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COLUMBUS (AP) — A bill banning diversity, equity and inclusion programs at Ohio’s public colleges and universities and stripping certain collective bargaining and tenure protections from faculty cleared the Republican-led Ohio Senate last week, over the objections of more than 1,000 students, educators and others. Senate Bill 1 would make schools promise not to influence [...]
Bipartisan legislation recently introduced in the Ohio Senate could help the outreach efforts of the state director of Veteran Services in alerting veterans to information about benefits and special programs, according to a sponsor of the bill. “It is critical that our state government take action and assist Ohio veterans in obtaining the benefits they [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans last week released a budget plan that sets the stage for advancing many of President Donald Trump’s domestic priorities, providing for up to $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and a $4 trillion increase in the debt limit. The budget plan also directs a variety of House committees to cut spending [...]
Government Oversight Committee members in the Ohio House of Representatives this week heard testimony from the sponsors of a bill crafted to give the General Assembly oversight of administrative rulemaking. “As we all know, our country and our state were built on the idea that we have three co-equal branches of government, but in 2025, [...]
A Republican duo in the Ohio Senate has proposed legislation to make certain gun and ammunition purchases tax exempt and to establish a tax credit to firearms and ammunition manufacturers that establish or expand operations here. Sen. Al Cutrona of Canfield said Senate Bill 59, which he has jointly sponsored with Sen. Tim Schaffer of [...]
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A renewed and expanded effort from chemical giant Bayer to shield itself from lawsuits that claim its popular weedkiller Roundup causes cancer brought dozens of protesters to the Iowa capitol building Monday begging lawmakers to reject it. The legislation, pending in Iowa and at least seven other states, would protect [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he is banning federal use of paper straws, saying they “don’t work” and don’t last very long. Instead he wants the government to exclusively move to plastic. “It’s a ridiculous situation. We’re going back to plastic straws,” Trump said as he signed an executive order to reverse federal [...]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine has offered to strike a deal with President Donald Trump for continued American military aid in exchange for developing Ukraine’s mineral industry, which could provide a valuable source of the rare earth elements essential for many kinds of technology. Trump said that he wanted such a deal earlier this month, [...]
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — States are absorbing increases in health-care costs for the poor as health officials say they’ve noticed that the people remaining on Medicaid rolls after the COVID-19 pandemic are sicker than anticipated — and costlier to care for. In Pennsylvania, state budget makers recently unveiled the scale of that miscalculation, with Democratic [...]
PHOENIX (AP) — South Dakota’s constitution refers to the governor as a “he.” Yet for the past six years, the governor was a “she” — Kristi Noem, the first female to hold the position there. The Republican pushed a constitutional amendment to change the gendered language, but voters rejected the measure in the 2024 general [...]