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About 2 million Americans, including some Ohioans, are getting a raise today as a new federal minimum wage takes effect.

About 2 million Americans, including some Ohioans, are getting a raise today as a new federal minimum wage takes effect.

The fatal collapse of a bridge in Minneapolis a year ago jolted states into better inspections of the nation's 600,000 bridges, but they aren't coming up with the billions of dollars needed to ensure that all ...

As we look toward a historic November election in Ohio, with an anticipated turnout of 80 percent, three key words come to mind: preparation, partnership and success.

COLUMBUS - Another camp season is passing by without the state having the authority to enforce background checks on employees at residential camps across Ohio.

The Ohio Nurses Association said Wednesday that it would lobby the General Assembly for tougher laws that deal with attacks on nurses.

Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at 6:31 p.m. Effective August 1, 2008, the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles is implementing new measures to reduce the possibility for fraudulent motor vehicle registrations.

COLUMBUS - Gov. Ted Strickland invited 'wild ideas' Tuesday during the first of 12 'education conversations.' But aside from a student's praise for a possible longer school year, most of the suggestions from ...

COLUMBUS - Recognizing that recruiting and retaining qualified professionals to teach in Ohio's schools - particularly those in Southeast Ohio - is critical to the future well-being of our children and the ...

Malkin and conservative bloggers attack fat people in Ohio Of course, she gently tiptoes around the actual slurs , leaving that to her commenters.

About 16,000 Ohioans are stuck on a Medicaid backlog and officials say they're trying to fix that.

All Things Considered, July 17, 2008 A generation ago, the livelihood of Gloria Nunez's family was built on cars.

A former missionary turned police officer was shot and killed along with a suspect after police were called to a disturbance outside a downtown nightclub early Friday.

Workers entered the Ohio labor force at a pace that outstripped demand in June, driving the jobless rate to 6.6 percent even as statewide employment was growing.

Like most other states, Ohio has taken its share of battering as the nation's economy struggles with challenges ranging from high gasoline prices to the "subprime mortgage crisis." Here in the Ohio Valley, ...

COLUMBUS - Ohio is embarking on an aggressive 10-year plan to increase state spending on higher education, cut tuition costs and increase enrollment at public colleges, something that has national experts both ...

The Ohio Department of Taxation announced that its summer 2008 edition of the Ohio State Tax Report is now available.

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission on Monday rolled out a plan to spend about $250 million a year from Interstate 80 toll collections to repair the highway's surface, rebuild its bridges and perform other ...

It looks like Central Ohioans will have a sunny and mainly dry finish to the holiday weekend.

We hope Ohioans serving in the military in Iraq and Afghanistan haven't heard about the problem regarding a proposal for the state to pay them bonuses for their service.