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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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Springfield Commission Forces 4-1 Reinstatement of City Manager, Confronts Public Anxiety Over Recovery Housing and Data Centers

Springfield Commission Forces 4-1 Reinstatement of City Manager, Confronts Public Anxiety Over Recovery Housing and Data Centers

BY JEFF SKINNER SPRINGFIELD - The Springfield City Commission voted 4-1 Tuesday night to immediately reinstate City Manager Bryan Heck from paid administrative leave, punctuating a tense, hours-long meeting dominated by fierce public pushback, administrative fractures, and deep-seated neighborhood anxieties. The decision to restore Heck to the city’

Hancock County Prosecutor Silent After Confidential CPS Case Script Discovered Publicly at Local Fairgrounds

Hancock County Prosecutor Silent After Confidential CPS Case Script Discovered Publicly at Local Fairgrounds

HANCOCK COUNTY - Allegations of gross negligence have surfaced against Hancock County Child Protective Services (CPS) after a highly confidential case document was reportedly discovered abandoned in a public area at the Hancock County Fairgrounds. The Ohio Register has submitted a formal request for comment to the Hancock County Prosecutor'

Op-ed: Ohio Doesn't Need Another Study. It Needs This Relief, Now.

Op-ed: Ohio Doesn't Need Another Study. It Needs This Relief, Now.

BY DAKOTA SAWYER Columbus closed the books this year with roughly $1.2 billion more in tax revenue than anyone budgeted for: income tax collections ran about $699 million ahead of projections, sales tax another $520 million over. That's money Ohioans overpaid into the system at the exact

DIESEL CRISIS SPARKS RUMORS OF NATIONWIDE TRUCKER SHUTDOWN

DIESEL CRISIS SPARKS RUMORS OF NATIONWIDE TRUCKER SHUTDOWN

BY JEFF SKINNER STATEWIDE - A viral surge of online rumors warning of a massive nationwide trucker strike on Oct. 1 has ignited widespread consumer anxiety over potential grocery store shortages, highlighting the deep economic distress gripping the U.S. freight sector as diesel fuel costs hit an all-time record