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Local
Two home fires displaced eight people on Friday evening. The fires took place on East State Street and West Union Street. (The Athens Messenger)
Ohio University will celebrate 20 years of global arts at the university with the return of its Global Arts Festival, featuring free music and dance performances in Athens March 17–19. (The Athens Messenger)
Regional
Moonville Rail Trail will add about 100 new trail signs this spring with funding from Austin Powder. (Moonville Rail Trail)
State
Hundreds of thousands of Haitian immigrants were set to lose legal permission to live or work in the U.S. this week, with Springfield, Ohio residents preparing for raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. But on Monday, a judge denied the Trump administration’s bid to end their temporary protected status. (The Marshall Project)
A new law requiring Ohio correctional facilities to provide free menstrual products and allow female inmates to shower once per day while menstruating will go into effect on March 20. (Ohio Capital Journal)
Four months after a court ordered the Ohio Department of Medicaid to pay nursing homes up to $1 billion, facilities have yet to receive payments. The court found the department had underpaid facilities. Facilities say the delay in obtaining payment is worsening financial strain. (Ohio Capital Journal)
Ohio Sen. John Husted and a Democrat from Arizona have introduced the Delivering for Rural Seniors Act. The act would expand home delivery and rural food access for the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP), which serves 30,000 seniors in Ohio. (Ohio Food Banks)
From the Statehouse:
- Ohio Republican lawmakers say they will formally pledge support for President Donald Trump’s call to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. (Ohio Capital Journal)
- Ohio lawmakers have introduceda bill to ban 17 year olds from getting married and raise the minimum age to 18. (Ohio Capital Journal)
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