Karen Kasler
Ohio's May 6 ballot will feature local primaries and money asks, but only one statewide question, on whether to renew a nearly 40-year-old initiative that allows the state to issue bonds to pay for local infrastructure projects.
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Dillon Stewart from Cleveland Magazine shares some of their favorite places to grab brunch.
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Amy Downs was buried in 10 feet of rubble after the Oklahoma City bombing 30 years ago. While trapped, she vowed to change her life, but it was long journey. -
Moreno said the historic Chillicothe paper mill, owned currently by Pixelle Specialty Solutions, will pause its permanent closure until December. -
While Food and Drug Administration inspectors who make sure food and drugs meet quality standards were spared in recent cuts, key support staffers were dismissed. -
Intended to curb prison violence with promises of early release, the law is turning out as unbalanced as critics feared, with sentences extended at every turn. -
The standstill is due in part to pharmaceutical companies’ opposition to use of their products in the drug concoction that creates a lethal injection in Ohio Dr. -
The 22-inch bronze piece is believed to have been taken from a Libyan museum in 1941. -
Tuesday's concert at EJ Thomas Hall in Akron will feature the world premiere of the piece by Peter Boyer. -
The Lown Institute ranked Cleveland Clinic Main Campus in Cleveland No. 5 for nonprofit private hospitals in the U.S. for spending less on community benefits than they receive in property tax breaks, as a nonprofit. -
Lifewise, a Christian-based program, takes kids out of public schools with parent permission to attend religious-based programming in Ohio and other states.
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