Backers of the proposed law to legalize recreational marijuana use for adults 21 and over in Ohio are not giving up after they didn’t receive enough petition votes to be included on the November ballot. We’ll learn how supporters are planning to obtain the 679 signatures needed for the 10-day cure period allowed by law to get more signatures to quality.
Then, violent crime in Cincinnati is at its lowest point in at least a decade, yet there have been five drive-by shootings in the past few weeks. In one instance a nine-year-old girl was killed.
Plus, students of Union Institute & University have not received their student loan refunds after faculty claimed they were being used to pay a small number of full-time staff members.
All that and more on the weekly news review.
Guests:
- Jo Ingles, reporter and producer, Statehouse News Bureau
- Cameron Knight, breaking news reporter, The Cincinnati Enquirer
- Becca Costello, local government reporter, WVXU
- Zack Carreon, education reporter, WVXU
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