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The Man Behind Epstein This article was originally published on The Heartland Beat Over the last several years, one thing has become increasingly clear. Our political system does not function the way we have been told. Rulers dictate from the shadows and puppets parade their scripts for the populace to
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BY TIM STECHSCHULTE STATEWIDE - This While the 2024 election may have been a conservative victory, there are still looming concerns over the issue of election integrity, specifically pertaining to electronic voting machines. Some have argued that the federal government's increasing control over state elections through the adoption
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STATEWIDE - Under direct guidance from the Department of Homeland Security, The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services published an update this evening stating that the extension for Temporary Protective Status for Haitian migrants has been ended. Previously, the Biden administration had put an 18 month extension on the TPS,
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BY MATT URBAS STATEWIDE - JobsOhio, which is in the 12th year of a 25-year exclusive agreement to use the profits from liquor sales in Ohio for "economic development" lobbied for and got the ability to tack on an additional 15 years to that deal in last term&
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BY MATT URBAS Article Originally published here STATEWIDE - JobsOhio is a private nonprofit corporation that came into existence during the Kasich administration 2011. Most states have a department that works on "economic development", using state funds to do perform various functions under that nebulous term. Typically these
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BY NICK ROGERS STATEWIDE - As of this week, Ohio finds itself atop the list of reported avian flu cases in in the US (that’s reported cases within avian flocks, not humans). Though H5N1 avian flu’s spread from birds to humans is rare and the “current public health
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STATEWIDE - As the nation’s media attempts to hype up the next potential pandemic scare with H5N1, the greatest impact from this illness seems to only be rising food prices. Ohio is leading the nation in bird flu cases with numbers reaching over 6 million. Despite this, Ohio has
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This post was originally posted here BY MATT URBAS STATEWIDE - Senator Jerry Cirino (R-Kirtland) announced the introduction of Senate Bill 1 on Wednesday, renewing efforts to reform Ohio’s public college and universities that were scuttled by House leadership late last term. Cirino’s Senate Bill 83 from the
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STATEWIDE - From across the country, voters and supporters of soon-to-be President Donald Trump are flocking to the nation's capital to see the historic inauguration despite record breaking cold weather. TOR's own Tom Hach is currently enroute making the midnight journey to ensure he, along with
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BY JEFF SKINNER STATEWIDE - The nation has been scratching its collective head over the motives of an alleged suicide by Matthew Livelsberger, a highly decorated soldier, outside of Trump tower in Las Vegas, Nevada. Just four days ago, U.S. Army intelligence officer Sam Shoemate appeared on the Shawn
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BY JEFF SKINNER PATASKALA - In a previous article, TOR examined the machinations of one of the U.S. biggest international competitors, and their aims at influencing even local politics in Ohio. One of the most effective means of influencing a region is, of course, economics. Nowhere is that more
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BY NICK ROGERS STATEWIDE - Data center development is booming in Ohio, a region some are now calling the “Silicon Heartland.” The enormous growth is coming with equally enormous tax breaks for wealthy companies such as Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft. Proponents of the expansion point to long-term job-creation, economic