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State To Consider Premiums, Reward System For Medicaid

The state will soon start the process that could allow for controversial changes for around a million Ohioans on Medicaid. But it’s a long, tough road to…

In this November 2005 file photo, Larry Greene, public information director of the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, demonstrates how a curtain is pulled between the death chamber and witness room at the prison in Lucasville, Ohio.

Critics Of Fentanyl Execution Bill Call It 'Silly' And 'Tone Deaf'

The refusal of pharmaceutical companies to sell the state drugs to use in executions has capital punishment at a virtual standstill in Ohio. A state…

About two dozen members of the Ohio Boogaloo Boys, an anti-government group, at the Ohio Statehouse on Jan. 17, 2021.

'Armed March' At Ohio Statehouse Features Conspiracy Theories And Guns, Stays Peaceful

The "armed march" that was expected in all 50 state capitals and brought out heavy security resulted in just a few dozen protestors in Columbus on…

Supporters of President Donald Trump gather outside the U.S. Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.

Ohio Leaders React To U.S. Capitol Insurrection

Several elected officials in Ohio have condemned the mob of pro-Trump extremists that stormed the U.S. Capitol building. State leaders, including Gov.…

'Memphis Belle' Film Premieres Thursday, Oct. 29, On Public TV

You might have seen the Memphis Belle at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, but you'd never seen it like this.

Michael Flynn, President Trump's former national security adviser, leaves the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse in June 2019 in Washington, D.C. An appeals court has ordered a judge to drop the case against him, as the Justice Department has requested.

Appeals Court Orders Lower Judge To Throw Out Michael Flynn Case

The judges rule that a lower court must dismiss the prosecution following requests both from Flynn and the Justice Department, which dropped its charges.

Countries under coronavirus lockdowns should only ease those restrictions if they can control new infections and trace contacts, the World Health Organization says. Here, Hashim, a health care worker, recently greeted his daughter through a glass door as they maintained social distance due to the COVID-19 outbreak in New Rochelle, N.Y.

WHO Sets 6 Conditions For Ending A Coronavirus Lockdown

The easing of shutdowns is a hot topic, as economic output is now stalled in many countries – including the U.S. But ending a shutdown too soon could backfire, the World Health Organization says.

Security outside of the Franklin County Board of Elections on Tuesday, April 28, 2020.

With Fall Approaching Fast, Ohio Advocates Push For Urgent Election Reforms

Ohio's spring election saw the shuttering of polling places and the extension of absentee voting as COVID-19 spread throughout the state. To avoid…

Lawmakers decided to keep the state's tax breaks.

Tax Credit Review Group Decides On No Changes

A panel of six lawmakers charged with looking at some of the $9 billion in state tax breaks has recommended none of them be eliminated or cut back for...

The lame-duck session of Congress will extend into late December now that bipartisan negotiators have passed a short-term extension of government funding. They have until Dec. 21 to finalize a spending deal.

Congress Punts Shutdown Fight Deep Into December

Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill are still fighting over President Trump's demand to include $5 billion for a border wall in the annual spending bill and have until Dec. 21 to get a deal.

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