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1 week ago | 
citybeat.com | Megan Henry |Nick Evans
A new higher education law set to take effect this summer is causing high school students across the state to think twice about applying to Ohio colleges and universities. Ohio State University used to be high on Nakshatra Mohan’s list of potential colleges, but not since Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed Senate Bill 1 into law at the end of last month.
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1 month ago | 
citybeat.com | Sarah Ladd |Kentucky Lantern |Megan Henry
Planned Parenthood is calling on Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear to veto last week’s legislative changes to Kentucky’s abortion ban.
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1 month ago | 
citybeat.com | Madeline Fening |Megan Henry
“This is a no brainer – we are appealing that decision and will seek an immediate stay. There is no way I’ll stop fighting to protect these unprotected children,” Yost said. “Ohio’s elected representatives properly passed legislation protecting children from irreversible chemical sex change procedures, and the trial court upheld the law.
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1 month ago | 
citybeat.com | Susan Tebben |Megan Henry
Child care must be a priority in the next Ohio state operating budget, advocates told a legislative committee considering the state’s spending on child wellbeing, saying that a proper system would bring benefits not only for the kids, but for the state as a whole. “Child care is the industry that allows all other work to happen,” said Chris Angellatta, CEO of the Child Care Resource and Referral Association.
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1 month ago | 
citybeat.com | Madeline Fening |Megan Henry
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The shooting happened around 9:30 p.m. in the parking lot of an apartment building on Gilbert Avenue.
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2 months ago | 
citybeat.com | Sarah Ladd |Kentucky Lantern |Megan Henry
This article mentions suicide. The number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 988. A bill that would end hormone treatments for 67 Kentucky inmates and prohibit the use of public funds for any future gender-affirming surgeries for transgender prisoners passed the Senate Tuesday along party lines 31-6. Opponents called the bill cruel and politically-motivated when it was heard in committee.
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2 months ago | 
citybeat.com | Madeline Fening |Megan Henry
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Tia Evans stands on an I-75 overpass in Lockland, protesting law enforcement's response to a neo-Nazi rally in Lincoln Heights on Feb. 7.
“When we was protesting [for] George Floyd, why was it they didn't have the same aggression?” Evans said. “I just don't understand why they peacefully let them get in a U-haul and drive away.
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2 months ago | 
citybeat.com | Madeline Fening |Megan Henry
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A Sycamore Township man is in custody and facing murder charges for the death of his daughter, according to the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
citybeat.com | Madeline Fening |Megan Henry
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Middletown High School has raised enough funds to send nearly 170 students and staff to D.C. for Inauguration Day, but the man Middies are traveling to celebrate is noticeably absent from the donor list. On Dec.
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Dec 20, 2024 | 
postindustrial.com | Megan Henry
Ohio lawmakers passed House Bill 8 on the last day of the 135th General Assembly. Advocates condemned Ohio lawmakers for passing another anti-LGBTQ bill, urging Gov. Mike DeWine to veto the legislation, though the governor has indicated he will sign it. The Ohio Senate passed House Bill 8 and the Ohio House concurred with changes made to the bill, sending it to DeWine’s desk. He will have 10 days to either sign the bill into law or veto it, once he receives it.
