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.
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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.
Ohio Supreme Court allows Ashville referendum against data center project to move forward
The ruling requires Ohio cities to justify emergency resolutions on data centers, while Pickaway County election officials still must decide if the petition qualifies.
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.
Hundreds of thousands of Ohioans have lost Medicaid coverage, and that could double
‘Healthcare should be a right, not a privilege,’ says Ohio state Rep. Anita Somani.
Head Start changes could eliminate important child health and safety standards in Ohio, nationally
The rule would let Ohio set its own teacher-to-child ratios, potentially raising classroom sizes from 1-to-4 infants to as many as 1-to-14 preschoolers.
Ohio’s recreational marijuana prices are higher than what Michigan customers pay
A new Ohio law criminalizes bringing Michigan marijuana home even as advocates say the price gap keeps drawing Ohioans across the border.
Max Miller sued in federal court over nude photo of 2-year-old daughter shared in public Dropbox
The suit seeks $150,000 per disclosure under federal law, with total damages hinging on download logs Miller and attorney Aaron Minc have refused to produce.
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.
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.
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 GOP insiders hand House nomination to Erie County party chairman as conservatives erupt
Stidham was one of six committee members entitled to vote on his own nomination, and Huffman and Reineke had already been working to secure it for him.
Abuse allegations, an ethics probe and GOP calls to quit — Max Miller still makes Ramaswamy’s list
Ramaswamy removed a lawmaker's endorsement within 48 hours of abuse allegations in April but has left Miller's name up despite calls from Husted and Moreno to resign.
Ramaswamy backs opening Ohio retirement funds to crypto while holding a $69M stake in a bitcoin treasury company
Strive lost $257.6 million last quarter on bitcoin markdowns, meaning HB 18's pension provisions carry no cap unlike the treasurer's 10% limit.
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.
