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Ohio officials in state, Congress, need to step in after death of young Haitian student
Springfield's mayor and Gov. DeWine have gone silent while ICE enforces paperwork violations with raids and ankle monitors on Haitian residents.
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Vivek Ramaswamy is a cheater, a scam artist, and a liar — and Ohio is running out of patience with him
After blaming Amy Acton for a death in Kentucky and turning a childhood sexual abuse survivor’s trauma into political ammunition, Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign is getting uglier as the race gets tighter.
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New Ohio Senate bill would legislate higher ed viewpoints, further power of SB 1
Sen. Jerry Cirino says SB 461 closes a loophole, but the bill hands five unelected board members exclusive control over civics course content statewide.
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AI’s natural gas addiction could be deadly for Ohio’s communities
A Virginia study found one gas-powered data center could cause up to $99 million yearly in health damages, while Ohio fast-tracks similar plants.
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Ohio politicians welcomed unregulated data centers by the hundreds. Ohio citizens are fighting back.
Ohio lost $1.5 billion in 2025 tax breaks to Amazon, Meta and Google, nearly 12 times projections, prompting DeWine to pause new deals.
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Ohio voters need 20/30 vision for the next round of redistricting
Republicans' 2010 REDMAP strategy shows how state legislative races years before a census can lock in decades of redistricting control.
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Data center debate exposes Ohio’s uneven energy landscape
Ohio law lets counties ban wind and solar projects and adds local votes and rules gas plants avoid, steering data centers toward fossil fuel power.
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Ohio lawmakers must prevent Kroger’s surveillance pricing scam
While 11 states and Congress advance surveillance-pricing bills, Ohio has introduced none, despite Kroger earning $500 million yearly selling shopper data.
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Ohio high school sports on the installment plan
Reynoldsburg charges $500 per sport in a district where most students are labeled economically disadvantaged, while neighboring Columbus charges nothing.
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Voting rights anniversary spotlights America’s enduring anti-Black contempt
Eric Holder and legal scholars trace 61 years of Voting Rights Act erosion to 2013 and 2026 Supreme Court rulings that stripped federal preclearance protections.
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Ohio has more history than it did in 1974. Ohio Village will, too
After a $20 million renovation, the living-history museum will expand beyond 1890 to cover World War I, women's suffrage and the Great Depression when it reopens next spring.
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America’s sunk so low, dishonor and disgrace don’t end political careers. Ohio politicians prove it.
A Politico poll found 72% of MAGA voters would still back a GOP candidate accused of domestic violence, as Trump and Ohio senators stay silent on Miller.
