A finding for recovery of $9,712.60 was issued Tuesday against the former fiscal officer for the Village of Windham in Portage County over penalties and fees that resulted from late payments.
Following alarming reports that California officials failed to properly safeguard federal funds, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Oversight Committee Republicans have launched an investigation into rampant taxpayer fraud in California’s hospice programs.
Cities and states are filing lawsuits and scrambling for alternative sources of money as the Trump administration seeks to shut off the federal funding spigot for biking and walking trails.
A Lake County woman was sentenced recently to jail time and ordered to pay $775,000 in restitution for fraudulently billing Medicaid, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced.
Ohio Senate Bill 56 became law Friday after Ohioans for Cannabis Choice failed to get enough signatures to get a referendum on the November ballot for voters to block the law.
With many travelers seeing long waits at airports because of the partial government shutdown, President Donald Trump said Saturday he would send Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to provide security at airports to ease the strain.
The U.S. Department of Justice has begun connecting its push to obtain sensitive personal data on millions of voters to whether the upcoming midterm elections will be fair and secure, laying the groundwork for the Trump administration to potentially cast doubt on the results.
A new report shows nearly half of Ohio’s 1.58 million renters are paying more than they can afford on rent. Ohio also has a shortage of 266,000 affordable and available rental units, the report shows.
Elizabeth Sergent’s sentence included ordered restitution of $1,607, which included audit costs; 60 months of community control; and 80 hours of community service after she pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor count of theft in Jackson County Municipal Court.
The millions of immigrants who have crossed the border with Mexico since 2020 could change the balance of political power in Congress — but in a way likely to boost Republican states that emphasize border security, at the expense of more welcoming Democratic states.
The House of Representatives in Georgia voted to suspend the state's motor vehicle tax for 60 days against the backdrop of gas prices rising to an average of $3.72 on Wednesday.
Attorney General Dave Yost has issued Ohio’s annual report on concealed handgun licensing, showing that a total of 77,159 permits were issued in the state in 2025.
Amid a slew of proposed changes scaling the federal government’s role in broadening assistance in federal rental programs, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development plans to rescind a 2024 regulation requiring public housing agencies and certain federally subsidized landlords to give 30 days’ notice before filing for eviction based on unpaid rent.
The Ohio Military Reserve completed its routine, annual training, March 5-8, for its homeland threat and emergency preparedness missions as assigned by the Ohio adjutant general.
