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Gov. Mike DeWine's office said a 26,800 ton pile of contaminated soil is sitting in East Palestine, waiting to be shipped to a licensed disposal facility.

The derailment in East Palestine has prompted a nationwide conversation over the safety of railroads, specifically trains traveling at high speeds through communities carrying hazardous chemicals.

Greg Landsman, a Democrat on Cincinnati City Council, won a narrow victory over Republican incumbent Steve Chabot Tuesday, ending Chabot's quarter-century hold on the seat.

The rule allowed national lenders to partner with local entities, potentially avoiding state laws that cap interest rates and fees on short term, also known as payday, loans.

Federal agents arrested a Canton man Monday for his involvement in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. John Douglas Wright has been charged in federal court in Washington, D.C., with engaging in violence in a restricted building, obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder, obstruction of justice and lying to federal agents.

President Biden will deliver an address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday evening. Watch it live here.

It was only a matter of time before the former House Speaker John Boehner, raised in blue-collar Reading and now living in a gated community in West Chester Township, would simply just blow his top.

Senator Sherrod Brown expects the package to be approved by the weekend, before Congress takes a break for the holidays.

A plan to address a backlog of maintenance needs at America's national parks has been approved by the U.S. Senate. The Restore Our Parks Act is part of a…

Pressure is mounting for Congress to act on another relief package. Legislators from northeast Ohio are speaking out about what they’d like to see in…