Commentary
Ohio Republicans preach family values. When power is at stake, they abandon them.
Party leaders stripped, then restored, committee seats and endorsements for accused lawmakers rather than risk losing them in November.
Commentary & Analysis
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Hate and racism toward Haitians in Ohio is mindless, pathetic, and weak
Springfield leaders scramble to plan foster care for 1,400 US-born children as TPS ends for roughly 15,000 Haitians facing possible ICE detention.
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Ohio should treat the threat of radioactive fracking waste like the emergency that it is
A Marietta College geologist warns migrating wastewater already invaded over 100 gas wells and now threatens drinking water for more than 100,000 people in Ohio and West Virginia.
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Ohio citizens showed power by stopping state EPA approval for data center pollution of waterways
Trump had pushed Ohio EPA to expedite data center permits, and the scrapped plan would have let facilities discharge untreated wastewater with minimal inspection.
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Here’s how the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative got politicians from both parties on board
Researchers say local project funding, coordinated messaging and business backing helped the initiative survive Trump's 2019 proposed 90% cut.
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Should Ohio freeze utility rates for a year?
Rep. Desiree Tims's freeze targets relief after Ohio electricity prices rose 29% since 2019, but critics warn it could delay grid maintenance and reliability upgrades.
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Ohio local governments embracing clean energy to alleviate burden of energy affordability crisis
Dayton's Gem City Solar Project locks in 30% of city power for 25 years and an estimated $42 million in savings while PUCO keeps approving rate hikes.
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Ohio US Sen. Bernie Moreno blows hot air over Canada wildfire smoke
Moreno's Senate bill to sanction Canada ignores climate research tying wildfire severity to accelerating global warming and vast, hard-to-fight boreal forests.
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Explosive consequences
CDC teams tracing the outbreak were gutted after DOGE cut USAID funding, and a scaled-back FoodNet program made illness reporting optional last year.
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Ohio doesn’t need to scrap managed care. It needs to sharpen it.
Senate Bill 386 would shift Ohio Medicaid to a Connecticut-style model just as federal cuts threaten billions in funding and coverage for hundreds of thousands.
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The blueprint for fighting Trump’s attempt to sabotage the election, drawn up in Minnesota
The Act Free memo cites FBI raids in Ohio and Georgia, a DOJ lawsuit against 29 states, and Trump's EAC firings as evidence of coordinated interference.
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Ohio voter power has been assaulted for half a decade because politicians won’t admit Trump lost
A November ballot measure would add photo ID rules without free ID access and signal lawmakers can eliminate early voting beyond Election Day polling places.
