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GOP wants to unfund tests

Risking the loss of three-quarters of a billion dollars in federal education funding, Republican leaders in the Ohio House have placed language in the two-year budget to ban the use of new student assessments and cut off the money to pay for them.

House GOP plan flashes red light to stoplight cams

Amid a losing streak in the courts, majority Ohio House Republicans hope that withholding state funding from cities finally will end the use of traffic cameras to ticket red-light-running and speeding motorists.

Cavs close out regular season with a win

LeBron James sat out Cleveland’s regular-season finale to rest for the playoffs and the Cavaliers rallied to beat the Washington Wizards 113-110 in overtime Wednesday night.

Tribe breaks skid

Trevor Bauer won consecutive starts for the first time in his three-plus seasons in the major leagues, helping the Indians beat the Chicago White Sox 4-2 Wednesday to stop a four-game losing streak,

Reds drop rubber match, 5-0

Travis Wood pitched three-hit ball into the eighth inning and Anthony Rizzo hit his first home run of the season, leading the Chicago Cubs to a 5-0 victory over the Reds on Wednesday night.

“Michael Myers” robs store

He was armed with a gun, not a chainsaw, but the man who held up a Southeast Side convenience store early Thursday morning looked a lot like Michael Myers of “Halowe’en” infamy, according to Columbus police.