Ohio lawmakers cut state share of public school funding from 47% in 1999 to a projected 32% in 2027
An appeals court ruled the EdChoice voucher program unconstitutional while Ohio spent $1.17 billion subsidizing private schools in fiscal 2026 alone.
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Enough is enough in Ohio on polluting data center gas power plants
Seven gas plants powering New Albany data centers could emit 11.9 million tons of greenhouse gases yearly, with most approved under an accelerated process skipping public hearings.
The slime machine in Ohio politics has reached a despicable new low in the 2026 election
AdImpact projects three-quarters of a billion dollars in Ohio campaign ads this cycle, a columnist argues dark money reaps far more through regulatory favors.
Trump slashed healthcare for Ohio families and spiked premiums. Now he’s offering small checks.
The $500 and $90 checks exclude most Ohio enrollees and come as 160,000 residents already lost ACA coverage and 356,000 face Medicaid cuts.
Trump claims Ohio’s economy is ‘booming.’ The November election might show if Ohio voters agree.
Polling shows most Ohioans rate the economy poorly and disapprove of Trump at 35%, despite his booming claim made days before 1,400 layoffs.
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What does it really cost Ohio households to lose power for a day?
A bipartisan Ohio House bill would force utilities to pay households at least $50 after 16-hour outages, with no rate hikes to cover the cost.
The promise of a free education is fundamental to our democracy
ACLU of West Virginia's new lawsuit cites per-pupil spending gaps up to $14,000 between counties, arguing the funding system is worse than when courts struck it down decades ago.
Can Ohio do better than a gas tax suspension?
Economists note the $725 million gas tax holiday skips 370,000 no-car households and would give at-risk families more relief through rebates or tax credits.
Will gas tax gimmick make Ohioans forget why we are in this mess and who got us here?
DeWine calls the $700 million plan a very bad idea as GOP leaders rush a special session days before early voting begins in Ohio.
Ohio farmers are getting crushed by our politicians’ failure to fight for us
Ashland County farmer Joe Stimmell says Husted and Miller's war votes and tariffs pushed fertilizer near $850 a ton and cut cattle values by 20%.
Ohio families are paying the price for the government-induced energy crisis
Analysis ties Sen. Husted's 14 votes and the Iran war to $2,175 in added costs per Ohio household this year, plus $190 more annually by 2035 from clean energy cuts.
Ohio lawmakers turn their backs on public schools again
A Cleveland Heights education coalition says lawmakers sat on a $2.4 billion surplus instead of closing the Fair School Funding Plan's $2.75 billion gap.
Politicians continue campaign of dehumanizing trans people as affordability crisis crushes families
Ohio Democrats like Amy Acton and Marcy Kaptur have shifted toward anti-trans messaging in tight races, drawing backlash from transgender activists who feel abandoned.
ICE’s culture of fear in Ohio is an un-American betrayal of our fundamental values
An Oberlin historian who lived through Pinochet's Chile compares ICE tactics, including a $16.7 million shock-glove contract, to authoritarian fear campaigns.
30 years of Republican dominance of Ohio politics: The results
Ohio's median income rank fell from 23rd to 39th since 1999, while K-12 schools dropped from 5th to 21st nationally, the analysis finds.
Ohio taxpayers face a $1,670 deportation bill, and a smaller workforce
Federal data show 47% of Ohio ICE detainees had no criminal history, while immigrants fill outsized shares of Ohio's care, farm and factory jobs.
Ohio needs economic development accountability and a workforce system that works for workers
A confidential RFP marked for recipients only underlies JobsOhio's $300 million training plan, drawing scrutiny amid fraud findings in other state workforce programs.
Ohio data center tax boondoggles just one example of Kasich corporate giveaways
Kasich's 2011 JobsOhio scheme also gutted Clean Ohio, a bipartisan brownfield program that generated $1.16 billion for the state before its 2021 partial revival.
Back-to-school isn’t just for Ohio’s kids. It’s also for tomorrow’s teachers.
As Ohio districts struggle with teacher shortages, flexible online degree programs are helping working adults with families and jobs enter the classroom.
Should the state of Ohio ban property tax incentives for data centers?
New research suggests data center incentives sway roughly a third of siting decisions, raising questions about who bears the environmental costs versus who gets the tax breaks.
