House Republicans embrace group that wants to privatize Social Security
Policy experts say privatization would threaten the long-term solvency of the program.
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Jon Husted helped nursing homes fight abuse and wrongful-death lawsuits, then took $1M from the industry
A 2002 bill Husted cosponsored cut nursing homes' lawsuit exposure and barred state inspection findings from court, as Medicaid cuts strain Ohio facilities.
Caleb Stidham nomination in jeopardy after elections board deadlocks 2-2 on certification
Secretary of State Frank LaRose, a Republican running for auditor on the same ballot, must now break the tie by Aug. 28 under state law.
OSHP, local police team up for Tiffin OVI checkpoint Friday
Federal grant funds the two-hour operation near South Shaffer Park Drive, with saturation patrols also targeting impaired drivers in the surrounding area.
Derek Merrin voted to widen data center tax breaks, then took cash from companies tied to the boom
AEP and Windstream gave Merrin $1,500 years after his 2017 vote, while his own Monclova Township later froze data center construction for a year.
Haitians in Springfield are required to report to Ohio’s ICE offices and wear ankle monitors
Advocates say Springfield is singled out among 30,000 central Ohio Haitians, while ICE detained four Haitians locally in a single week this month.
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Ramaswamy family bodyguard pleads guilty to fentanyl trafficking after raid finds 132,000 lethal-dose equivalents
Campaign finance records show Ramaswamy's campaign kept paying ARK Protection $14,000 after the arrest, with a final payment clearing four days after cutting ties publicly.
Candidates highlight data center plans. Next Ohio governor will select regulators.
Innovation Ohio calls Ramaswamy's free-electricity pledge unserious, noting he holds financial stakes in AI chipmakers and data center firms.
Former Ohio GOP candidate faces kidnapping trial, new domestic violence case
His life-felony kidnapping bond has stayed at $5,000 since February even as prosecutors escalated charges and a new domestic violence case surfaced in July.
Gary Click preaches child protection, but stands by Republican accused of child sex abuse
Speaker Huffman stripped Creech's committees over the abuse claims, then restored them and endorsed his re-election, all while Click kept cosponsoring bills with him.
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More GOP party platforms include anti-IVF language. Is surrogacy next?
An Idaho lawmaker who used both IVF and surrogacy to build her family says surrogacy restrictions are likely coming to her state's 2027 legislative session.
Trump press secretary Leavitt to leave White House
Trump called Leavitt one of his most trusted aides, saying she'll now advise his party's midterm push after giving birth in May and returning from leave weeks ago.
Schools spend billions on AI, but struggle to figure out what’s worth buying
One district found students had access to 3,001 digital tools but used just four, as lawsuits and a Los Angeles bankruptcy scandal expose vetting gaps.
Trump administration threatens to gut Head Start rules
Advocates warn losing disability screening and staffing standards could weaken outcomes for the roughly 70,000 California children Head Start currently serves.
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Ohio has more history than it did in 1974. Ohio Village will, too
After a $20 million renovation, the living-history museum will expand beyond 1890 to cover World War I, women's suffrage and the Great Depression when it reopens next spring.
Ohio government doesn’t have to ban speech on campus to silence it
A Kent State survey found a third of faculty already altered lessons under Senate Bill 1, which is also costing universities up to $2 million yearly to enforce.
Ohio Republicans preach family values. When power is at stake, they abandon them.
Party leaders stripped, then restored, committee seats and endorsements for accused lawmakers rather than risk losing them in November.
Hate and racism toward Haitians in Ohio is mindless, pathetic, and weak
Springfield leaders scramble to plan foster care for 1,400 US-born children as TPS ends for roughly 15,000 Haitians facing possible ICE detention.
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