TOR Weekly News Roundup

Find Fresh News Stories From Around The Web, Handpicked By The Citizen Journalist Staff At The Ohio Roundtable For the Week of January 17, 2024:

Ohio Governor Reacts to House Veto Override of House Bill 68 – Kaitlin Housler, Ohio Star

Ohio’s statewide ballot set for March 19 primary – By J.D. Davidson, The Center Square

Effort to keep Kraus off ballot goes to state Supreme Court – Matt Westerhold, Sandusky Register

Fleets of Electric School Buses Coming to Ohio School Districts – Kaitlin Housler, Ohio Star

LaRose wants stricter campaign finance laws – J.D. Davidson, The Center Square

Vance wants federal internet discount program to continue – J.D. Davidson, The Center Square

Ohio House votes to override DeWine’s transgender surgery veto – J.D. Davidson, The Center Square

Ohio’s social media parental consent law stopped – J.D. Davidson, The Center Square

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 - 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.

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

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

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

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

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

DIESEL CRISIS SPARKS RUMORS OF NATIONWIDE TRUCKER SHUTDOWN