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TOR Weekly News Roundup

Stories plucked from the headlines by TOR citizen journalists to keep you in the know about Ohio issues.

LISTEN: Stephens punishes conservatives, removes six Republican committee chairs – Jack Windsor interview with Representative Beath Lear

Tennessee, West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia, Indiana file suit challenging new Title IX rules – Jon Styf, The Center Square

Yost: judge's suspension of House Bill 68 ‘profoundly authoritarian' – Jack Windsow, The Ohio Press Network

Co-Chair of Organization Judge4Yourself Resigns Hours after Ohio Republican Party Condemns Her ‘Radical Behavior’ – Kaitlin Housler, The Ohio Star

Court urged to take House GOP campaign fund from Speaker Stephens – Jim Provance, Toledo Blade

Lawmakers want to help community pharmacies with bill – J.D. Davidson, The Center Square

Ohio Senate gets bill to increase penalties for drug, human trafficking – J.D. Davidson, The Center Square

Do Hospital Profits or 'We The People' Run Ohio's Legislature? Medical Freedom Bill Delayed by Healthcare Industry-Funded Senate Chair – Jon Fleetwood (Substack)

Ohio’s Opportunity for Health Care Price Transparency – Brooklyn Roberts, American Legislative Exchange Council

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Findlay Residents Voice Strong Opposition to Shady Grove Annexation and High-Density M2 Zoning

Findlay Residents Voice Strong Opposition to Shady Grove Annexation and High-Density M2 Zoning

BY CAREY MORGAN FINDLAY - Annexation and rezoning of the Shady Grove property in Marion Township remained a primary focus at the May 6 Findlay city council meeting. The project involves annexing approximately 45.9 acres and rezoning it to M2 (multifamily high-density) zoning to facilitate large-scale apartment development. While

TOR Interviews Attorney Jensen Silvis on SMART Meters

TOR Interviews Attorney Jensen Silvis on SMART Meters

BY NICK ROGERS TOR: Jensen Silvis, an Akron-based attorney specializing in property law, estate planning, contracts, civil litigation, landlord-tenant, business formation, and criminal defense joins The Ohio Register for a second time. In our first interview, we discussed two Smart meter mandate cases he has taken on in collaboration with

Public Private Partnership Gives Update on Springfield 2051 Project, Leading to New Questions

Public Private Partnership Gives Update on Springfield 2051 Project, Leading to New Questions

BY JEFF SKINNER SPRINGFIELD - On Monday, The Springfield commissioners met to hear an update from representatives from the newly minted ‘public-private’ partnership administration for Springfield 2051, a think-tank operation designed to guide city development, facilitated by contracted organization Future IQ. During the update, representatives Kevin Rose and Marta Wojcik

Clark County Commissioner Race Comes To A Head

Clark County Commissioner Race Comes To A Head

CLARK COUNTY - As Clark County voters prepare for the May 5 Republican primary for an unexpired seat on the Board of Commissioners, the four candidates — Daren Cotter, Greg Koffenbarger, Mark Sanders and Victoria Sorg — are outlining distinct platforms on economic development, public safety, infrastructure and long-term resource management. Residents