The Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review (JCARR) passed an administration rule from the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) known as “appropriate methods for determining presence of fetal heartbeat,” despite the fact that the rule matched language in a previously passed abortion law and that the...
WARREN — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and officials from the Ohio Department of Transportation and the Ohio Traffic Safety Office are optimistic about the impact of Ohio’s strengthened distracted driving law on road safety. DeWine stated in a recent news release,“Most distracted driving can be attribu...
The Ohio Department of Educationmakes a distinctionbetween chronic absenteeism and habitual truancy. Chronic absenteeism means missing 10 percent or more of total hours of school during the year for any reason, including excused and unexcused absences. Habitual truancy means missing 30 or more hours ...
The Ohio Department of Transportation says it needs nearly $2 billion to slow the growth of commute times and make a stretch of highway in one of the state’s fastest-growing counties safer. Delaware County’s population has more than doubled in more than 20 years and increased by more th...
The U.S. Department of Justice unveiled a suit Wednesday accusing CVS, the nation's largest pharmacy chain, of knowingly filling invalid prescriptions for powerful opioids and ignoring internal pleas from its pharmacists as it allegedly put profits over safety. ...
She said the state's argument that the laws are vital to “the health and safety of all Ohioans” failed to meet the new legal mark while lawyers for Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio Region and the other clinics and physicians who brought the suit against the Ohio Department o...
The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction said Friday afternoon that investigators had determined that 47-year-old James Lee and 50-year-old Bradley Gillespie left the Allen/Oakwood Correctional Institution in Lima "after concealing themselves in a dumpster." The two men were reported ...
She said the state's argument that the laws are vital to "the health and safety of all Ohioans" failed to meet the new legal mark while lawyers for Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio Region and the other clinics and physicians who brought the suit against the Ohio Department of Health are li...
Ohioans are known for their friendly, hard-working demeanor. The Ohio Department of Education oversees a range of educational stages, from high school to higher education, with notable institutions like the Ohio State University contributing to a well-educated population. Ohio children form an integr...
The Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OhioMHAS) oversees the state’s addiction prevention, treatment and recovery systems. Its mission is to provide high-quality and effective mental health services to Ohioans, and its vision is to become a national leader in implementing ...