Megan Henry

Megan Henry

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Megan Henry is a reporter at the Ohio Capital Journal. She has spent the last five years reporting on various topics including education, healthcare, business and crime at The Columbus Dispatch, part of the USA Today Network. She is a graduate of Ohio University and grew up near Toledo, Ohio.

Five Haitians from Springfield, Ohio have been deported after Trump ended protected status
Five Haitians from Springfield, Ohio have been deported back to Haiti after President Donald Trump revoked their legal status, said Theresa Hice-Fromille, a board member of the Haitian Community Help and Support Center . More than 470 people have been...
Ohio’s average public school teacher salary ranks 23rd in the nation, according to report
Ohio’s public school teachers make less than the national average and Ohio’s candidates for governor say they want to pay teachers more. The average public school teacher salary in Ohio is $70,586 — ranking 23rd in the nation, according to...
Ohio Republican bill would create a $360 million special education cost reimbursement fund
A pair of Ohio Republican lawmakers have introduced a bill that would increase special education funding. Ohio state Reps. Andrea White , R-Kettering, and Cindy Abrams, R-Harrison, recently introduced Ohio House Bill 1012 which would create a $360 million special...
Ohio gets a failing mark on sex education policy from national group
Ohio received an “F” for its sex education policy, according to a new report from the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States. This is the second year in a row Ohio has earned an “F” on the...
Ohio’s 2026 governor race: Where the candidates stand on fracking
Ohio’s candidates for governor differ greatly when it comes to fracking in the state. Ohio Democratic candidate Dr. Amy Acton recently announced she would impose a “three-year moratorium on issuing additional permits for the drilling of wastewater injection wells and...
Ohio ICE detentions of Haitians have more than doubled after Trump ended protected status
Nearly 75 Haitians living in Ohio have been detained at one of four Ohio detention facilities that contract with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement since President Trump took away their legal protected status on July 27 — a 142.3%...
Worker files lawsuit one year after orphan well explosion in Ohio’s Wayne National Forest
A year after an orphan well explosion in Wayne National Forest killed two men, a worker who sustained severe burns filed a lawsuit against the companies involved. Six contractors from Monroe Drilling Operations LLC were plugging an abandoned well in...
2,776 acres of Ohio’s Wayne National Forest leased for more than $11 million for fracking
Nearly 3,000 acres of Ohio’s only national forest were leased this week for more than $11 million by the Bureau of Land Management to out-of-state companies for fracking. The BLM auctioned off 40 parcels in Monroe and Washington counties totaling...
Ohio report cards show 38 school districts need help to meet state standards
About 6% of Ohio school districts need support to meet state standards, according to the new state report cards the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce released Tuesday. The department uses 1 to 5 star ratings in half increments based...
Ohio GOP lawmaker says university centers are not right-wing indoctrination. Professor pushes back.
A Republican Ohio state senator says that Ohio’s five Republican lawmaker-mandated university civics centers are not “right-wing indoctrination,” as a George Washington University Law School professor questioned the need for the centers during a recent panel discussion. Ohio state Sen...
Ohio governor’s race: Where the candidates stand on education issues
Ohio’s candidates for governor have differing ideas when it comes to the future of education — from funding public schools to school vouchers and teacher pay. Ohio Democratic candidate Amy Acton, Ohio Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, and Ohio Libertarian candidate...
Ohio State University, three other Ohio universities receive an ‘F’ in latest free speech rankings
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression gave four Ohio colleges and universities a failing grade on their 2027 College Free Speech rankings. The survey ranked 261 colleges and universities after receiving responses from nearly 63,000 students who were surveyed...