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Flock Safety tightens safeguards as states, cities question surveillance network
The ACLU says the changes, prompted by 50-plus canceled contracts and officers caught tracking exes, still fall short of real privacy protections.
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Amy Acton’s pitch to struggling Ohio families: Put money back in their pockets
United For ALICE data shows 37% of Ohio households couldn't cover basics in 2024, the gap Acton's tax credit and data center cost-shifting plan targets ahead of a close November race.
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Ohio nursing homes dumped residents at homeless shelters. Jon Husted helped make them harder to sue.
Husted has taken more than $1 million from the nursing home industry since co-sponsoring the 2002 law that shortened residents' window to sue.
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Mike Carey fundraises with Max Miller as co-host amid House ethics probe into abuse allegations
FEC records show Carey and Miller's leadership PACs have exchanged $11,200 apiece on matching dates since 2022, even as Ohio's GOP senators call Miller unfit to serve.
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Ohio attorney general candidate calls for investigation of ties between JobsOhio and Intel
Records show JobsOhio chairman Josh Rubin lobbied DeWine for Intel into 2026 while the agency weighs clawing back $27 million from the delayed chip plant.
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Ohio domestic violence resources centers have faced rising requests for services
More than half of Ohio survivors seeking shelter were turned away last year, as centers in Rep. Max Miller's district report double-digit spikes in demand.
Commentary
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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No more ‘hypothetical situations’: States move to fortify elections against Trump
Democratic attorneys general are prepping court fights over possible ICE or FBI presence at polls, while at least 25 election deniers now hold local vote-certifying power.
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U.S. Department of Justice files new charges against Southern Poverty Law Center
The revised indictment adds ex-official Heidi Beirich as a defendant days after a judge rejected SPLC's claim of vindictive prosecution, with trial set for October.
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Ramaswamy made $260M after his mom manipulated drug data. Now the billionaire says his generation ‘already made it.’
Oligarch Watch reports Ramaswamy's mother reanalyzed failed drug trial data before a $315M IPO, part of a $260M payout.
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House Republicans embrace group that wants to privatize Social Security
Policy experts say privatization would threaten the long-term solvency of the program.
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Jon Husted helped nursing homes fight abuse and wrongful-death lawsuits, then took $1M from the industry
A 2002 bill Husted cosponsored cut nursing homes' lawsuit exposure and barred state inspection findings from court, as Medicaid cuts strain Ohio facilities.
