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For the second time in a year, a former state representative heads to prison for ethics violations he made while serving in office.

A new report says Medicaid expansion could bring Ohio nearly one and a half billion dollars over the next ten years. But Ohio Public Radio's Karen Kasler reports, state officials are not convinced about the costs involved. 

Fifty years ago this summer, Martin Luther King delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington, D.C. With him that day was an up-and-coming folk trio: Peter, Paul and Mary.

Last year, Governor John Kasich did something no other Ohio governor had done in modern times --- he delivered his annual State of the State somewhere besides the state capitol building in Columbus.

Influenza continues to hit Ohio hard, but there's one hopeful sign.

More than a hundred Ohio teachers and school principals got some special training Thursday on ways to possibly prevent and respond to violent attacks, like the one that killed 26 last month at a school in Connecticut.

Ohio’s two U.S. Senators are indicating their support of certain gun restrictions.

For the past 7 years, students in poorly-performing public schools have been eligible for vouchers to transfer to private schools.

The first place Ohio drivers turn to for help is often not ODOT. But the transportation agency hopes to help drivers navigate through six big Ohio cities and throughout the state with a new website.

Pending city approval, Northeast Ohio football fans will no longer be marching into Cleveland Browns Stadium to cheer on their team. The Browns have sold naming rights for the facility to Akron-based First Energy Corporation.

One Ohio lawmaker asks this question - what would happen if the President moved his State of the Union address from the Capitol building in Washington D.C. to an auditorium in Peoria, Illinois?

U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio says the recent agreement by 10 major mortgage servicers to pay billions of dollars to wrongly-foreclosed homeowners is good….but not big enough.

The alleged rape of a teenage girl by two high school sophomores in the town of Steubenville is gathering national media attention -- thanks in large part to the internet and social media. Atish Baidya of member station WOUB in Athens reports new ways of spreading information are impacting the case.

Thousands of Ohio college students are soon going to get paid internships or co-op jobs, thanks to a new infusion of government money.

A three day statewide conference of boards of elections members and workers concluded in Columbus, just as state lawmakers prepare to come back to the capital for their first full week of work in this new General Assembly.

Ohio Governor John Kasich says he'll back further legislation this session bolstering the state's legal crackdown on human trafficking.

Ever since he was defeated in his re-election bid 2 years ago, Former Governor Ted Strickland has been mentioned as a possible candidate for governor in 2014. But now, statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports Strickland has taken his hat out of the ring.

The incoming president of the Ohio Senate says he’s changing things up a bit.

One of Governor John Kasich’s top goals in 2013 is to finally convince Ohio legislators to hike the severance tax on oil and gas drillers…and use the revenue to enact a CUT in the state INCOME tax.

Columbus' North Market, Cleveland's West Side Market and Cincinnati's Findlay Market bring attention to the potential impact of food-related businesses on the economy.