Deadly neglect lawsuits and fines follow Ohio nursing home chain
In courtrooms and Ohio Department of Health inspections, Arbors at Ohio facilities have repeatedly been accused of neglectful care with fatal outcomes.
LATEST NEWS FROM SIGNAL STATEWIDE
Election 2026
Ohio will again send all voters absentee ballot applications as mail voting continues to plunge
A state spending panel voted Monday to approve spending $2.5 million on the universal absentee ballot application mailing, which Ohio has done in every even-year, general election since 2012.
Ohio property tax abolition campaign drops 2026 ballot bid
A leader with the Committee to Abolish Ohio Property Taxes said they’re instead targeting the November 2027 election after falling short of their signature gathering goals.
Sherrod Brown reprises an anti-war message in Ohio’s U.S. Senate race
The Democratic former senator is tying the war in Iran to rising gas and fertilizer prices as he challenges Republican Sen. Jon Husted in November. The tack resembles Brown’s approach in 2006, when he spoke against the then-war in Iraq and won a seat in the U. S. Senate.
GOVERNMENT
The Ohio Supreme Court set safeguards for renters’ electric bills. Lawmakers rolled them back
In a late-night vote Wednesday, lawmakers rolled back legal protections for submetered renters’ electric bills that were established by the Ohio Supreme Court.
EDUCATION
It’s been nearly a year since Senate Bill 1 became law. Tell us if it’s changed your college experience in Ohio
The law, passed in June 2025, overhauled how public higher education works in the state.
HEALTH
Ohio targets fraud in Medicaid, SNAP programs with new legislation
Home health aides will face GPS check-ins and Ohio’s food aid cards are getting security chips under a bill now headed to Gov. DeWine’s desk.
STATE SIGNALS NEWSLETTER
Voter ID heads to the November ballot; Ohio data center fight stalls
Ohio politics news and insights from the State Signals newsletter. Plus, Sen. Jon Husted breaks with President Donald Trump amid a rocky political environment.
PUBLIC SAFETY
Ohio sheriff to deploy helicopters for illegal marijuana grows with fresh $70,000 grant
The Ohio Controlling Board released money for the Ohio Attorney General’s office to contract with the Butler County Sheriff Office’s aviation unit to look for illegal marijuana grows.
NEWS FROM NOTUS
Senate Democrats Think They Have Leverage on SNAP Funding
The farm bill can’t pass without Democrats, and they have one major demand.
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