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Columbus City officials this morning outlined plans for a bond package to be placed on the November Ballot. Mayor Michael Coleman says Columbus has been recognized as one of the best places to live because the city has continued to make infrastructure improvements with the help of these bond packages..

Some Ohio doctors and medical clinic managers say if the Ohio legislature passes some anti-abortion bills now under consideration, it’s very possible there will be a shortage of doctors and medical facilities to serve the needs of Ohio women. And they warn more Ohio women will die due to complications from pregnancies. Ohio Public Radio’s Jo Ingles has details. 

Authorities in northern Ohio have arrested three people on charges of enslaving a mentally disabled young mother and her daughter over a two-year period.

Ohio lawmakers continue to grapple with the question of what to do with the Medicaid program. Governor Kasich, business groups and Democrats want the state to expand Medicaid as part of the budget. But conservatives in the legislature see that as buying into Obamacare and throwing good money into a flawed program.

A former central Ohio sheriff labeled the nation's longest-serving sheriff is the state attorney general's new liaison with Ohio's local law enforcement officials. Attorney General Mike DeWine says former Pickaway County Sheriff Dwight Radcliff is now his office's senior law enforcement liaison.

The committee working out the differences between the House and Senate versions of the state budget now has updated estimates on tax revenues and Medicaid.

Cincinnati city officials say they will sign the controversial parking operations lease as early as Wednesday.

Work continues on a state-of-the-art aircraft testing center at the University of Dayton.

The Dayton-Montgomery County Port Authority has approved the issuance of 65-million-dollars in bonds to fund construction of the Dayton racino.

Columbus City Council last night approved a 10-year property-tax break for developers of the University Plaza Hotel and Conference Center on Olentangy River Road near Ohio State University, to allow for changing the facility into a Marriott hotel.

A bill in the state legislature would allow cities with more than 50 thousand residents to create entertainment districts.

A jury says a Delaware County church must pay more than three-million-dollars to a sexual assault victim.

A Columbus man has pleaded guilty to killing a Licking County man during a robbery.

The State Highway Patrol is investigating last night's crash of a paraglider in Madison county.

Columbus police say they had no choice but to shut down the annual Juneteenth Festival early.

The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio says there were 71 train-vehicle crashes last year, down from 112 in 2003.

An internal investigation shows several Columbus fire officials hit speeds over 100 miles per hour going to emergencies this year, raising questions about public safety.

Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation statistics show methampehtamine lab busts are increasing partly because meth is now being made in spaces as small as a large soda bottle.

The base of operations for Ohio's and Indiana's joint effort to win a test site for unmanned drone aircraft will be based in Springfield. 

The Columbus City Schools are taking steps to address the issue of grade-reading readiness, and to come into compliance with the state's third grade reading guarantee.