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Should students be drug tested? Many Ohio districts have policies for middle, high school students
Should students be drug tested? Many school districts in Ohio already have drug-testing policies in place for student athletes, typically involving at least one scheduled drug test a year, along with random drug tests throughout the year. Strongsville City School District will be implementing a new policy this year, for...
Ohio: Over $11 Million in Recreational Marijuana Sold During First Four Days of Legal Sales
The Marijuana Herald - Marijuana news and information Ohio’s recreational marijuana market kicked off with a strong start, bringing in over $11.5 million in sales during the first week, according to data from the state’s Division of Cannabis Control released on Wednesday. Dispensaries across Ohio moved 1,285 pounds of marijuana flower and sold 173,043 units of other cannabis products, including edibles and topicals, … Continue reading The post Ohio: Over $11 Million in Recreational Marijuana Sold During First Four Days of Legal Sales appeared first on The Marijuana Herald.
Eight states file court brief challenging California’s electric vehicle mandate
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird led a coalition of eight state attorneys general, including New Hampshire’s John Formella, in filing a court brief supporting Ohio’s lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency over California’s electric vehicle mandates. California’s mandate requires all new cars and vehicles sold in California to be electric by 2035. The mandate passed […]
LL Flooring closing four Ohio stores amid bankruptcy. See the which ones will shut down
LL Flooring, previously known as Lumber Liquidators, announced that it will close four Ohio stores as it shutters 94 stores nationwide. The retail flooring company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Sunday, citing slowing home sales and rising interest rates, per a release on its website. LL Flooring is the latest company...
Ohio vacationer claims spilled milk stopped her from scanning items at self-checkout
An Ohio woman was arrested while on vacation for allegedly skip-scanning over $90 worth of items at a self-checkout in Walmart. A deputy responded to Walmart, located at 550 U.S. Hwy. 27 in Clermont, regarding retail theft around 11:37 a.m. Monday, according to an arrest report from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
Matt Rife Talks New Netflix Crowd Work Special and Reveals How Success Affected His Mental Health
As an aspiring comedian growing up in Ohio, Matt Rife never anticipated becoming as successful as he is now — and he’s still pinching himself that his goals have come to fruition. In an exclusive interview with Us Weekly to promote Netflix’s Matt Rife: Lucid – A Crowd Work Special, Rife, 28, reflected on the […]
After criticism, Landsman challenger Orlando Sonza rejects endorsement from 'antisemite'
The Republican running in Ohio's Cincinnati-area 1st Congressional District said Tuesday he has removed the name of a man with a history of antisemitic reports from his web page's list of endorsements. Orlando Sonza, who's challenging Democratic Rep. Greg Landsman, renounced the endorsement of Kiumars Kiani. That announcement came after Landsman...
Ohio has passed transgender bathroom laws in schools. Are businesses next?
LIMA — A transgender bathroom ban was first introduced by North Carolina in 2016. The law, HB2, proposed people use bathrooms aligned with their gender from birth and not what they identify with. It was officially repealed in 2020 after a partial repeal in 2017 and statewide boycotting and frustrations among the community. Eight years later, states are forming similar versions of HB2 and are making it further, being signed into legislation. As it stands, 20% of the states have an active bathroom law. The law states that transgender people must use the bathroom according to their gender from birth and not what they identify as, emphasizing schools, locker rooms, and government-owned buildings.
Federal court sentences Ohio man for poisoning thousands of fish in Scioto River
COLUMBUS – The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife was part of an investigation that resulted in Mark Shepherd, 73, of Kenton, being sentenced in federal court Tuesday for violating the Clean Water Act by dumping pollutants and hazardous substances into waterways, killing thousands of fish in the Scioto River.
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