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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
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BY JEFF SKINNER STATEWIDE - While national news cycles are currently being dominated by talk of drones over New Jersey, the issue has spread to the Midwest, as mysterious drones shut down air traffic over Wright Patterson Airforce base on Monday, December 16. While the Federal Government continues to be
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BY PATTY KLEIN STATEWIDE - Several bills that were written to remediate the damage done by COVID-era protocols, have finally made their way to the Ohio House and Senate Chambers in December of 2024. HB73 was written to protect patients from pharmacists declining to fill a prescription. Pharmacists regularly denied
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BY NICK ROGERS STATEWIDE - With the mad rush to electrify our nation’s transportation fleet, Governor Mike DeWine is looking to obtain $189 million in Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) funds under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). This “Climate Action Plan” has been adopted by Ohio municipal governments and entities
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BY TOM HACH STATEWIDE - It has been evident for many years the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is waging war to overtake the US. While this is a war where the weapons do not have physical bullets but it’s a war nonetheless. In this engagement, Americans must arm themselves
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BY MATT URBAS STATEWIDE - Current Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill) announced to the Capitol Square press corps in Columbus on Monday that he was withdrawing from consideration for the Speaker’s gavel when the term of the next General Assembly begins in January
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BY MATT URBAS STATEWIDE - The Ohio Senate passed Senate Bill 104 in legislative session today, which combined a previously-passed revision to the College Credit Plus program with House Bill 183, which requires bathrooms, changing rooms, lockers, and other such facilities designed for multiple users to be designated for a
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STATEWIDE - Ohio Representative Max Miller has introduced H.R. 8445, seeking to amend Title 38 to allow service in a foreign military, to be eligible for the same protections under USERRA And the Civil Relief Act. Currently, The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act protects U.S. Military service members who