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Ohio’s governor and lieutenant governor have been drawn into a FirstEnergy investors lawsuit, connected to the $60 million dollar bribery scheme concocted by the Akron-based energy giant and a now-incarcerated House speaker. Gov., DeWine received a subpoena for documents in the case. His spokesperson, Dan Tierney, says the governor’s lawyers …

The Bryan City Council approved a third ordinance over adult use cannabis within the city limits, with a final decision likely coming next Monday. Council met in special session to consider an ordinance that would limit the adult use cannabis operators, cultivators and dispensaries within the city limits. Last week, …

In Findlay, Chief Markets’ parent company, Fresh Encounter, in collaboration with their customers, announce an $81,000 dollar charitable contribution to local food banks and mental health organizations as part of Giving Tuesday. The donation is designed to address food insecurity and promote mental well-being in the community, with a total …

The more than two-year legal battle over the maps of Ohio Statehouse districts that were crafted in response to the 2020 Census may be over. In a 4-3 ruling, the Ohio Supreme Court cited unanimous, bipartisan passage in September of a new round of legislative maps in dismissing three long-running …

Voters in most unincorporated areas of Williams County will vote in March on whether they want to allow electric aggregation to be available. The issue will not appear on the ballots for voters in Center and Springfield townships, however, as those areas have previously voted to allow electric aggregation. According …

Officials for the Village of Montpelier put an end to a series of projects spanning decades at the village council’s meeting. The village has been under a long-term control plan through the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency for several decades in order to complete combined sewer overflow projects, which separates storm …

Rather than banning the sale and cultivation of adult use cannabis within the city limits, Bryan City Council seems poised to limit those actions. Council previously had two ordinances it was considering that would have banned the sale and cultivation of adult, recreational use marijuana, which was approved earlier this …

Abortion providers and a pregnancy resource center sought a preliminary injunction to broaden the scope of a health or life exception to Indiana’s near-total abortion ban and to expand the sites where the procedures can be performed. The ban outlaws abortion even in cases presenting a serious health risk and …

Ohio’s new constitutional protections for abortion access and other reproductive rights are supposed to take effect Dec. 7, a month after voters resoundingly passed them. That prospect seems increasingly uncertain. Existing abortion-related lawsuits are moving again through the courts now that voters have decided the issue, raising questions about how …

The Bryan Board of Public Affairs is presented with the Bryan Municipal Utilities proposed budgets for 2024. On the electric side, operations and management shows a total of $21 million dollars in revenue, with $20 million of that coming from charges for service. Electric expenses are being proposed at $19.2 …