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The new Education Freedom Scholarship provides $7,295 per student, compared to $7,023 through the state’s public school ...

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The state’s Roth IRA program has signed up more than 20,500 employees and will soon mandate employer participation if no ...

Akron, Ohio, reopened a major downtown park after a $17 million renovation last year, part of a strategy to promote downtown growth by investing in public spaces.

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A measure that would’ve instituted a 10-year ban on state and local government AI regulations was ultimately dropped from the ...

Regardless of the particular circumstances, many are determined both to improve their town and to better integrate with it.

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Cities and states scrambled to house homeless people in hotels and motels during the emergency phase of the pandemic. Many ...