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Ohio Chamber of Commerce Won’t Discuss Its Allies in Effort to Lock Down State Constitution
They include abortion foes, gun-rights groups, an election denier, and the gerrymandered legislature
Marty Schladen, The Ohio Capital Journal
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Dollar Stores and Giant Grocery Chains Push Healthy Food Out of Reach for Many, Activists Say
Plus, big dollar store chains are able to leverage suppliers into providing special packaging at special prices. Other grocers can’t get the same prices for non-perishable foods
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Former FirstEnergy Execs Say “No Doubt” the Feds Are After Them
Litigation, prosecutions in massive corruption scandal move forward
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Ohio License Amnesty Program Nets Big Gains for Low-Income Drivers
Nearly 223,000 drivers have participated and saved more than $136 million in fees, which are economic barriers to driving legally
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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
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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