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Election workers process ballots. (Photo by Spenser Heaps, States Newsroom.)Ohio voters might want to ask state officials why the U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding the so-called  “grace period” for mail-in ballots doesn’t matter here. Why did the legislature last fall, as we were preparing to give thanks for our blessings, rush through changes in our…

(File photo from Getty Images.)Public school librarians in Ohio are raising alarms about book bans and funding cuts. School librarians have been navigating challenges in their work as long as they’ve been among the stacks in their local districts. Proposed legislation to filter the reading choices students can make has brought concern, and budget reductions…

Ohio has earned a distinction nobody wanted – worst in the nation for people losing health insurance this year because of Congress, Donald Trump and state government, and Today in Ohio podcast hosts wonder how that will affect voting in November.

COLUMBUS, Ohio—A state board has approved paying more than $600,000 in total to two Ohio men who were found to be wrongfully imprisoned.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill into law establishing new rules for law enforcement agencies’ use of drones, including when police must obtain a search warrant and when they may conduct surveillance without one.