Ohio’s private school voucher program started small. Students at underperforming schools in the city of Cleveland could use the vouchers, funded by taxpayer dollars, to pay for tuition at private schools in hopes of receiving a higher quality education.
Three decades later, the state’s private school voucher program is universal.
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Dwayne Petko kneels on the concrete floor of a semi-built house and turns the knob of a large fan mounted in the front doorway, part of the most common test in his line of work.
Most of John Smiley’s major milestones have been celebrated on his farm in Adams County. It’s where he was born, where he learned to park a tractor, where he’s raised his children and the cattle he makes his living off of.
Over the course of 18 years, Ohio and its communities are receiving nearly $2 billion from pharmaceutical companies to compensate for harm caused by opioids. The Ohio Newsroom is following the money. This is our settlement story of the month.
The murder rate in Toledo dropped for the third consecutive year in 2024, to the lowest point since a pandemic crime surge.
At the Ohio History Center museum in Columbus, a recently redesigned exhibit details the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks and Indigenous cultures in Ohio.
There’s scaled images of ancient rock art, models of Ohio’s environment centuries ago and excavated items used in Native American rituals.
Less than three months before he was assassinated and at the height of his international fame, civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., spoke at Ohio Northern University about the fight for racial justice.
To a crowded room, he highlighted systems of inequality and emphasized nonviolence as a path to justice.
Ohio's LGBTQ+ community is concerned about Donald Trump's second term as president, given the rhetoric he used during the campaign and various policy promises.
Around the world, more young people are turning to digital content creators for news and information. But, unlike traditional journalists at established media outlets, there aren’t guardrails or guidance to ensure independent online creators post ethically.
The Buckeye Trail could become part of the country's national trail system.
The Buckeye Trail is actually a series of trails creating a loop around the state, covering 1,400 miles in the process.
The National Park Service is trying to gauge support for the new designation with a series of public meetings across the state.
