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Voters depart an election center during primary voting, May 21, 2024, in Kennesaw, Ga. Conservative groups are systematically attempting to challenge large numbers of voter registrations across the country ahead of this year's presidential election. The strategy is part of a wider effort to raise questions about the integrity of this year's election as former President Donald Trump repeatedly claims without evidence that his opponents are trying to cheat. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

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Conservative groups are pushing to clean voter rolls. Others see an effort to sow election distrust
By JULIE CARR SMYTH - Associated Press
Sat,07/13/24-9:51AM , 83 Reads
Conservative groups are systematically attempting to challenge the legitimacy of large numbers of voter registrations across the country before the presidential election.
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Students and parents rally at the Ohio Statehouse in support of possible changes that would increase eligibility for taxpayer-funded school vouchers to K-12 students statewide, May 17, 2023, in Columbus, Ohio. National Republicans are poised to support “universal school choice” as part of the policy platform they adopt at the 2024 Republican National Convention, which starts next week on Monday, July 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Samantha Hendrickson, File)

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The GOP platform calls for 'universal school choice.' What would that mean for students?
By JULIE CARR SMYTH - Associated Press
Thu,07/11/24-1:35PM , 70 Reads
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — National Republicans are poised to support “universal school choice” as part of the policy platform they adopt at next week’s convention in Milwaukee, a goal supporters see as the culmination of decades advocating for parents’ autonomy to pick their children’s schools.
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The Littel Art Theatre is seen after the 7 p.m. showing of Raising Arizona on Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Yellow Springs, Ohio. When the Little Art Theatre set out to land a $100,000 grant to fund a stylish new marquee, the cozy arthouse theater had some talented help. Oscar-winning documentarian Steve Bognar lives in Yellow Springs, the bohemian Ohio town where the theater's a downtown fixture. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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How an Oscar-winning filmmaker helped a small-town art theater in Ohio land a big grant
By JULIE CARR SMYTH - Associated Press
Fri,07/05/24-11:09PM , 93 Reads
YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio (AP) — When the Little Art Theatre set out to land a $100,000 grant to fund a stylish new marquee, with a nod to its century-long history, the cozy Ohio arthouse theater had some talented help.
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Issue 1 supporters celebrate as Rhiannon Carnes, executive director, Ohio Women's Alliance, speaks at a watch party, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, in Columbus Ohio. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

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Ohio voters approved reproductive rights. Will the state's near-ban on abortion stand?
By JULIE CARR SMYTH - Associated Press
Sun,05/19/24-1:05AM , 107 Reads
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A county judge could rule as early as Monday on Ohio's law banning virtually all abortions, a decision that will take into consideration the decision by voters to enshrine reproductive rights in the state constitution.
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