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COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio regulators rejected FirstEnergy's request to weaken its reliability standards, concluding that customers should not have to accept longer and more frequent power outages because the company has struggled to meet existing benchmarks.
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Wed, Jun 24, 2026
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - Gov. Mike DeWine has signaled his desire to ban all forms of kratom - a plant-derived drug widely available at gas stations and convenience stores that can have opioid-like effects on the brain.
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Tue, Jun 23, 2026
Some other news now. Lawmakers in Ohio are considering a bill they call the Charlie Kirk American Heritage Act. What does that mean? The answer is a fitting topic for NPR reporting this week on the shifting boundaries between church and state. Sarah Donaldson of Ohio Public Radio reports.
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Thu, May 28, 2026
Ohio state Rep. Gary Click recalls the comfort he felt going to church as a child and when he declared his faith before a congregation at the age of 12.
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Thu, May 28, 2026
A newly introduced bill would ban Ohio public officials and their employees from "trading" in prediction markets.
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Wed, May 20, 2026
As of Thursday, a permanent ban on synthetic versions of the Asian herb kratom is in place in Ohio. But many medical experts and state lawmakers say all forms of kratom are dangerous and can even be deadly, though people who use it claim it helps them manage pain without opioids or other drugs.
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Tue, May 19, 2026
Ohio recently took an important step when the Ohio Casino Control Commission imposed a $5 million fine against Kalshi for operating unlicensed sports gaming activities in our state. The action reinforced a simple principle: companies cannot ignore Ohio law simply because they operate through newer technology platforms.
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Mon, May 18, 2026
The Ohio Supreme Court has waded into a dispute over submetering - dealing a blow to the third-party companies managing electricity service and billing at some apartment complexes.
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Fri, May 1, 2026
In February of last year, state Rep. Sean Patrick Brennan of Parma introduced a bill to require owners of all hydraulic fracturing (fracking) oil and gas well operations drilling in state parks "to disclose the chemical components of the materials used in the drilling operation."
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Wed, Apr 29, 2026
The state's highest court, the Ohio Supreme Court, ruled last Wednesday that submetering companies, or the middlemen buying electric and other utilities at wholesale cost to resell it, must be regulated like other utility companies.
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Tue, Apr 28, 2026