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Ohio recreational marijuana sales surpass $11.5 million during first ...
WEBAug 19, 2024 · Ohio legal weed sales topped $11.5 million in less than a week. The state’s total recreational marijuana sales was $11,530,708 as of Aug. 10, according to the Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Cannabis Control. Recreational sales started Aug. 6 — eight months after 57% of Ohioans voted to legalize recreational marijuana. The average of price of an ounce of flower was $266 last week ...
Ohioans spent $211 million subsidizing two coal plants over last …
WEBJan 12, 2022 · Ohioans spent $211 million subsidizing two coal plants over last two years. Aerial photograph of the OVEC-operated Kyger Creek Power Plant in Cheshire. (Getty Images.) Electric customers across Ohio collectively spent an estimated $211 million via add-on bill charges over the last two years to cover for …
Recreational marijuana is now legal in Ohio. Here are some do's …
WEBDec 12, 2023 · Republish photo only with original story.) Ohio became the 24th state where recreational marijuana is legal last week. The law is now in effect after voters passed Issue 2 in the November election. Although marijuana is legal, there are quite a few caveats because lawmakers can tweak that law, and it could be several months before the state ...
Key takeaways from Monday’s U.S. Senate Ohio ... - Ohio Capital …
WEBFeb 20, 2024 · Key takeaways from Monday’s U.S. Senate Ohio Republican primary debate. From left, Mike Kaylmyer moderates a U.S. Senate Ohio Republican primary forum between state Sen. Matt Dolan, Secretary of State Frank Larose, and businessman Bernie Moreno Monday, February 19, 2024, in the TLB Auditorium at …
Red flag laws in U.S. saving lives, but underutilized. Ohio proposal ...
WEBOct 14, 2021 · Red flag laws in U.S. saving lives, but underutilized. Ohio proposal stalled. By: Guest Author - October 14, 2021 12:30 am. Demonstrators hold up signs representing victims of gun violence along the east front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Tom Brenner/Getty Images). By Matt Vasilogambros, Stateline, an initiative of …
Private school voucher challengers end fight to compel …
WEBAug 21, 2024 · The groups seeking to eliminate a private school voucher program in Ohio have backed off of an effort to get the state’s Senate president to speak on the matter. Attorneys for Ohio public school districts and anti-voucher coalitions notified the Franklin County Common Pleas Court that they had ...
Ohio Senate passes massive higher education overhaul bill, House ...
WEBMay 18, 2023 · The Ohio Senate passed a massive higher education bill that would significantly alter college campuses. Wednesday’s 21-10 vote comes a week after changes and clarification were made to Senate Bill 83, which was introduced by state Sen. Jerry Cirino, R-Kirtland in March.
Increase support for child care in Ohio. This is a no-brainer.
WEBApr 23, 2021 · According to Child Care Aware of America, the average price of center-based infant child care in Ohio is indeed nearly the same as the average annual tuition and fees at a public four-year college or university, costing $10,009 compared to $10,790. The cost of child care for an infant and a 4-year-old averages at $18,267 per year at a center.
Ohio is largely losing population and growing older except in the ...
WEBNov 2, 2022 · Ohio Capital Journal Editor-in-Chief and Opinion Columnist David DeWitt has been covering government, politics, and policy in Ohio since 2007, including education, health care, crime and the courts, poverty, state and local government, business, labor, energy, the environment, and social issues.
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