In a Senate Judiciary hearing Tuesday, Oct. 7, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) secured a commitment from Attorney General Pam Bondi that her Department of Justice (DOJ) would fully investigate how Joe Biden weaponized his DOJ to track Senator Hawley’s personal communications and access his confidential phone records. Biden’s special prosecutor Jack Smith also spied on seven other Republican members of Congress.

Georgia spent $54.2 million in less than five years to administer the country’s only Medicaid program with work requirements – more than twice as much as it spent to provide health care to enrollees, according to an analysis released earlier this month by the Government Accountability Office.

As the federal government shutdown hits the one week mark, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is urging Democrats to vote for Republicans’ funding bill to prevent permanent damage to the U.S. economy. 

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) unveiled a new historical marker at Shawnee State Park recently to honor Company 1545, a crew of Black World War I veterans whose work helped shape the park during the Great Depression.

Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh argued in a major case earlier this month that U.S. citizens face few problems in having their immigration status verified if federal agents apprehend them.

The H2Ohio Wetland Monitoring Program, implemented by the Lake Erie and Aquatic Research Network (LEARN), announces the release of its 2024 Annual Report, showcasing the effectiveness of wetland restoration efforts across Ohio to reduce nutrient pollution and mitigate harmful algal blooms (HABs) in Lake Erie and other state water bodies. The findings support the need to continue wetland restoration because of their ability to prevent nutrients that feed HABs from entering lakes and waterways.

The Ohio Rail Development Commission recently approved millions in grant assistance for five freight projects as passenger rail proposals undergo federal studies.

A Canadian man was sentenced to jail and community control recently in Highland County Common Pleas Court after pleading guilty to an attempted theft charge.

A key vaccine advisory panel at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has indefinitely postponed a controversial change to guidelines on administering hepatitis B vaccines to newborn babies, and altered long-standing recommendations around COVID-19 vaccine access for children and adults, though a proposal to require prescriptions for all individuals seeking the shot narrowly failed.

New research at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James) is using artificial intelligence (AI) to devise new ways of predicting which patients will develop an aggressive and difficult-to-detect form of breast cancer called lobular cancer, which represents one in every 10 breast cancers diagnosed in the United States.

A bipartisan group of Pennsylvania state legislators recently hatched a plan to regulate the use of artificial intelligence in health care.

The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) welcomed nearly 600 attendees to the Hilton Columbus Downtown for the 2025 Summit on Sustainability, the annual signature environmental conference.

A group of U.S. investors will take over the massive video-sharing platform TikTok, President Donald Trump said recently.

With summer shopping, projects and vacations in the rearview mirror, Ohioans may be looking to get their budgets back on track ahead of the fast-approaching holiday season. For those who may have overspent, the Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Financial Institutions is offering tips to help consumers manage credit card debt before the season of giving – and spending – begins.

Ohio state Sen. Bill DeMora recently introduced a bill that would ban the sale of intoxicating hemp products to people under 21. Unlike some others that have been introduced, this bill would focus solely on hemp and not on changing voter-passed marijuana law.