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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.
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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.”
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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.
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FBI Searches Cleveland Offices of Ohio Voting-Rights Group
Feds haven’t said what the group is suspected of doing wrong
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Former FirstEnergy Executives Reindicted on State Bribery Charges Stemming From HB 6
A previous state trial of Chuck Jones and Michael Dowling resulted in a hung jury with 10 of the 12 jurors agreeing on their guilt.
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Bipartisan JobsOhio Oversight Bill Gets First Hearing
“This bill is not about whether JobsOhio is successful or unsuccessful, it’s about whether Ohioans can evaluate that success for themselves.”
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Cleveland’s Pride in the CLE Celebration Rides On Despite Corporate Sponsor Exodus
Trump’s attacks on DEI have led many companies to pull back from supporting Pride events. In Cleveland, sponsors have decreased but the party will go on.