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

Fall 2023 Stories

Jacob Shondel December 12, 2023 bill roemer, e-check, EPA, northeast Ohio, Ohio EPA

Lawmakers push to eliminate E-Check in Northeast Ohio

If your car is older than four years, you’ve most likely had to get an E-Check performed to renew your

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Grace Springer December 12, 2023 northeast Ohio, Ordinance, Tobacco, tobacco 21

Efforts to regulate tobacco escalate in cities across Northeast Ohio

Cities in Northeast Ohio are taking big steps to regulate tobacco use through flavor bans, retail licenses and even capping

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Andrea Gump November 28, 2018November 28, 2018 0 Comments Andrea Gump, City of Kent, Drugs, northeast Ohio, Opioid Epidemic, Overdoses, Public Library, Reporting Public Policy

Drugs in Public Libraries: Is it an issue?

Librarians were once fighting overdue books, but nobody ever thought they would have to fight overdoses too. Stacey Richardson,

Blythe Alspaugh February 4, 2016September 14, 2016 0 Comments Blythe Alspaugh, Chiamaka Onwuama-Uwagba, downtown kent, Kent, northeast Ohio, ohio

New Downtown Signage brings personality to Downtown Kent

As citizens of Kent make their way downtown, signs telling them to smile, or high-five a stranger may greet them.

Martin Harp February 12, 2015June 17, 2015 0 Comments abortion, northeast Ohio, ohio, Ohio legislation, Ohio Right to Life

Ohio legislation to ban abortions after 20 week mark

Story by Chelsey Milkovich and Martin Harp Audio Story by Jenson Strock A new legislation is being brought forward that