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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

approved a Mill Creek sewer overhaul plan

that includes bringing back a long-buried creek in the area. The unconventional strategy is the Metropolitan Sewer District’s (MSD) attempt at dealing with storm overflow in a green, sustainable manner that also saves taxpayers money — particularly in comparison to an expensive deep underground tunnel that the EPA originally suggested. CityBeat previously covered MSD’s green plans in further detail

here

.

A law that would ban mandatory union membership is

temporarily back on the Ohio House agenda

, leaving union advocates worried that Republicans are trying to push the anti-union law, which supporters of the change call “right to work,” once again. Still, lawmakers say they’re only giving the law one hearing as required by House rules for legislation introduced early on in the session. Under current law, employers and unions are allowed to agree to mandating union membership for employees, but the anti-union law would bar that agreement. Many states have already taken up similar laws, and they’ve been linked to a significant decline of unions around the nation.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is partnering with Ohio State Board of Pharmacy Executive Director Kyle Parker to continue the fight against synthetic drugs. In a statement, DeWine’s office said the partnership will help state officials expedite the process of banning synthetic drugs as they are found. “Despite the success of House Bill 334, which outlawed a multitude of synthetic drugs in 2012, rogue chemists continue to create new, dangerous chemicals that fall outside of Ohio's controlled substances law,” DeWine said in a statement.

Cost for vehicle registration in Ohio

could go up

under a plan being considered by state lawmakers.

Two more alleged voter fraud cases were

sent to the county prosecutor

. So far, most of the Hamilton County voter fraud cases involve people voting twice — supposedly on accident — by first early voting and then voting on Election Day.

A Gillette commercial is

at the center

of the most important question of our time: How does Superman shave?

The “cutest couple” at a suburban New York school is

two boys

.

Being from Ohio

may have ruined

Neil Armstrong’s most famous quote.

In case you missed it,

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• Cover story: “From the Inside: Inmates told CityBeat about violence, staff ineptitude and unsanitary conditions inside Ohio’s private prison. Then came the surprise inspections.”

• News: “What’s On the Books?: Northern Kentucky tea party-backed lawsuit threatens library funding across the state”

• Commentary: “Commissioners’ Proposed Streetcar Cut Ignores the Basics”