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Health insurance subsidies: Hundreds of thousands of Ohioans could take a financial hit, putting their health care in jeopardy, unless Congress acts in the next few weeks to extend expiring aid on federal insurance premiums, Mary Frances McGowan reports. Without the extension, premiums will skyrocket. In Ohio, roughly 513,000 of more than 583,000 people with Obamacare plans – 88% of enrollees -- would be affected. These Ohioans are at risk of seeing their health care costs soar, and for some of them, that could mean being priced out of coverage altogether. It is estimated that Ohio could see an additional 140,000 uninsured people because of the expiration of enhanced premium tax credits.

Death of the death penalty? Nearly a year ago, Gov. Mike DeWine said he was p

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