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WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department last week notified Congress of an updated reorganization of the agency, proposing cuts to programs beyond what had previously been revealed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and a steeper 18 percent reduction of staff in the United States. The planned changes, detailed in a notification letter obtained by [...]
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The Trump administration is dropping plans to terminate leases for 34 offices in the Mine Safety and Health Administration, the agency responsible for enforcing mine safety laws, the Department of Labor said. Earlier this year, the Department of Government Efficiency had targeted federal agencies for spending cuts, including terminating leases for [...]
A southern Ohio lawmaker has proposed legislation in the state Senate to address a deficiency in the regulation of underground mining of limestone. Sen. Shane Wilkin of Hillsboro, a Republican, told members of the Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee that Chapter 1514 of the Ohio Revised Code, which is administered by the Ohio Department of [...]
A northeast Ohio lawmaker offered details during a recent Ways and Means Committee hearing about legislation he’s proposed to transform county budget commissions into taxpayer watchdogs. Rep. David Thomas, R-Jefferson, characterized House Bill 309 — titled the Budget Commission Overhaul Act — as another necessary element to reform Ohio’s property tax system. “The budget commission [...]
COLUMBUS (AP) — Voters again will see two sitting Ohio Supreme Court justices pitted against each other in 2026, after Justice Pat Fischer announced a bid last week to unseat Justice Jennifer Brunner with two years left on his current term. At 67, Fischer, a Republican, would be ineligible due to constitutional age limits from [...]
A pair of central Ohio lawmakers seeks to alleviate the state’s housing needs by incorporating efforts to plan and maintain adequate housing stock into the mission of the state Department of Development. Senate Bill 145 would even change the name of the cabinet subdivision to the Department of Housing and Development, according to sponsors Sens. [...]
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Top officials at the European Union’s executive commission say they’re pushing hard for a trade deal with the Trump administration to avoid a 50 percent tariff on imported goods. Trump had threatened to impose the tariffs on June 1, but has pushed back the deadline to July 9. European officials are [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has halted the scheduling of new visa interviews for foreign students hoping to study in the United States while it prepares to expand the screening of their activity on social media, officials said. A government official earlier this week said the suspension is intended to be temporary and does [...]
DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. Energy Department ordered a Michigan coal-fired power plant to remain open, at least until late August, citing possible electricity shortfalls in the central United States. State regulators immediately fired back, saying it’s unnecessary to keep Consumers Energy’s J.H. Campbell plant open. It was supposed to close May 31. “We currently [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is asking federal agencies to cancel contracts with Harvard University worth about $100 million, a senior administration official said, another step in the president’s dispute with the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university. The government already has canceled more than $2.6 billion in federal research grants for the Ivy League [...]