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Two elections on amendments make 2023 a historic year for Ohio’s constitution
By Karen Kasler On November 11, 2023 COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) – This week’s election featuring Issue 1, the constitutional amendment on abortion rights, brought out an unofficial total of…
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Ohio lawmakers differ on how to change abortion policies to comply with new amendment
By Jo Ingles On November 11, 2023 COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) – The amendment approved by voters Tuesday enshrines abortion rights into the state’s founding document. And the passage of…
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Ohio’s House leader nixes the idea from some Republicans to seize courts’ power over abortion laws
By Jo Ingles On November 14, 2023 COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A draft bill from a Republican lawmaker proposed taking authority away from the courts on laws involving the…
Read MoreOhio’s Senate Leader now says after the Issue 1 vote, abortion won’t be back on the ballot soon
By Jo Ingles On On November 16, 2023 COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Republican leader of the Ohio Senate says he doesn’t want an abortion amendment to change parts…
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Ohio’s top court will consider how Issue 1 affects the state’s six-week abortion ban
By Statehouse News Bureau On November 17, 2023 COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Supreme Court, which has been considering a technical question about the state’s ban on abortion after…
Read MoreTop Russian court bans LGBT movement as ‘extremist’
On November 30, 2023 MOSCOW, Nov 30 (Reuters) – Russia’s Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that LGBT activists should be designated as extremists, in a move that representatives of gay…
Read MoreFlorida roofing company launches promotion offering an AR-15 and a turkey
Business has picked up at Roof EZ after two days of the promotion, which offers an AR-15 and a frozen turkey to customers who buy a roof, according to the…
Read MoreGeorge Floyd’s convicted killer stabbed in Tucson prison; reform group weighs in
By Andrew Christiansen On November 26, 2023 TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — The AP says Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, was stabbed at the federal…
Read MoreA million Britons are already working past 65. Whatever happened to retirement?
More people than ever are being employed well into their old age, some on punishing zero-hours contracts. It’s probably not because they all love their jobs By Betsy Reed On…
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