Megan Henry

The public school coalition Vouchers Hurt Ohio is confident the Republican-controlled Ohio Supreme Court will find the state’s Education Choice private school voucher program unconstitutional. Vouchers Hurt Ohio is a coalition of more than 300 public school districts challenging the...

For the second year in a row, Ohio spent more than a billion dollars on private school vouchers, this time for the 2026 fiscal year. The total amount for Ohio’s five private school voucher programs was $1.173 billion, according to...

Ohio had the steepest decline in homeownership affordability between 2020 to 2025, according to new reporting from the National Housing Conference. The number of occupations able to afford a typically priced home with a 10% down payment fell nearly 41%...

Cleveland State University will be offering free tuition for qualified first-year students starting next year. Cleveland State University Board of Trustees recently approved the Cleveland State Commitment , which is for incoming first-year students with at least a 3.0 GPA...

Cincinnati Public Schools is the first school district in the nation to own and operate a parking lot where families experiencing homelessness can go to at night and sleep in their cars. Cincinnati’s Safe Sleep Lot opened April 30 at...

Ohio Democratic lawmakers are introducing bills that would ban children 13 and younger from operating electric bikes and electric scooters, and require people wear helmets when riding e-bikes and e-scooters. Ohio state Sen. Bill DeMora, D-Columbus, recently introduced Ohio Senate...

Ohio’s chronic absenteeism rate has been trending downward in recent years, but still remains higher than it was pre-pandemic. The statewide chronic absenteeism rate — missing 10% or more of school hours for any reason — was 23.7% for the...

Bayer is building a $2.2 billion pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in New Albany, Ohio, the company has announced. This will create 1,500 construction jobs and 600 highly-skilled permanent jobs “ focused on developing the compounds that make Bayer’s medicines work,” Ohio...

Ohio Democratic candidate for governor Dr. Amy Acton and Ohio Democratic U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur have faced backlash from comments they have made about transgender people during the lead up to Election Day. Acton said she agreed with a U.S...

This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide, please call or text the National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988. Family and friends remembered Pierre Damas Bel as a hard-working, loving, and dependable young man...

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 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...