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Ending diversity and inclusion training requirements, bans on relationships with Chinese universities and mandated courses on American history are all packed into a multifaceted GOP higher education bill introduced in Ohio’s Republican-dominated Senate. The proposal, dubbed the Ohio Higher Education Enhancement Act, could significantly change how professors and students experience …

Twelve law enforcement agencies around the state, including one in northwest Ohio, will receive grants in the 12th round of the Ohio Violent Crime Reduction Grant Program, the governor’s office announces. In northwest Ohio, the Paulding Police Department will get $20,077. The grants will pay for retention and hiring bonuses …

The closure of the U.S. 127 bridge over the Maumee River, south of Sherwood for replacement is nearing. Defiance County officials mentioned the project during their weekly update at the county commissioners’ Monday session. Commissioners also met with the Friends of Independence Dam State Park group, learning of the nearing …

A proposal to implement downtown traffic changes, aimed at increased pedestrian safety…moved along with Defiance City Council’s approval of a related design contract this week. An ordinance in that matter was one of four legislative items passed by council, including one concerning long-standing discussions with Ohio EPA on mandated wastewater …

Officials take an 18-year-old male to the hospital…after his car flips over in a solo crash in DeKalb County. They say…18-year-old, Tyler Caudill was westbound on County Road 28…approaching an “S” curve, near County Road 100. That’s when Caudill…at high speed…missed the first curve, causing the vehicle to head off …

Ohio State University is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to consider questions about the law known as Title IX…in a case that affects whether more than 230 men can proceed with lawsuits against the school…over decades-old sexual abuse by a team doctor, the late Richard Strauss. The petition urges the …

A tractor trailer fire on U.S. 24 in Henry County shuts down traffic for more than two hours. A vehicle carrier was in flames…in the eastbound lanes…officials tell reporters…the cab of the truck was saved. The trailer was destroyed and vehicles on it…damaged. Napoleon Fire was called to the scene…along …

Backers of a proposal…to enshrine abortion rights in the Ohio Constitution…can begin collecting the more than 413,000 voter signatures required to put the issue before voters this fall…all this…after the petition cleared another hurdle this week. The constitutional amendment moves to the signature-gathering phase after the Ohio Ballot Board confirmed …

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose unveiled legislation that would clarify and standardize the way election data is organized, stored and shared across the state, a proposal that the Republican says can serve as a national model in addressing the “crisis of confidence” in American elections. The Data Analysis Transparency …

Former U.S. Sen. Rob Portman is joining forces with the University of Cincinnati to create a new academic center that will foster civility, open and inclusive dialogue and bipartisanship in politics, the Republican and the university announce. The newly established Portman Center for Policy Solutions will be housed within the …