9:01 AM Dec 7, 2012
Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted briefs reporters gathered from around the world on the status of Ohio vote counting on Tuesday night, Nov. 6, 2012, in the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. Husted said he was unaware of any problems that would slow the reporting of votes in Ohio. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins)

Ohio official rebuffs idea of challenging Kasich

Ohio's elections chief has squelched rumors he might be preparing to challenge Gov. John Kasich in a Republican primary two years from now.
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6:05 PM Dec 6, 2012

Payday lender will reimburse Ohio customers

The payday lender Cash America says about 14,000 customers in Ohio who've been taken to court for not paying their debts are going to get money back because some employees didn't prepare the legal paperwork properly.
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1:03 PM Dec 6, 2012
This undated photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections shows 540 pounds of weights placed on the execution table at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio to test the table's load bearing. Ohio death row inmate Ronald Post, scheduled for execution Jan. 16, 2013, is arguing that, at 450 pounds, can not be humanely executed under both the state's usual method and the untested backup procedure. (AP Photo/Ohio Dept. of Rehabilitation and Corrections)

At 450 pounds, Ohio killer fights execution

At about 450 pounds, Ohio death row inmate Ronald Post is so fat that his executioners won't be able to find veins in his arms or legs for the lethal injection, and he might even break the death chamber gurney, his lawyers say.
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9:02 AM Dec 5, 2012

Ohio Senate panel advances asbestos lawsuit bill

An Ohio Senate committee advanced a bill Tuesday aimed at curbing duplicate lawsuits over on-the-job asbestos exposure in a state with one of the largest backlogs of such cases in the nation.
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8:02 PM Dec 4, 2012
In this Aug. 25, 2010 photo, Cyndi Huntsman holds a baby zebra at her Stump Hill Farm in Massillon, Ohio. Huntsman is one of four owners of exotic animals in Ohio suing the state’s agriculture department and its director over a new law regulating the dangerous wildlife. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

Judge: Humane Society can join Ohio exotics suit

A judge has ruled in favor of allowing the Humane Society of the United States to join the state in defending Ohio's new law regulating exotic animals.
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1:00 PM Dec 3, 2012

Ohio drilling falls short of expectations

Injection drilling in Ohio hasn't met the initial expectations of state officials this year, due to lower natural gas prices and a backlog in the work needed to connect the wells to customers.
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10:56 AM Dec 3, 2012

Gas prices down in Ohio

Gas prices are down this week in Ohio.
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1:33 PM Dec 2, 2012

New Ohio outlet mall under development for 2014

Mall and outlet developers are teaming up to build an outlet mall in a fast-growing central Ohio county.
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6:02 AM Dec 2, 2012

$5 million will boost OSU's global medical efforts

Officials say a $5 million grant will be used to raise Ohio State University's standing in global medicine and advance its humanitarian work overseas.
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9:00 AM Nov 30, 2012

Obese death row inmate claiming innocence

A prosecutor says a condemned killer trying to delay his execution because he's obese is now raising an innocence claim.
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