Christmas is an important day for many reasons. Aside from the fun and cheer of the holiday, which is very important, Christmas is the shining light that pierces through a veil of long, dark and cold days where hope can seem like a fleeting shadow in an empty, quiet room.
BY JEFF SKINNER STATEWIDE - While the state and the nation inches ever closer to launching a wide-reaching technological infrastructure, the ramifications of the next stage of this deployment are just now being discussed. The Ohio EPA is currently mulling over approval of a permit which would allow data centers
Last year The Ohio Republican party voted to endorse Vivek Ramaswamy over a year before the party primary. With several candidates already preparing for a run including Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and the rumors of newly appointed Lieutenant Governor Jim Tressel also considering a run, the early endorsement effectively
BY JEFF SKINNER STATEWIDE - Yesterday, the Department of Health and Human Services announced they would be cutting millions in federal grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics, an institution that many have argued is a captured agency by pharmaceutical corporations. The HHS cancelled seven grants totaling $18.4 million,
Headlines handpicked by TOR contributors to keep you informed. 1. Fifteen Ohio higher ed institutions must align literacy programs with Science of Reading, or else - Karen Kasler, The Statehouse News Bureau 2. ICE arrest fears in Columbus spark response from Mayor Ginther, police chief - Bluewaterhealthyliving.com 3. The
This article was originally posted on The Heartland Beat It’s Christmas season again, which means snow is falling, fires are lit in the hearths and Vivek Ramaswamy is crashing out on national news. In what has become a Christmas tradition two years running, Ramaswamy, the ex-member of Federal DOGE
BY JEFF SKINNER FINDLAY - Echoes of muffled gasps and groans could be audibly heard at Tuesday night's meeting as council President Jon Harrington voted to restrict the keeping of specific farm animals within the city limits. In a move that was disheartening across the political aisle, Findlay
Headlines Handpicked from TOR contributors to keep you informed 1. Ohio senator Introduces Principles-Based Balanced Budget Amendment - Jack Windsor, The Ohio Press Network 2. $15 million aviation center to expand opportunities for Butler Tech students, aid major workforce shortage - Marlena Lang, WCPO Cincinnati 3. You love to hate
BY JEFF SKINNER SPRINGFIELD - The Springfield City Commissioners approved an emergency funding package their their Tuesday, December 16 meeting, to Sheltered Inc, which has been wrapped up in a County lawsuit due to misappropriation of funds from the Temporary Assistance For Needy Families, or TANF, support program. Questions loom
BY JEFF SKINNER STATEWIDE - As we move deeper into cold season, many Americans are considering how best to protect themselves from illness. However, a recent study published puts significant doubt on the medical establishments leading tool deployed to patients. According to a study conducted by Cleveland Clinic, which examined
BY JEFF SKINNER STATEWIDE - members of the South West Ohio For Responsible Technology, or SWORT team sat down with aides from the office of Ohio Representative Bob Latta and The National Health Federation on several matters regarding telecom regulations, including HR 2289, a federal telecom bill which seeks to
BY JEFF SKINNER SPRINGFIELD - The NAACP hosted a ‘town hall’ meeting with elected officials and a coalition of nonprofits which have facilitated the mass influx of Haitians into Springfield to attempt to address concerns by attendees over what may occur in February when the Temporary Protective Status expires. Panelists
Healthcare
BY JEFF SKINNER STATEWIDE - Today The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisory committee voted 8-3 to remove the hepatitis b vaccine from the recommended list of vaccines to give to newborns and infants. The move changed recommendations in place for nearly 30 years that had
H1B
BY JEFF SKINNER STATEWIDE - ITServe Alliance, an organization that purports to be a nonprofit collection of IT companies, is coming under scrutiny once again. Newly acquired videos now circulating social media further the accusations many have been making about the organization; that it is far from a conglomerate of
Local
BY JEFF SKINNER SPRINGFIELD - Springfield city commissioners heard their first official reporting over the upcoming 2026 budget in a hearing, prior to the main commission meeting, on December 2, presented by finance director Katie Eviston. Based on the reporting, the city appears to be staring down an incredibly lean
News Roundup
1. How might drones respond to 911 calls? Ohio will be the first in the nation to find out - Kendall Crawford, The Ohio Newsroom 2. See which Ohio counties opted for new ‘piggyback’ property tax relief - Molly Walsh, cleveland.com 3. Why are base electricity rates rising for
agenda 2030
BY NICK ROGERS STATEWIDE - A $1.6 billion loan was approved by the Department of Energy (DOE) to upgrade approximately 5,000 miles of power lines through Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Oklahoma, and West Virginia. American Electric Power (AEP) – the beneficiary of the loan – has vowed to pass on cost
Findlay
BY JEFF SKINNER FINDLAY - Findlay city council met among a mire of controversy for their December 2 meeting where the absence of council member Brian Bauman was definitely felt. Council considered several controversial ordinances, including an anti-loitering provision designed to keep homeless individuals away from businesses. Council additionally erupted
mRNA
BY JEFF SKINNER STATEWIDE - In a memo recently released to the public over the Thanksgiving weekend, current FDA head of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Dr. Vinay Prasad, has admitted there is a direct link between the Covid-19 injections and the death of children who received them,
Statewide
BY JEFF SKINNER STATEWIDE - Ohio governor Hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy is set to be the keynote speaker at an upcoming ITServe Alliance event, Synergy 2025, set to take place December 4 and 5. The organization operates as a foreign lobbying group, whose account is managed out of India and whose
Springfield
BY JEFF SKINNER SPRINGFIELD - Recent information has been obtained by TOR indicating that obtuse expenditures from the Springfield City administration are currently being reviewed by the State Auditors West Region office after complaints were filed regarding unspecified international trips to France and the resignation of a member of the
Hemp
BY JEFF SKINNER STATEWIDE - In October, Governor Mike DeWine signed an executive order, declaring an Adulterated Consumer Product Emergency for consumable items containing intoxicating hemp. The order requires retailers to cease sale of any hemp product containing any trace amounts of THC, a compound found in the hemp plant
Healthcare
BY JEFF SKINNER STATEWIDE - Yesterday, the CDC launched a new webpage that contains and correlates multiple existing studies which have positively identified linkages between autism and vaccines. According to the webpage, the goal is for the current CDC to dispel misconceptions that there are no scientific studies which positively
Education
BY JEFF SKINNER SPRINGFIELD - Springfield area students representing a local organization called BATS, Bringing Awareness To Students, provided input to the Springfield Commissioners at the November 18 meeting, where they advocated against Ohio House Bill 172, a bill which looks to specifically target a large revenue stream for the