Karen Kasler
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Statehouse News Bureau
State lawmakers have a constitutional deadline of Sept. 30 to approve a new congressional district map.
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Groups are beginning to file legal challenges against the state legislative district maps. -
Senate President Matt Huffman (R-Lima) says the maps are the only ones introduced are were constitutional.
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Gov. Mike DeWine has offered a new college scholarship incentive program aimed at boosting the number of young people receiving the coronavirus vaccine; the head of Akron's I Promise School is on paid leave after being accused of slapping a student; a new lawsuit challenges Ohio’s newly drawn state legislative districts as giving an extreme and unfair advantage to the Republican Party; and more stories.
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The maps have been blasted as gerrymandered toward Republicans, in violation of a 2015 constitutional amendment to change the map creation process.
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Younger Ohioans could receive up to $100,000 as part of a new scholarship vaccination incentive from the Ohio Department of Health.
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In 2020, the parole board made decisions on 953 people up for parole, 151 were granted release. There’s no information on how many of those were “old law inmates” or any details on who received parole.
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