Members of the General Government Committee this week were scheduled to have two hearings of a bill crafted to further limit influence by foreign nationals in state elections. Republican Sen. Theresa Gavarone, of Bowling Green, said that although state and federal laws prohibit foreign interests from participating in candidate races, there is no explicit prohibition [...]
COLUMBUS (AP) — A state commission earlier this week awarded bids to several companies allowing them to frack oil and gas beneath state parks. The Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management Commission granted the mineral rights to multiple oil and gas companies, allowing them to frack for oil and gas under land owned by the [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Army is slashing the size of its force by about 24,000, or almost 5 percent, and, according to military officials, restructuring to be better able to fight the next major war. The service has struggled with recruiting shortfalls that made it impossible to bring in enough soldiers to fill all [...]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In California, a high school teacher complains that students watch Netflix on their phones during class. In Maryland, a chemistry teacher says students use gambling apps to place bets during the school day. Around the country, educators say students routinely send Snapchat messages in class, listen to music and shop online, [...]
COLUMBUS — Despite wielding power in both chambers of the state legislature, Ohio's Republican lawmakers are far from coasting through this election season as incumbents face challengers from their own party in the midst of a bitter GOP power struggle. Next month's primary will likely be used to further wage the infighting that's been steady [...]
The federal government will fund 17 projects across the country to expand access to renewable energy on Native American reservations and in other rural areas, the Biden administration announced. The $366 million plan will fund solar, battery storage and hydropower projects in sparsely populated regions where electricity can be costly and unreliable. The money comes [...]
OMAHA, Neb. — Norfolk Southern wants its shareholders to back its current management team and strategy and reject a bid from a group of investors seeking to take control of the railroad. Atlanta-based Norfolk Southern urged shareholders to reject Ancora Holdings' eight board nominees in a proxy statement this week with the Securities and Exchange [...]
PORTLAND, Ore. — A severe lack of affordable housing has prompted Oregon lawmakers to consider chipping away at a 1970s law that made the state a national leader in leveraging land use policy to prevent suburban sprawl and conserve nature and agriculture. The so-called urban growth boundary, a sacred cow of Oregon’s liberal politics, helped [...]