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By Topher Sanders and Dan Schwartz Norfolk Southern allows a monitoring team to instruct crews to ignore alerts from train track sensors designed to flag potential mechanical problems. ProPublica learned of the policy after reviewing the rules of the company, which is engulfed in controversy after one of its trains …

Shefali Luthra This story was originally published by The 19th.  A six-week abortion ban in Ohio has forced people with cancer to travel out of state for abortions that are necessary to continue with life-saving treatment, according to affidavits submitted by abortion providers in the state. In at least two …

An Ohio pastor who allegedly pushed against police barricades and used a megaphone to incite the crowd on Jan. 6 was charged this week with two felonies and five other misdemeanor counts. William Dunfee, 57, of Frazeysburg, Ohio, was arrested Wednesday on felony counts of obstruction of an official proceeding …

An armed suspect who attempted to breach an FBI office in Cincinnati was shot and killed by police after fleeing into a nearby rural area and exchanging gunfire with officers, law enforcement said Thursday evening. Lt. Nathan Dennis, a spokesperson for the Ohio State Highway Patrol, said efforts to negotiate …

by David DeWitt, Ohio Capital Journal The first and most important thing to recognize right now is that a heinous, violent crime was committed on a 10-year-old Ohio child, and thankfully justice has now found the alleged perpetrator. A Columbus man was indicted Wednesday in a case that made national …

by Nick Evans, Ohio Capital Journal “We turned a promise broken into a promise kept,” Joe Biden told a crowd of union workers in Cleveland Wednesday. The president’s visit offered a victory lap for provisions in his American Rescue Plan, or ARPA, that will keep a number of multi-employer pension …

An Ohio bill allowing teachers and other school staff to carry guns in schools with reduced training is on its way to Gov. Mike DeWine’s desk. On the heels of a mass shooting at a Texas elementary school that left 21 people dead, the bill was fast-tracked through the Statehouse …

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill into law last week doing away with the permitting restrictions to carrying concealed firearms in the state. Senate Bill 215, which will go into effect in about three months, states people 21 or older can carry a concealed gun without a permit if …

Two Ohio state representatives have introduced an abortion bill that would allow for civil lawsuits against people who “purposely perform or attempt to perform an abortion.” House Bill 480 was introduced Tuesday by GOP Rep. Jena Powell and GOP Rep. Thomas Hall. The bill would allow for civil penalties of …

Democrats and Republicans held onto one seat each in two U.S. House races in Ohio on Tuesday night — with the election of Shontel Brown and Mike Carey. Brown, 46, won her contest in the 11th District in the Cleveland area over Republican Laverne Gore. Brown is a member of …

A federal judge sentenced two Ohio men to 45 days behind bars Wednesday for their role in the Capitol riot, saying the two men had attempted to undermine one of the country’s “bedrock acts.” Derek Jancart and Erik Rau appeared before U.S. District Judge James Boasberg to be sentenced on …

The Ohio police chief who was caught on video placing a note with the words “Ku Klux Klan” on top of a raincoat on the desk of a Black officer has resigned following the incident to avoid facing termination. According to People, the 33-year veteran officer, Anthony Campo, who worked …

States are offering different incentive programs to increase the rate of vaccinations, including vaccine lotteries. On Thursday, both New York and Maryland announced a new lottery. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that any adult who gets vaccinated at any of the ten state-run sites from May 24 to May …

Republican-led states are ending increased unemployment benefits. West Virginia and Alaska are the latest states to end the supplemental unemployment benefits provided by the federal government. Officials in GOP-led states claim the $300 increased benefits are a disincentive for people to return to work, leading to workforce shortages as businesses …

A federal judge on Wednesday ruled against an effort by Ohio’s Republican attorney general to temporarily block a provision of President Biden‘s coronavirus relief law that forbids states from using federal aid to offset any future tax cuts. “The bottom line is this – preliminary injunction that stands no meaningful prospect …