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The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a major legal fight over the $8 billion a year the federal government spends to subsidize phone and internet services in schools, libraries and rural areas, in a new test of federal regulatory power.

 

 
Top intelligence officials are set to testify before House lawmakers a day after Senate Democrats grilled them over their participation in group chats that revealed U.S. military plans in Yemen to a journalist.
 

Democrats keep control of Pennsylvania House with election win; GOP Senate district sees close race

 
Democrat Dan Goughnour won a special election in western Pennsylvania on Tuesday, keeping majority control of the state House in his party's hands by a single seat.
 

Ohio Attorney General seeks stay after appeals court overturns gender-affirming care ban

 
The outcome of these legal battles will have implications for transgender adolescents in Ohio seeking gender-affirming medical care.
 

Unions expect hundreds of furloughs amid Insight financial woes

 
"We have a lot of staff who have been here for years and decades," explained Marisa Galvan, Unit Clerk with Rehabilitation Hospital Hillside." It's making it very difficult to remain loyal to this company which really hasn't shown any loyalty to us."
 

Prosecutor: Columbiana woman sentenced for 'whiskey-fueled' arson

 
State Fire Marshal’s Office investigators testified that they found a propane torch near two empty Jack Daniel's whiskey bottles in the garage.
 

 

Icy morning commute in the Valley results in several crashes

 
Authorities described the bridge surface as a "sheet of ice"
 
 

NTSB: Boater witnessed flash as helicopter crashed into Mogadore reservoir

 
The impact caused a large flash, and the helicopter crashed into the reservoir nose first.
 

Pickup truck leads police on hour-long pursuit from Brookfield to Bessemer

 
Authorities are looking for the driver of a pickup truck that led police on an hour-long pursuit that began in Brookfield and ended in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania.
 

Youngstown City School District officials link budget struggles to enrollment drop and transportation cuts

 
District officials say a decline in enrollment—and a resulting drop in state funding—may partly stem from earlier changes made to student transportation.
 

South Range denies open enrollment for Individualized Educational Program students

 
Open enrollment students in grades 7 and 8 who are in Individualized Educational Programs (IED) are not being renewed, leaving them worried for their kids' wellbeing. 
 

More than a century-old Alliance business says zoning 'roadblocks' could shut them down

 
Alliance Director of Public Safety and Service Mike Dreger said the bussing storage is becoming a "frustration," and that the zoning issue is the "outside storage of buses" that he said is found in the current Alliance zoning code, Chapter 11. 
 

Rehabilitation work on Market Street Bridge to begin mid April

 
Construction on the bridge will cause lane restrictions, with the northbound lanes on the east side of the bridge being blocked off beginning on the day construction starts.
 

Bridge replacement project in Fairview Township to begin in April

 
This project necessitates a detour to work on the bridge's demolition and construction. Mercer County motorists are advised to use Airport Road, Stoneboro Road and Poole Road.
 

Ohio Lottery to launch new Mega Millions game next month

 
This prize adjustment is only the second time the Mega Millions has adjusted the prize in 20 years and the first change since 2017.
 

Calendar check: Winter feel Wednesday

 
We're noticeably colder today before warmer days enter the chat for the weekend