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Proposed Ohio Bill Would Charge Teachers, Librarians With Felonies for ‘Pandering Obscenity’
‘Obscenity’ not defined in language; teachers unions unclear on details
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Ohio’s Congressional Dems Demand Vote on Contraception Protection
“We’re concerned because we know post-Dobbs, voters are concerned about their right to contraceptives and the threat that the Supreme Court will overturn the constitutional right to contraception”
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DeWine Talks Abortion, Ohio Redistricting, Seat Belts During Columbus Metropolitan Club Forum
“I’m still looking at this one. And you know, at some point, I’ll announce my position,” he said of the proposed constitutional redistricting amendment
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Ohio Gov. DeWine Said He Didn’t Know of Millions in FirstEnergy Support. Is It Plausible?
“The notion that he was just this fumbling, naive grandpa who has no idea about seven-figure flows (supporting) his campaign is perhaps the single most far-fetched thing he’s ever said”
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Ohio Lt. Gov. Husted Won’t Say If He Knew About $1M FirstEnergy Dark-Money Contribution
Donation came from utility behind massive bribery scandal
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Transgender Student Bathroom Ban Bill Passes Out of Ohio House Higher Education Committee
House Bill 183 would require Ohio K-12 schools and colleges to mandate that students could only use the bathroom or locker room that matches their sex assigned at birth.
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Former Ohio Supreme Court Justices Lead Redistricting Reform Effort Against Gerrymandering
“This whole focus on party over people and power over people, it’s not the way a democracy works”
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Voting Rights Organization Highlights Increase in Ohio Provisional Ballots Rejected Over ID
Ohio’s photo voter ID law took effect a year ago. Since then, the share of provisional ballots rejected for lack of ID has more than tripled.
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Ohio’s House and Senate Leaders Both Express Interest in Changing Term Limits. Others Skeptical
Depending on how an eventual proposal is crafted, both men could stand to gain substantially
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Ohio Supreme Court Democratic Candidates Look to Rise Above Party Labels in General Election
Republicans have won every seat up for election since the state added party labels to the ballot in 2021
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Ohio Redistricting Reform Supporters Outline Problem and Proposal in Panel
The Citizens Not Politicians proposed amendment would replace politicians drawing maps with a citizen-commission
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Donald Trump Makes Last Minute Push for Bernie Moreno in Ohio’s U.S. Senate Primary
A flurry of recent surveys have shown a substantial share of undecided voters ahead of Tuesday