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By Nick Keller/Kent State NewsLab Synthetic versions of kratom will remain illegal to sell in Ohio.  According to rules issued

By the Statehouse Reporting Project Angela Fitzpatrick routinely sees people on street corners, holding signs asking for money. She knows

By Nick Keller/Kent State NewsLab In summer 2025, the Ohio House of Representatives passed a bill that reduced the personal

By Nick Keller/Kent State NewsLab Artificial intelligence and software companies are focusing on Ohio for data center development.  Google began

By Kayla Gleason, Jack Bordeleau and Xavier Asher The Statehouse Reporting Project Kansas City firefighter Josh Magaha teaches fentanyl and

By The Statehouse Reporting Project  Widespread networks of automated license plate surveillance cameras that create hordes of data used to

Statehouse Reporting Project As the use of artificial intelligence has become increasingly prevalent, lawmakers are wrestling with how to regulate

By Lillion Alhassan/Kent State NewsLab When federal emergency dollars poured into Ohio campuses during the pandemic, universities used the influx

By Lillion Alhassan/Kent State NewsLab Ohio’s Cuyahoga Valley National Park and the United Kingdom’s Dartmoor National Park became sister parks

By Lillion Alhassan, Kent State NewsLab Across Ohio, township governments decide how communities handle roads, safety, and growth. But there