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.
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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.
Ohioans in US Rep. Max Miller’s district want action, consequences as House ethics probe continues
A law professor says the House ethics probe could stretch past November, while constituents like a Bay Village librarian say Miller feels disconnected from his own neighbors.
‘Not a safe place.’ Aid worker describes conditions in Haiti as Ohioans are forced to return
An IRC aid worker in Port-au-Prince disputes a Florida congressman's claim that deportations will help, citing gang rule, mass rape and 5 million people going hungry.
With new tactics, ICE reaches new high in monthly arrests
A policy analyst says the 51,000 July arrests still fall short of Trump's 2,000-daily goal and mostly catch non-criminals in legal gray areas, not deportation priorities.
US employers shed 23K jobs in July
Federal revisions cut 103,000 jobs from earlier months as small businesses report a sudden labor shortage and health insurance costs squeeze hiring.
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Nearly half of Republicans rejected Gary Click. Three months later, the revolt isn’t over.
A Tiffin councilman publicly told Click to stop claiming his support, the latest in a pattern of allies denying endorsements the incumbent has cited since May.
Ohio U.S. Senate candidates offer contrasting visions for data centers
A Bowling Green poll finds 71% of Ohioans want a construction moratorium, but neither Husted nor Brown has embraced one.
Ohio’s 9th Congressional district race: The candidates’ records on data centers
Merrin backed Ohio's data center tax breaks in 2017 and took donations from firms tied to those incentives, while Kaptur wants companies to pay their own way.
PJM’s big new data center plan: Make the states figure it out
PJM's plan would cut data centers off the grid first during emergencies unless they secure their own power, leaving states to enforce it.
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Trump announces $180M for mining education as administration recommits to coal
Trump cited China's 3,000 annual mining graduates versus fewer than 170 in the U.S., plus warned half the domestic mining workforce retires within three years.
Todd Blanche confirmed by the US Senate as attorney general; Collins, Murkowski vote no
Sen. Bill Cassidy cast the deciding vote after Blanche pledged to kill Trump's $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund, prompting Schumer to accuse the Senate of enabling corruption.
Trump again tries to curb birthright citizenship, following Supreme Court loss
The new orders target children of terrorist group members, diplomatic staff and birth tourists, with agencies given 30 days to issue guidance.
US Senate confirms Trump’s pick for CDC director
The 51-44 vote drew only one Democrat, Tim Kaine, after senators grilled Schwartz on political interference in vaccine policy under RFK Jr.
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Fracking is not ‘responsible development’ of Ohio’s state parks and public lands
22,000 fracked acres of Ohio public land since 2022 and four Washington County injection wells have been shut down over contaminated groundwater.
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.
Ohio should treat the threat of radioactive fracking waste like the emergency that it is
A Marietta College geologist warns migrating wastewater already invaded over 100 gas wells and now threatens drinking water for more than 100,000 people in Ohio and West Virginia.
Ohio citizens showed power by stopping state EPA approval for data center pollution of waterways
Trump had pushed Ohio EPA to expedite data center permits, and the scrapped plan would have let facilities discharge untreated wastewater with minimal inspection.
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