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More Than 15,000 Acres of Ohio Public Land Approved to be Fracked by Out-of-State Companies
“Our lands are being destroyed by the oil and gas industry,” said one resident.
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Ohio Equal Rights Will Try to Get Two Amendments on 2027 Ballot
As the statehouse considers more bills, the group says it will eye next year’s ballot
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Ohio Cities Brace for Impact of Supreme Court Allowing Trump to Take Legal Status Away from Haitians
DeWine decried the ruling, which will affect about 30,000 Haitians with temporary status who live in central Ohio.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.