Laura Hancock

1 week ago | cleveland.com | Laura Hancock |Adam Ferrise |Jake Zuckerman |Molly Walsh

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio colleges that have seen international students lose their visas remain tight-lipped about the students’ identities and the circumstances surrounding their immigration troubles. Cleveland.com/The Plain Dealer reached out to the 12 colleges and universities that have lost at least 49 total students, as revealed by the schools themselves and the online publication Inside Higher Education.

1 week ago | cleveland.com | Laura Hancock

NewsPublished: Apr. 11, 2025, 5:20 p.m.I voted stickers are seen at a polling place, Sunday, March 15, 2020, in Steubenville, Ohio. Elections officials in the four states, Arizona, Florida, Illinois and Ohio, holding presidential primaries next week say they have no plans to postpone voting amid widespread disruptions caused by the coronavirus outbreak. Instead, they are taking extraordinary steps to ensure that voters can cast ballots and polling places are clean. (AP Photo/Gene J.

2 weeks ago | limaohio.com | David Trinko |Laura Hancock

By Laura Hancock cleveland.com (TNS)COLUMBUS — Gov. Mike DeWine is backing a new Ohio Senate bill that would prohibit students from using cell phones during the school day. A state Senate committee held a hearing on Senate Bill 158 hours after DeWine’s announcement of backing, with testimony from sponsoring state Sen. Jane Timken, a Stark County Republican, and proponents.

2 weeks ago | cleveland.com | Laura Hancock

Rotunda Rumblings‘Bus fare: The Ohio House on Tuesday dropped a sweeping omnibus amendment to the state budget that walks back some changes top Republicans introduced last week. Jeremy Pelzer and Jake Zuckerman write that the changes include allowing school districts to hold stronger reserves, giving a boost to libraries after originally proposing a cut and providing pay raises to myriad elected officials (but not lawmakers), among dozens of other tweaks.

2 weeks ago | cleveland.com | Laura Hancock

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Gov. Mike DeWine is backing a new Ohio Senate bill that would prohibit students from using cell phones during the school day. Senate Bill 158 was scheduled for a first hearing in a Senate committee Tuesday afternoon, with testimony from sponsoring state Sen. Jane Timken, a Stark County Republican, and proponents.