Unemployment help
The state wants to make it easier for unemployed workers to search for new jobs, but the workers will have to meet some additional requirements to qualify for benefits.
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ABC’s can combat SIDS
Three babies died every week in a Ohio as a result of sleeping in unsafe conditions, like adult beds, couches or chairs, and health officials are addressing the problem with a new campaign to remind parents of the ABC’s of safe sleep for their infants.
Price decline
Motorists in central Ohio getting some relief at the gas pump after two weeks of higher-than-usual prices, though the pump price in Columbus remains well above the national average.
Teen tan restrictions
A bipartisan bill requiring parents to give their permission before their children stretch out on a tanning bed in Ohio is on its way to the Senate.
New HS graduation requirements
Ohio high school students beginning with the class of 2018 will see new graduation requirements and receive free college-admission testing.
Legislature: College athletes not employees
Ohio lawmakers have passed a budget proposal that says college athletes are not public employees under state law.
Data-scrubbing prompts new report cards
The state says three years’ worth of report cards for the Columbus City Schools will have to be recalculated or corrected amid a widening data-scrubbing investigation.
Catholic school morality clause
Employees of Roman Catholic schools in Columbus are being required to sign updated agreements that include specific examples of immoral conduct that are prohibited.
Electronic proof of insurance
Maxwell, the talking pig in the Geico TV ads will feel right at home in Ohio if the state House goes along with a Senate-approved measure allowing motorists to provide proof of insurance via mobile devices.
Kindergarten donnybrook
It was kindergarten brawl — not the kids but the parents.