Mackenzie Wallace – Reporting Public Policy

Reporting Public Policy

A Reporting Project of the Kent State University School of Media and Journalism

Mackenzie Wallace December 7, 2014December 8, 2014 0 Comments Athletics, Community, food, holidays, Kent, Kent Social Services, kent state, Portage County, volunteer

Kent Social Services is ‘place of peace’ for the community

Kent Social Services located at 1066 S. Water St. is in need of donations, especially gift cards, this holiday season.

Mackenzie Wallace November 2, 2014 0 Comments

Ohio Attorney General Candidates

Candidate: Mike DeWine Political party: Republican Background: Mike DeWine started his career as an assistant prosecuting attorney in Greene County

Mackenzie Wallace October 7, 2014October 7, 2014 0 Comments Community, Enterprise, Health, Kent State smoking ban, Kent State University, smoking policy, Students, tobacco-free, Tobacco-Free Campus Advisory Board

Committee recommendation states Kent State should become tobacco-free, but no stance on e-cigs yet

Smoking policy signs are posted around some campus buildings, like this one at Bowman Hall, but other buildings have no

Mackenzie Wallace October 2, 2014October 6, 2014 0 Comments agenda, City Development, Kent, kent, kent city council, parking

Kent City Council votes to change parking on West Main Street bridge

Kent City Council discusses parking on the West Main Street bridge while looking at an image from The Chestnut Burr,

Mackenzie Wallace September 29, 2014September 30, 2014 0 Comments Greek life, hazing, kent state, Kent State University, Student safety, zero tolerance policy

Hazing: A nationwide problem on college campuses

Hazing has been a recent issue at Kent State, as two fraternities have been suspended for it in the last

Mackenzie Wallace September 15, 2014 0 Comments City of Kent, Community, enterovirus, EV-D68, Health, Kent State University, Portage County, Portage County Health Department, respiratory

Respiratory enterovirus spreading across nation

At least 12 states, including Ohio, are investigating an increase in respiratory illnesses that could be related to the rare