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Cheri Hottinger, a member of Newark City Council and employee of Park National Bank, will leave both jobs for the Ohio Industrial Commission.

Citizens struggle to track how states are using all the money health care executives paid for their get-out-of-jail cards after they killed or addicted millions.

Spending the money effectively and equitably is a tall order for state and local governments, and a lack of transparency in the process is already leading to fears of misuse.

All told, drugmakers and distributors will pay over $50 billion to communities harmed by opioids. An investigation finds that only a dozen states are letting the public see how they use the money.

All told, drugmakers and distributors will pay over $50 billion to communities harmed by opioids. An investigation finds that only a dozen states are letting the public see how they use the money.

More than $50 billion in settlement funds is being delivered to thousands of state and local governments from companies accused of flooding their communities with opioid painkillers that have left millions addicted or dead.

The May 2 primary election in Licking County will be issues only, with no candidate names appearing on the ballot, the elections board announced.

The Republican sweep of Newark City Council elections two years ago apparently discouraged Democrats from seeking office. Only one filed to run.

Councilman Michael Houser, R-First Ward, introduced legislation in the Capital Improvements Committee, to earmark $100,000 annually for paving alleys.

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