roughly two-fifths of poll respondents — including similar percentages across party lines — say the current approach is about right. Still, the poll from the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy [...]
COLUMBUS — Should Netflix and other streaming services have to pay local governments the same fees levied on cable operators? That was the question before the Ohio Supreme Court during a hearing last week, as the court debates whether streaming services such as Netflix and Hulu are covered by a state law that would require [...]
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Nearly 50 years after Congress passed Title IX to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex in “any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance,” including high school athletics, some girls are stuck in an imperfect system that continues to favor boys. In schools across the country, boys’ teams [...]
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Prior to his first spring practice as Notre Dame head coach, Marcus Freeman didn't mince his words to his Fighting Irish. "I kind of told them in the team meeting, I have a vision and identity I want for our team," Freeman recalled. "And that's to be a team that can [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Last year was the deadliest year in U.S. history, and new data and research are offering more insights into how it got that bad. The main reason for the increase in deaths? COVID-19, said Robert Anderson, who oversees the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's work on death statistics. The agency [...]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shortly after moving to South Florida for a new job with the U.S. military, Shannon Kaufman and his wife, Wendy, signed up for a whole other mission: buying a home. For months, they scoured listings, strategizing late into the night on which homes to target and working out how much they [...]
VICTORY, Vt. (AP) — For the 70-or-so people who live in the remote Vermont community of Victory, Town Clerk Tracey Martel says she’s regularly frustrated watching a spinning circle on her computer while she tries to complete even the most basic municipal chores online. “Fast internet would be really good,” said Martel, whose community was [...]