This story is part of a special series. Ohioans are set to vote on a referendum on a controversial election overhaul that majority Republicans pushed through the Legislature last year. Minority ...

Kent State University researchers have received a grant to study how people react to disaster alerts over social media. Geography professor Jay Lee and his team will use the $300,000 National Science ...

President Bush told employees at an electric company in a Cleveland suburb yesterday that if Democratic leaders in Congress are serious about reducing gas prices, they'd allow for drilling off U.S.

Cleveland Councilman Zack Reed still want to find a way to control unruly flash mobs following the veto of his proposed ordinance. Courtesy of City of Cleveland Cleveland Councilman Zack Reed is ...

Finding a job in poverty-stricken Cleveland can be a problem for most people, but it's even harder for the thousands of people who return to the city after a prison stay. A new study released today ...

Mayors who say their cities suffer because of loopholes in gun background checks are coming to Youngstown and Euclid Tuesday as part of a national truck tour. The group “Mayors Against Illegal Guns” ...

There were some surprises in the Congressional races last night. But as Ohio Public Radio’s Karen Kasler reports, the experts are saying the November vote won’t be nearly as exciting. The fact that ...

More than a hundred people have participated in the argument over a repeal of Ohio’s current education standards called the Common Core. Now as Statehouse correspondent Andy Chow reports -- at least ...

The Ohio Supreme Court has sided with Ohio State University in a lawsuit brought by sports broadcasting giant ESPN. From Ohio public radio station WOSU, Steve Brown reports. The company brought the ...

Online standardized testing could keep people from changing answers on paper tests. Courtesy of Alberto García Ohio third-graders are gearing up to take a reading test that could determine whether ...

A Canton police officer who drew national attention after a traffic stop has been fired. The city sent notice todaythat Daniel Harless is off the force. But as WKSU’s M.L. Schultze reports, that won’t ...

Chad Aldis of the Fordham Institute says this bill could allow under-performing charter schools to continue operating. Courtesy of Fordham Institute The House Education committee made has more changes ...