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Sherrod Brown eyes a return to the US Senate
In the Senate, the Ohio Democrat sponsored legislation to support working families.
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‘We can no longer see the stars’: Ohioans are fighting a proliferation of data centers
‘Coughing up stuff from my lungs is an ongoing daily occurrence,’ said Joe Fuller, who works in data centers throughout Ohio.
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Vivek Ramaswamy backed Social Security privatization
The Ohio Republican gubernatorial nominee said in October 2024 that he believes Medicare and Medicaid were a mistake.
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Food aid cuts. Lost health coverage. Record electric bills. The bill for Republican policies is arriving in Ohio.
A new report ties together SNAP losses, ACA enrollment drops and record electric bills as polling shows 38% of Ohioans say they're falling behind financially.
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Leaked GOP memo: Data centers are ‘anchor hanging around Jon Husted’s neck’
The NRSC memo urges AI companies to fix their own public image, warning that a Husted loss could make politicians nationwide wary of backing data centers.
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Vivek Ramaswamy accused of hiding from voters, dodging questions piling up around him
His campaign has not explained continued payments to a security firm after his family bodyguard's fentanyl arrest or his mother's role in manipulating failed drug trial data.
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Eric Conroy predicted Iran war would end ‘very soon.’ Now he backs more military spending.
As the war approaches six months with $37.5 billion spent and gas prices up 29%, Conroy's rival Landsman now calls for ending U.S. involvement entirely.
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Trump’s ballroom ‘illegal’ without congressional approval, high court told
The administration says the ballroom's nuclear-grade concrete makes it nearly impossible to remove, while 30 Democrats and 17 GOP attorneys general split over who should decide.
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DNC approves 2028 presidential nominating cycle starting in South Carolina, Nevada
Iowa Democrats blasted their exclusion from the calendar as broken promises, while New Hampshire kept its early slot and two new Southern states joined the lineup.
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Less than 10% of Ohio lawmakers are moms of minor children. They say it informs their lawmaking.
Ohio needs one more mom of a minor child to match its share of the population, as lawmakers describe missed baseball games and FaceTime homework help.
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Ohio lawmaker pushes for local hearings before PUCO decides on Dayton utility purchase
Rader warns BlackRock's stake in data centers could create conflicts of interest, while Dayton demands 20-year job and headquarters guarantees before PUCO approves the $10.7 billion sale.
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Dozens of cities and counties sue fire truck makers over soaring costs, delivery delays
Three manufacturers control up to 80% of the market as prices nearly doubled since 2020, and the companies moved this week to dismiss two of the lawsuits.
