An investigation by Ohio’s inspector general says a state employee played golf when his time sheets said he was working.

State officials say nearly 390,000 more doses of swine flu vaccine are on the way to replenishing local health departments and hospitals around Ohio.

The controversial public option has been dropped from the health-care reform bill, but the legislation is still stirring up debate.

Ohio lawmakers are hoping a little extra money will convince college graduates to stay and buy a house in the Buckeye State.

The state budget provided little help to the agency that runs Ohio’s parks and wildlife programs, currently facing a half-billion-dollar maintenance backlog. 

The president of Youngstown State University has made it official by saying he will retire next year.

Supporters of the Ohio Historical Society, concerned about proposed budget cuts, staged protests Tuesday aiming to pressure lawmakers to restore funding.

Bituminous coal is now West Virginia’s official state rock.

Local officials have put a price on last month’s riot near Kent State University: $26,259.

A Republican state lawmaker said Wednesday that proposed House changes to Governor Ted Strickland’s school-funding plan could be an indication of how the state would handle federal stimulus money. 

A new study suggests almost one in five 4-year-olds in the U.S. is obese. Even more startling, the rate among American-Indians is nearly one in three.

The case of Alan Patton certainly made headlines. He’s the man accused of collecting urine from restrooms in Gahanna and Hilliard, then drinking it.

The state has agreed to start discussing the best way to release eligible children from state detention centers almost as soon as they arrive.

Youngstown State is virtually eliminating its out-of-state tuition surcharge for students from eight counties in western Pennsylvania.

Comedian and activist Bill Cosby says he’ll perform at a concert benefiting Central State University, but only if the southwestern Ohio school raises $2 million for university initiatives.