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Millions of Ohioans facing home gas and electric rate hikes
网页2022年6月28日 · Ohio utility companies have asked state regulators for permission to raise home gas, electric and water costs on more than 2.75 million Ohio customers. Those charges could be spread between customers of Columbia Gas, AES Ohio, Duke Energy, and Aqua Ohio. The utilities, all investor-owned, …
Ohioans vote to legalize recreational marijuana by passing Issue 2 …
网页2023年11月7日 · Recreational marijuana will soon be legal in Ohio after voters passed Issue 2 on Tuesday. The Associated Press called the election on Issue 2 shortly after 9:30 p.m.. With nearly 99% of precincts reporting early Wednesday, the proposed law was passing with 56.79% of the vote, or 2.144 million voters out of nearly 3.8 million who had cast ballots in …
With enough signatures in, recreational marijuana bill goes to the ...
网页2022年1月31日 · If lawmakers can’t or won’t pass a proposed bill, recreational marijuana in Ohio could be a matter for the people to decide. Secretary of State Frank LaRose said Friday that the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol submitted enough valid signatures to set in motion what’s known as an “initiated statute” process.. The coalition gathered 136,729 valid signatures spanning all ...
Science of reading curriculum is now being taught in all Ohio …
网页2024年8月22日 · As students return to school this fall, their reading curriculum might look a little different. This is the first academic year Ohio school districts are required to teach the science of reading curriculum, which is based on decades of research that shows how the human brain learns to read and incorporates phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.
Recreational marijuana is now legal in Ohio. Here are some do's …
网页2023年12月12日 · Republish photo only with original story.) Ohio became the 24th state where recreational marijuana is legal last week. The law is now in effect after voters passed Issue 2 in the November election. Although marijuana is legal, there are quite a few caveats because lawmakers can tweak that law, and it could be several months before the state ...
District 10: Ohio’s Board of Education candidates talk culture wars
网页2022年9月16日 · The following article was originally published on News5Cleveland.com and is published in the Ohio Capital Journal under a content-sharing agreement. Unlike other OCJ articles, it is not available for free republication by other news outlets as it is owned by WEWS in Cleveland. In the second edition of OCJ’s state Board of Education series, the candidates for District 10 discuss controversial ...
Ohio Supreme Court sides with DeWine in unemployment case
网页2021年9月2日 · Brunner: DeWine appealed to run out the clock. Days before the benefits are set to expire, the Ohio Supreme Court sided with Gov. Mike DeWine in a case questioning his power over unemployment payments, declining a motion for a quicker decision. Ohio residents Shawnee Huff, Candy Bowling and David Willis sued the DeWine administration after he ...
Columbus, Dayton, gun safety advocates settle court case over …
网页2024年8月22日 · The cities of Dayton and Columbus as well as Everytown For Gun Safety settled a four years-long court battle this week with the state of Ohio over the criminal background check system. Under the agreement, the cities and state officials will work together to upgrade the system's technology and …
Here are the proposals to raise the minimum wage for Ohio workers
网页2021年1月29日 · This plan calls for bumping the hourly wage to $10 on Jan. 1, 2022, then increasing it by a dollar each year to reach $15 in 2027. In Ohio, the minimum wage for tipped employees currently stands at $4.40 per hour. That is because state law allows the tipped minimum wage to be 50% of the higher total, so long as the tips received bring their ...