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Laura Hancock

Columbus

Reporter at Cleveland.com

Reporter at The Plain Dealer

Columbus-based reporter, @ThePlainDealer, @clevelanddotcom. Capitol Letter in your inbox 5X a week. Find me on Signal, Threads or [email protected].

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  • Dave Yost OK’s petition to repeal Senate Bill 1 at ballot box

    1 week ago | cleveland.com | Laura Hancock

    Ohio college students protested Senate Bill 1, which was introduced by state Sen. Jerry Cirino, a Lake County Republican, on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025.Laura Hancock/cleveland.comCOLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has certified a petition for a referendum that would repeal a controversial higher education bill, sending it onto the next step in the long process of qualifying for the November ballot.

  • Ohio commission delays decision on fracking in Egypt Valley Wildlife Area

    1 week ago | cleveland.com | Laura Hancock

    COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management Commission on Monday delayed decisions on whether to accept bids from oil and gas companies to drill on three areas of public land in Eastern Ohio.

  • At least $321.8M in federal medical research grants terminated in Ohio under Trump

    1 week ago | cleveland.com | Laura Hancock

    COLUMBUS, Ohio - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has canceled more than $321.8 million in funding for at least 32 scientific research and technology projects in Ohio. This funding halts medical discoveries that could save lives. The lack of funding could lead to personnel cuts at colleges and possibly hospitals or local governments.

  • Ohio agencies, universities lose millions in health research funding: What’s at stake?

    1 week ago | cleveland.com | Laura Hancock

    COLUMBUS, Ohio - LGBTQ youth suicide reduction, improving the state’s outdated infectious disease reporting database and development of tuberculosis vaccines are among the hundreds of millions of dollars in health and medical research funding for Ohio that the federal government has axed in recent months. Scientists, doctors and people who support them are worried.

  • Planned Ohio education funding cuts spark 1,000-strong protest at Statehouse

    1 week ago | cleveland.com | Laura Hancock

    COLUMBUS, Ohio - More than 1,000 demonstrators, braving rain and wind, gathered at the Ohio Statehouse Thursday, primarily to protest against proposed cuts to public education in the two-year state budget. But many were also there to rail against proposed state cuts to public libraries, the actions of President Trump, and the plight of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

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Laura Hancock
Laura Hancock @laurahancock
5 May 25

Ohio AG Dave Yost OKs petition to repeal SB 1 at ballot box in November. This is the next step in long process to get to ballot. https://t.co/A2PprpkNAm

Laura Hancock
Laura Hancock @laurahancock
5 May 25

Ohio commission delays decision on fracking Utica Shale in Ohio's Egypt Valley Wildlife Area: https://t.co/WIOANxJ2HJ

Laura Hancock
Laura Hancock @laurahancock
1 May 25

Many Ohio state lawmakers are Catholic, but many of the members have taken a turn to the right in the past decade or so. https://t.co/r9X00lshUD