Anxiety, confusion, terror: giving birth during a pandemic
NEW YORK — Pregnancy, birth and life with a newborn in the middle of a pandemic has brought on high anxiety, ever-shifting hospital protocols...
Voter outreach led to big drop in rejected mail ballots
ATLANTA — The coronavirus pandemic triggered an unprecedented surge in mailed ballots last year, raising concerns that a flood of first-time absentee voters would...
Neil Clark, lobbyist named in $60M Ohio bribery probe, dies
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A longtime Ohio lobbyist who had pleaded not guilty in a sweeping federal bribery investigation died Tuesday, a former U.S. attorney...
Voter outreach led to big drop in rejected mail ballots
ATLANTA — The coronavirus pandemic triggered an unprecedented surge in mailed ballots last year, raising concerns that a flood of first-time absentee voters would...
Neil Clark, lobbyist named in $60M Ohio bribery probe, dies
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A longtime Ohio lobbyist who had pleaded not guilty in a sweeping federal bribery investigation died Tuesday, a former U.S. attorney...
Union: Ford backs out on vow to add new model at Ohio plant
DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. has backed out on a contract promise to invest $900 million at an assembly plant outside Cleveland for an...
Cities, groups aim to stop Ohio’s push for early census data
A coalition of cities, counties and civil rights groups sued the U.S. Census Bureau last year to stop it from ending the 2020 census...
Extent of COVID-19 vaccine waste remains largely unknown
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — As millions continue to wait their turn for the COVID-19 vaccine, small but steady amounts of the precious doses have gone...
Scientists: Climate-whipped winds pose Great Lakes hazards
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Powerful gusts linked to global warming are damaging water quality and creating a hazard for fish in Lake Erie and...
Timing key in consulting deal between FirstEnergy, regulator
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Shortly before a utility lawyer and lobbyist was appointed Ohio’s top regulator of electric and power generating companies, he received $4.3...
