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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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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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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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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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Derek Merrin voted to widen data center tax breaks, then took cash from companies tied to the boom
AEP and Windstream gave Merrin $1,500 years after his 2017 vote, while his own Monclova Township later froze data center construction for a year.
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Ramaswamy family bodyguard pleads guilty to fentanyl trafficking after raid finds 132,000 lethal-dose equivalents
Campaign finance records show Ramaswamy's campaign kept paying ARK Protection $14,000 after the arrest, with a final payment clearing four days after cutting ties publicly.
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Trump administration urges Supreme Court to rule soon on limiting vote-by-mail in midterms
A federal judge blocked the order nationwide, ruling the executive branch has no authority to regulate elections just weeks before the midterms.
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Candidates highlight data center plans. Next Ohio governor will select regulators.
Innovation Ohio calls Ramaswamy's free-electricity pledge unserious, noting he holds financial stakes in AI chipmakers and data center firms.
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Ohioans in US Rep. Max Miller’s district want action, consequences as House ethics probe continues
A law professor says the House ethics probe could stretch past November, while constituents like a Bay Village librarian say Miller feels disconnected from his own neighbors.
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Ramaswamy backs opening Ohio retirement funds to crypto while holding a $69M stake in a bitcoin treasury company
Strive lost $257.6 million last quarter on bitcoin markdowns, meaning HB 18's pension provisions carry no cap unlike the treasurer's 10% limit.
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Ohio’s 9th Congressional district race: The candidates’ records on data centers
Merrin backed Ohio's data center tax breaks in 2017 and took donations from firms tied to those incentives, while Kaptur wants companies to pay their own way.
