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Thursday, July 8, 2021 On 2 July 2021, the Supreme Court announced that it has accepted the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) petition for certiorari in American Hospital Association v. Becerra. At issue is the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) nearly 30 percent cut to payments for specified covered outpatient drugs (SCODs) under the Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) for certain hospitals participating in the 340B Drug Pricing Program (340B ...

Activists from the Urban League and Cincinnati NAACP bused themselves to Columbus on Thursday to oppose House Bill 294, which would place new time limits on early voting in person and via mail.

Over the past week, a total of 11 states have made election news.

Kentucky passed a pro-voter reform bill that is receiving national acclaim for its content and near-unanimous bipartisan support. Ohio has a chance to do the same.

Add this city to the list of communities looking to ban the sale, growth and distribution of recreational marijuana.

Elections officials say Ohio boxes are secure Tony Dejak/AP Board of elections worker Sheila McNea drops a ballot into the ballot box outside the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections during Ohios primary voting, Tuesday, April 28, 2020, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) and last updated 2021-05-27 07:16:53-04 COLUMBUS, Ohio — The following article was originally published in the Ohio Capital Journal and published on News5Cleveland.com under a content-sharing agreement. Ohio lawmakers are ...

Elections officials from throughout Ohio say they have not experienced any security issues related to ballot drop boxes. 

The ins/outs and good/bad of the Mechanical Licensing Collective One the largest and most impactful elements of the Music Modernization Act of 2019 was the creation of the Mechanical Licensing Collective. Now active since January first of this year, we look at the ins and outs of the MLC as well as some of its good and not so good implications for the music business. Guest post by In October of 2019, President Trump signed the “Music Modernization Act.” Back then, I wrote: “The first sec...

Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. When John Hickenlooper first opened the Wynkoop Brewing Company in 1988, it was a loan that made it possible. But he wasn’t handed a loan by the first bank he went to.  “I got turned down by 33 banks,” he said. The Women’s Bank, founded in the late 70s to support women and other people overlooked by traditional lenders, was the only bank willing to give him a loan. Now, in his first set of bills as...

Ohios bipartisan-run election system is far from broken. In fact, it is the envy of many states, and any changes must be made with great care.