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StateImpact Ohio

StateImpact Ohio is a collaboration among WCPN, WKSU, WOSU and NPR. Reporters Molly Bloom and Ida Lieszkovszky travel the state to report on the state of education in Ohio, where it’s heading and how it affects you. Read their reports on this site and listen to them on public radio stations across Ohio.

• Recent StateImpact Ohio Features:
• Bill Lets Columbus Schools Share Levy Dollars with Charters It’s been a rough school year for Columbus City Schools. The district is under investigation by the State Auditor’s office and the FBI for tampering with student attendance data and... (more)
• The Other Way Ohio Legislators Want to Expand Private-School Scholarships Ohio legislators are pushing a double-barrelled attempt to expand publicly subsidized scholarships that allow students to attend private schools. In this year’s state budget, Gov. John Kasich proposed an expansion of... (more)
• The Sound of Ideas: How It All Went Right For Stand out Members of the Class of 2013 Chaza Banda was born in Zambia and didn’t speak much English when she started school in the U.S. eight years. In a few weeks, she’ll graduate from Shaw High School in... (more)
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Statehouse News Bureau

The Statehouse News Bureau provides educational, comprehensive coverage of legislation, elections, issues and other activities surrounding the Statehouse to Ohio's public radio and television stations.

NPR Headlines

• Ex-Guatemalan President Extradited To U.S. Alfonso Portillo faces charges of laundering $70 million through U.S. banks.
• Heart Failure Treatment Improves, But Death Rate Remains High Treatment can delay the effects of heart failure, but the condition is still a common killer.
• The Great Charcoal Debate: Briquettes Vs. Lumps? The kind you grill with makes a difference, but deciding which to use depends on what you're after.
• Google Reportedly Faces FTC Antitrust Probe Over Display Ads The news comes just months after the FTC shut down its antitrust probe of Google's search service.
• News Corp. Board Approves Company Split The plan unveiled last year would separate its publishing and entertainment arms.

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