Obamacare hikes eased by subsidies
Ohioans who get their health-care coverage through the Affordable Care Act’s federal marketplace can relax a bit; those 25-percent-average premium spikes in the news since Monday won’t apply in many cases here.
Columbus Dispatch
City Council stands up for Muslim-Americans
Columbus City Council Monday night passed a resolution condemning Islamophobia and declaring support for the city’s Islamic community.
Casino revenues not enough for arena debt
In the five years since Columbus and Franklin County officials approved the public purchase of Nationwide Arena, not one payment has been made on the loans used to buy it.
Buckeyes prevail in OT thriller
No. 2 Ohio State finished off No. 8 Wisconsin with a sack on fourth-and-goal from the 4 for a 30-23 win on Saturday night.
Boys, 12 and 15, shot outside school
Two Linden-McKinley STEM Academy students were shot in a drive-by attack just as school was letting out Thursday afternoon.
2 presidents campaign for Clinton in Ohio
The “A Team” of Democratic presidential campaign surrogates will sweep through Ohio as the number of states that could swing to either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump narrows to just a handful.
City, police union agree on body cams
An agreement between the city of Columbus and the union representing its police officers removes a significant hurdle to outfitting those officers with body cameras.
Campus landmark being demolished
The original Long’s Bookstore building, a landmark for decades across from the Ohio State University campus, is coming down.
Summer safety initiative upheld, sobriety checkpoints abandoned
Columbus police are defending one safety initiative and ending another.
Suspect charged with domestic violence before rest area shooting
Two days before he shot a College of Wooster freshman at an Interstate 71 rest stop in Delaware County, apparently at random, Shawn A. Johnson had been charged with domestic violence in Columbus for beating his mother.