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Ohio Abortion Foes are Banking on a Low-Turnout August Election. In Kansas, That Didn’t Go So Well
In a state far more conservative than Ohio too
Marty Schladen, The Ohio Capital Journal
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Billionaire Backing Effort to Raise Ohio Amendment Threshold Funded Election Deniers, Jan. 6 Rally
Meanwhile, GOP and Democrat former AGs line up against the effort
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Oil and Gas Drilling in Ohio State Parks Set to Expand. Some Say Taxes on It Are Too Low
“Ohio’s severance taxes are pitiful, and they have meant a severe missed opportunity for Appalachia and for Ohio as a whole”
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Majority of GOP Lawmakers Want to Make It Harder to Amend the Ohio Constitution. Far Fewer Think the Public Actually Wants That
This according to a new poll
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After End of Covid-Era Benefits, 70,000 Older Ohioans Struggle With Hunger
“Before they had about $2 a meal — that was a best-case scenario. Now it’s 75 cents a day. That’s 25 cents a meal.”
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Environmental Groups Call on Ohio Regulator to Audit Coal Subsidies in Corrupt Utility Bailout
PUCO has said it paused all audits of FirstEnergy while the federal criminal investigation goes forward, but it’s hard to see how that applies to the OVEC subsidies.
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Ohio State Teachers Retirement System Had Massive Investment in Silicon Valley Bank
System already under scrutiny for huge bonuses after big losses
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Householder Denies D.C. Dinners With FirstEnergy, Tying Donations To Legislation
The former speaker of the Ohio House took the stand in his own defense
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At Householder Trial, Former State Rep. Nino Vitale Cites Hazy Memory, Distances Himself From HB6 Scandal
Vitale was said to be a big supporter of speaker now charged with racketeering
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In Householder Trial, Stalking, Assault Alleged in Repeal Fight Over Corrupt HB6 Utility Bailout
“I’ve never seen anything like it and I’ve been in politics most of my adult life. It was like a war zone out there.”
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HB6 Utility Bailout Sprung Out of Fertile, Corrupt Ground in Ohio, Recordings Show
Conflicted interests, self-dealing, and a disregard for the public
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Householder Co-Defendant: Campaign Checks Were “Specifically Tied” to Corrupt $1.3 Billion HB6 Bailout
When a $400,000 check was slid across a table, it was clear what it was for