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Gov. Robert Bentley (R) says the Obama administration is blatantly excluding the states and not providing critical information about refugees needed to protect the health and safety of citizens.

On Saturday in Slocum, Texas, the state will officially recognize the Slocum Massacre of 1910 — the attack on a black community in east Texas by white residents. The recognition comes over the objections of the white county officials.

"OMG" might be used by younger people, but the story behind the abbreviation has a long, rich history. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with linguist Ben Zimmer about the abbreviation turning 100 years old.

Poet and journalist Mario Alejandro Ariza talked with Lulu Garcia-Navarro about growing up in Miami and his work on climate change.

The Republican leader of the Ohio Senate says state lawmakers will be ready to use their new power to lift any remaining public health orders, like the mask mandate, if Gov. Mike DeWine doesn’t.

The Ohio Senate has released its latest attempt to legalize sports betting in the state with a proposal that creates two types of licenses, both regulated by the Ohio Casino Control Commission.

It's about to be illegal for Ohio's public school, collegs and universities to make students or staff take a vaccine if it does not have full approval by the Food and Drug Administration.

Statewide elected officials on the Ohio Redistricting Commission said they have been meeting with Democrat leaders on a possible deal for new Ohio House and Ohio Senate district maps ahead of Wednesday's deadline.

Despite the failed vote, a broad group of senators said they "are close to a final agreement."

The Ohio Supreme Court ruled the fourth attempt at state legislative district maps was unconstitutional, leaving the different state officials in a state of limbo until a possible federal court decision.