Ethylene oxide was once considered an unremarkable pollutant. The colorless gas seeped from relatively few industrial facilities and commanded little public attention.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and the head of the state’s Department of Children and Youth say they’ve engaged with the Trump administration to prove Ohio’s child care system is heavily safeguarded and worthy of federal funding.

Protests continued Thursday after thousands of protesters took to the streets in Minneapolis on Wednesday night, rallying against ICE agents in the community and mourning the death of a woman killed by agents.

Committee Chairman U.S. Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., also cited a newly released report by the Minnesota’s Office of the Legislative Auditor that found evidence of various documents being created or backdated after investigative audits had been performed. 

The U.S. House recently passed, 211-204, a bill to remove Endangered Species Act protections for the gray wolf outside Alaska.

A protestor Homeland Security said tried to kill officers was fatally shot Wednesday in Minnesota's Twin Cities, less than 24 hours after an Ecuadorian wanted for murder in his home country was taken off the streets there.

A Hillsboro man was sentenced recently to community control after pleading guilty to having weapons while under disability.

Republicans could gain nearly 200 state legislative seats across the South if the U.S. Supreme Court guts a key provision of the federal Voting Rights Act, a new analysis finds.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine issued the following statement endorsing Vivek Ramaswamy for governor and Rob McColley for lieutenant governor: "With the election year upon us, I am joining Republicans across Ohio in supporting our dynamic ticket for governor, led by Vivek Ramaswamy.

As the housing shortage pushes more Americans into homelessness for the first time, the Trump administration wants to focus federal housing aid on mental health treatment and enforcement against street homelessness, rather than on finding people permanent homes as quickly as possible.

Georgia couples filing jointly would see their income tax eliminated on their first $100,000 beginning with the 2027 tax year under a plan from a Senate study committee.

Four Republican states have agreed to help the Trump administration gain access to state driver’s license data through a nationwide law enforcement computer network as part of the administration’s hunt for alleged noncitizen voters.

A Huron County man was sentenced this week to 14 years in prison for the death and disappearance eight years ago of his girlfriend, Amanda Dean, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced.

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he will back off his plans to use National Guard troops in the Democratic-led cities of Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon.

Walz decision not to seek a third term comes amid allegations of fraud with federal dollars in Minnesota. In November, a report alleged millions of taxpayer dollars were stolen from Minnesota's welfare system and sent to a Somali-based terror group.