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Ohio Voter Rights Group Denies Any Wrongdoing While FBI Stays Silent on ‘Swarms’ Across State

“Whenever you’re providing opportunity for the marginalized or left out, there will always be some level of pushback,” the chairman of the collaborative’s board said.

by Marty Schladen, The Ohio Capital Journal June 23, 2026June 23, 2026

Ohio News

Ohio Governor Grants Mercy to Man on Death Row for First Time

Weeks before calling to abolish capital punishment in Ohio, Gov. Mike DeWine commuted the man’s death sentence to life in prison without parole.

by Doug Livingston, The Marshall Project - Cleveland June 22, 2026June 23, 2026

Ohio News

Ohio Proposed Constitutional Amendment to Ban Data Centers Will Not Be on This Year’s Ballot

The amendment would have needed more than 413,000 signatures from at least 44 of Ohio’s 88 counties by July 1 to get on this year’s ballot. Conserve Ohio collected more than 70,000 signatures as of June 18.

by Megan Henry, Ohio Capital Journal June 19, 2026June 19, 2026

Ohio News

A Week After the FBI Searched an Ohio Voting-Rights Group, Questions Remain

The organizing collaborative focuses its efforts on communities of color and people with low incomes.

by Marty Schladen, The Ohio Capital Journal June 18, 2026June 18, 2026

News & Views

Rep. Shontel Brown, Northeast Ohio Leaders Demand Answers From FBI on Raid of Voter Registration Group

“This wasn’t a terrorist attack; this wasn’t a threat to public safety,” Shontel Brown said. “It was an attempt to send a message to a specific community.”

by Mark Oprea June 18, 2026June 18, 2026

Ohio News

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine Calls on Lawmakers to Get Rid of State’s Death Penalty

“It is impossible today to make the case that the death penalty is a deterrent,” DeWine said. Ohio’s last execution was in July 2018 due to a shortage of drugs.

by Megan Henry, Ohio Capital Journal June 17, 2026June 17, 2026

Cleveland News

FBI Searches Cleveland Offices of Ohio Voting-Rights Group

Feds haven’t said what the group is suspected of doing wrong

by Marty Schladen, The Ohio Capital Journal June 15, 2026June 15, 2026

Ohio News

Ohio Republican Lawmakers Pass Bill that Includes Requiring Schools to Teach When to Have Kids

The bill requires the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce to have a curriculum list for the “success sequence” for grades 6-12 and this would be a graduation requirement.

by Megan Henry, Ohio Capital Journal June 12, 2026June 12, 2026

Ohio News

Ohio Republican Lawmakers Send Constitutional Amendment Requiring Voter Photo ID to Ballot

Ohioans will vote in November on a constitutional amendment requiring photo ID to vote after state Republican lawmakers passed the ballot resolution Wednesday.

by Megan Henry, Ohio Capital Journal June 11, 2026June 11, 2026

News & Views, Ohio News

Geauga County Probate Judge Tim Grendell Back on Bench After Six Month Suspension

The 73-year-old judge was suspended last November for detaining two teenagers for refusing to visited their estranged father in 2020.

by Mark Oprea June 10, 2026June 10, 2026

Ohio News

Ohio Lawmakers Introduce Sweeping New Data Center Legislation

It’s a significant revision of state policy that touches tax breaks, nondisclosure agreements, water use and testing, utility billing, and potential impacts on local governments.

by Nick Evans, Ohio Capital Journal June 10, 2026June 10, 2026

Ohio News

Big Tech Defends Data Centers Before Ohio Lawmakers

The hyperscalers did their best to tamp down fears about water contamination, air pollution and rising energy costs amid widespread public opposition.

by Nick Evans, Ohio Capital Journal June 9, 2026June 9, 2026

Cleveland Burger Week | June 22-28, 2026

Ohio News

Ohio Voter Rights Group Denies Any Wrongdoing While FBI Stays Silent on ‘Swarms’ Across State

Ohio Governor Grants Mercy to Man on Death Row for First Time

Ohio Proposed Constitutional Amendment to Ban Data Centers Will Not Be on This Year’s Ballot

A Week After the FBI Searched an Ohio Voting-Rights Group, Questions Remain

Rep. Shontel Brown, Northeast Ohio Leaders Demand Answers From FBI on Raid of Voter Registration Group

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine Calls on Lawmakers to Get Rid of State’s Death Penalty

FBI Searches Cleveland Offices of Ohio Voting-Rights Group

Ohio Republican Lawmakers Pass Bill that Includes Requiring Schools to Teach When to Have Kids

Ohio Republican Lawmakers Send Constitutional Amendment Requiring Voter Photo ID to Ballot

Geauga County Probate Judge Tim Grendell Back on Bench After Six Month Suspension

Ohio Lawmakers Introduce Sweeping New Data Center Legislation

Big Tech Defends Data Centers Before Ohio Lawmakers

Photos: Thousands of People Filled Downtown Cleveland for the 2026 Pride in the CLE March and Festival

Photos From Cleveland Public Library’s “Senior” Prom at the Addison Branch

Photos From Cleveland Magazine’s Best of the East Party at Landerhaven

Photos: The Cavaliers Opened Their 2026 NBA Playoffs with a Win Against the Raptors