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Sherrod Brown Launches LGBTQ+ Coalition to Support Re-Election Campaign

Brown cautions that one of the lessons he learned from the fight for reproductive freedom is that no gain of rights is permanent.

by Ken Schneck, The Buckeye Flame June 12, 2024October 23, 2024

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Ohio’s Leaders Blocked (Some) Foreign Money From Issue Campaigns. Advocates Call it a Dog-Whistle

“They’re making this about people who were born in other countries and adding on new categories of immigrants to be banned from donating money.”

by Marty Schladen, The Ohio Capital Journal June 11, 2024April 17, 2025

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Secretary of State Frank LaRose Could Purge More than 150,000 Ohio Inactive Voters Before Election

It’s time to check your voter registration

by Megan Henry, Ohio Capital Journal June 10, 2024August 30, 2024

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Bernie Moreno Claims Blockland Conference Convinced AT&T to Bring 5G to Cleveland

The record, however, tells a different story. AT&T’s earliest announcements about 5G networks come from 2016. The Blockland conference was held in 2018.

by Nick Evans, Ohio Capital Journal June 7, 2024July 7, 2024

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Four Proponents Testify in Support of Ohio Drag Ban Bill — Including a Member of a Hate Group

“We remain extremely concerned about the implications this has towards the criminalization of transgender people performing or existing in public.”

by Megan Henry, Ohio Capital Journal June 6, 2024December 19, 2024

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Ohio AG Yost Says He Won’t Explain His Role in Bailout Scandal Because of Other Cases

Those cases include some Yost filed himself

by Marty Schladen, The Ohio Capital Journal May 31, 2024April 20, 2025

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Ohio GOP Leaders’ Push to Stop Foreign Money Does Nothing About Transparency

Dark money like what fueled bribery scandal could come from foreign sources

by Marty Schladen, The Ohio Capital Journal May 30, 2024December 1, 2024

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Ohio Senate Republicans Make Biden Ballot Fix Conditional on Attacking Voter Ballot Initiatives

Gov. Mike DeWine has sided with the Senate Republican ploy to score political paybacks as a condition to grant Biden ballot access

by Marilou Johanek, Ohio Capital Journal May 28, 2024July 16, 2024

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Longshot Socialist Party Presidential Candidate Claudia De la Cruz Visits Cleveland

“Cleveland has been a deeply neglected city and I think having candidates come through that are interested in speaking to the grassroots of Cleveland is something that we have not really experienced.”

by Jala Forest May 24, 2024January 1, 2025

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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

by Susan Tebben, The Ohio Capital Journal May 23, 2024July 20, 2024

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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”

by Susan Tebben, The Ohio Capital Journal May 16, 2024June 7, 2024

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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

by Megan Henry, Ohio Capital Journal May 13, 2024July 7, 2024