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People taking big money belonging to Medicaid and the man wanting to catch them

The News 5 Investigators have been digging into Medicaid fraud, especially since federal leaders came to Ohio this summer, announcing further crackdowns.
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Ohio lawmakers must prevent Kroger’s surveillance pricing scam

Kroger’s controversial customer surveillance scheme was recently the subject of harsh bipartisan criticism in Congress. Ohio lawmakers have an opportunity to join the nationwide effort to protect consumers from the Cincinnati company’s pricing program. Kroger was the literal poster child for bad corporate behavior at t
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Ohio’s absenteeism crisis: Central Ohio students confess why they stopped going to school

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — For years, Dior Maree’s seat at school was often empty. “I was probably the definition of that,” Maree said. “I was missing like months and months and months of school.”. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is now pushing to reduce chronic absenteeism statewide,...
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A single Google review has turned into an Ohio courtroom battle

An Ohio manufacturing company has filed a defamation lawsuit against a Columbus woman over a one-star Google review, arguing that the online post contained false statements that damaged the company’s reputation and business operations. The case highlights the growing legal tension between online consumer reviews and al
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9 Texas Roadhouse Mistakes Ohio Diners Make Without Realizing

Texas Roadhouse pulled in $5.5 billion in systemwide sales last year, enough to pass Olive Garden as the country’s biggest casual-dining chain. Ohio regulars helped build that number, slip-ups included. These are the Texas Roadhouse mistakes that Ohioans make without realizing. 1. Sticking to the Printed Sizes. Texas R
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Ohio man wins $10,000 lottery prize within hours of turning 18 years old

COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio man decided to try out the lottery for the first time on his 18th birthday and won $10,000 just within hours of becoming old enough to play. Beginner's luck to the extreme: an 18-year-old Ohio resident won a $10,000 prize in the lottery on his milestone birthday.
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World’s biggest AI data center to be built in Ohio

Ohio is a hotspot for data centers . The next one will be the largest in the world . I’m watchdog reporter Victoria Moorwood . A new hyperscale data center for OpenAI, the AI company behind ChatGPT, is going up in Southern Ohio’s Pike County . OpenAI and the site’s owner haven’t said how big the campus will be, but its
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The truth is why Ohioans will not change their minds about why data centers...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Ohioans are angry about data center deals that lock in hundreds of millions of dollars in future tax breaks while sucking up energy and jacking up electricity prices. We’re talking about how data centers are having a hard time convincing Ohioans otherwise on Today in Ohio.
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‘Because I Got High’ singer sues former Ohio cops who sued him

Ohio musician behind “Because I Got High” fame, Afroman, is suing one of the deputies involved in the 2022 raid of his home. Joseph Foreman, better known as Afroman, made headlines in 2023 when the Adams County Sheriff’s Department raided Foreman’s home in 2022 with a search warrant for drug trafficking and kidnapping.
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9 Things That’ll Get You Pulled Over Fast in Ohio

A cruiser’s lights fill someone’s rearview mirror on I-71 outside Columbus, and the driver runs through everything they might have done wrong. The list is longer than many people think. It doesn’t always take speeding, a busted taillight, or a wild lane change to earn that stop.

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