News Roundup
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
Local
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
Healthcare
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
Statewide
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
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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,