Geauga County Commissioners
BY JEFF SKINNER CHARDON — Geauga County commissioners pressed finance officials Tuesday for a full accounting of costs behind the Geauga County Prosecutor’s Office renovation as the board approved a final contractor payment of $59,575.24. During the Nov. 10 session, Budget and Finance Manager Adrian Gorton presented a
Statewide
BY JEFF SKINNER STATEWIDE - The website, FireMattHuffman.com, represents a grassroots push to remove what organizers describe as a barrier to good legislation, calling on Republican voters to pressure their state representatives to vote against Huffman when the caucus meets on Nov. 17 to select its speaker. Framed as a
Findlay
BY PATTY KLEIN FINDLAY - The debate over two words — MAY or SHALL — has become a key issue in Findlay’s proposed Data Center Zoning Code. On Thursday, November 13, the Findlay Planning Commission forwarded a version of the proposed zoning code stating language that the city MAY require a decommissioning
Great Reset
BY JEFF SKINNER STATEWIDE - A newly published patent application from Microsoft describes an artificial intelligence system capable of altering a speaker’s words during live broadcasts and redrawing their lip movements to match in near real time, raising alarms among technology ethicists and democracy advocates about the future of shared
Findlay
BY CAREY MORGAN FINDLAY — Behind-the-scenes emails obtained through an Ohio Public Records Act request show Findlay’s top legal and legislative leaders privately debated procedural hurdles to sideline a proposed artificial intelligence transparency ordinance last month — even as routine administration legislation submitted days later was drafted and passed
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STATEWIDE - The Ohio General Assembly moved decisively today to modernize state firearm regulations, passing sweeping legislation that eliminates archaic state-level restrictions on firearm suppressors, short-barreled rifles, and short-barreled shotguns. The bicameral victory marks a major milestone for Second Amendment advocates across the state, sending the comprehensive deregulation
Immigration
BY JEFF SKINNER STATEWIDE - A growing faction of conservative analysts and grassroots strategists are warning that any legislative shift toward immigration amnesty could permanently fracture the Republican Party's core electoral base. They point to recent midterm results and fiscal projections as evidence of deep underlying tension over the
Allen Township
BY CAREY MORGAN ALLEN TWP - Grassroots resistance against a massive data center development proposal in Hancock County reached a boiling point this week as residents launched an aggressive legal effort to freeze local zoning approvals, exposing corporate policy maneuvers, severe water infrastructure shortages, and an escalating board ethics controversy. During
Local
BY LUKE STAHL The Findlay City Council on Wednesday night voted unanimously to approve a non-binding sister city agreement with the Polish municipality of Nadarzyn. While framed by the administration as a standard cultural and business partnership, a deep dive into concurrent state legislation and local policy initiatives potentially
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BY JEFF SKINNER CHARDON - The Geauga County Board of Commissioners approved critical infrastructure funding and ironed out a high-stakes construction dispute in a split session, prioritizing project momentum and long-term fiscal compromise to protect county assets. In a series of 2–1 votes, the board’s majority—led
This Op-ed Was Originally Posted on The Heartland Beat It contains some strong lanugage. All opinions belong to the writer and do not reflect the opinions of The Ohio Register as a whole. Many Americans are waking up today with a sobering reality that in a state that Donald
BY JEFF SKINNER SPRINGFIELD - Tuesday’s Springfield City Commission meeting sent a clear message to local residents on how the commission views their own behavior as citizens delivered fierce pushback against elected officials over a newly finalized amendment to the city manager's employment terms, a heavily debated airfield
BY JEFF SKINNER STATEWIDE - A bipartisan coalition of state lawmakers has introduced a sweeping legislative proposal aimed at entirely dismantling government and commercial mass surveillance networks across the state, a move that proponents say would radically shift data ownership and legal power back to Ohio citizens. The proposal, titled the
Editor Jeff Skinner sits down for a conversation with Chester Township Trustee Ken Radtke on the upcoming road levy to ask the questions citizens have been posing on social media groups. Is the levy needed? What other funding methods were pursued? Is there a mandate to spend the funds on
BY JEFF SKINNER STATEWIDE - A sweeping legislative push to codify protections for digital asset generators in Ohio has ignited a fierce battle over local sovereignty, pitting rural township officials against cryptocurrency developers and exposing deep public resentment over the massive tax incentives used to attract tech infrastructure. At the center
BY JEFF SKINNER CLARK COUNTY - A tense confrontation on county property has ignited a sharp legal debate over free speech rights and election-zone boundaries during early voting in Clark County. The incident, captured in videos circulated online by local groups, featured Clark County Administrator Jennifer Hutchinson attempting to remove
BY JEFF SKINNER SPRINGFIELD - The public continues to object to governance at the Springfield City Commission meeting that occurred on Tuesday, as local residents locked horns with elected officials over a controversial corporate tax-sharing package, allegations of institutional sexual harassment, and the structural orchestration of local labor markets. The
BY CAREY MORGAN FINDLAY - In a striking blow to public transparency and municipal accountability, Findlay City Council voted 9-1 on Tuesday evening to completely purge a proposed artificial intelligence regulation ordinance from its legislative agenda, refusing to engage in any open debate on the escalating use of automated software
TOR editor Jeff Skinner Interviews Findlay City Auditor Jim Staschiak on a new proposed resolution to create AI regulation within the City in an attempt to get ahead of the growing trend of integrating AI with all levels of government.
BY JEFF SKINNER SPRINGFIELD - The Northwestern Local School District is facing intense scrutiny following currently unverified community allegations that female students were subjected to intrusive physical searches for hidden cell phones during a school lockdown. The allegations, which began circulating on social media platforms this week, claim that an announcement
BY JEFF SKINNER STATEWIDE - The recent revelation of a targeted international agreement to import West African healthcare labor into Central Ohio has opened up new inquiries into issues of patient safety, corporate hospital logistics, and the domestic medical workforce. The discourse reveals a deepening national crisis over the quality and
