6:01 PM Dec 21, 2012

Ohio's jobless rate inches downward again

Ohio's unemployment rate continued its slow downward march in November, state officials reported Friday.
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5:02 AM Dec 22, 2012
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'Nitro's Law' dies before going up for Ohio Senate vote

Dogs may be man's best friend, but apparently they don't have enough friends in the Ohio Senate.
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8:33 PM Dec 20, 2012

Federal judge upholds Ohio's new exotic animal law

A federal judge upheld Ohio's new restrictions on exotic animals Thursday after several owners sued the state over the law, which was enacted after a man released dozens of his wild creatures last year before committing suicide.
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6:07 PM Dec 20, 2012

Kasich pick keeps Ohio top court's female majority

Gov. John Kasich has kept the state Supreme Court's four-woman majority intact by appointing a female appellate judge from Columbus to an upcoming vacancy.
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6:02 PM Dec 19, 2012
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine discusses an expansion of school safety training for state educators on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012, in Columbus, Ohio. DeWine says the expanded training is needed because educators are the first to face a situation like a gunman inside a school. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins)

Ohio expands school safety training for educators

Ohio will expand safety training for educators across the state to reflect the reality that those inside a school are the first to face danger when a gunman enters a school building, the state attorney general and Ohio's top education official announced Wednesday.
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1:08 PM Dec 19, 2012

Defense bill addresses Ohio Air Guard bases

The final version of a federal defense-spending bill will preserve a fleet of aircraft at an Air National Guard base in Mansfield, but does nothing to preserve the full fleet of 18 KC-135 tankers at a Columbus base.
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6:02 PM Dec 18, 2012
In this Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, file photo, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio leaves his office and walks to the House floor to deliver remarks about negotiations with President Obama on the fiscal cliff, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Ohio officials keep eye on 'fiscal cliff' talks

Ohio officials are watching with interest the negotiations in Washington to avert automatic tax hikes and spending cuts set to start with the new year.
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6:00 AM Dec 18, 2012

Defaulters on student loans face credit problems

Many of those contributing to the growing default rate for federal student loans include people who want to pay but can't and who end up facing a lifetime of credit problems, The Columbus Dispatch reported Sunday.
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6:11 PM Dec 17, 2012
File Photo, Ted Strickland

Strickland says gun rights, limits can co-exist

A former Ohio governor whose career was built with help from the National Rifle Association says it's time to bring gun rights advocates, the entertainment industry and politicians together to reduce violence after the massacre of 26 people at a Connecticut school last week.
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4:06 PM Dec 17, 2012
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Ohio governor spares condemned obese killer

The governor on Monday sidestepped a decision about whether a condemned inmate was too fat to be humanely executed by sparing the prisoner on the grounds that he had poor legal representation.
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