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Weekly News Roundup

Stories Compiled from Citizen Journalists to Keep You Informed on Happenings Around the State.

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

Ohio House could soon take up single-sex bathroom bill – J.D. Davidson, The Center Square

PODCAST: What Will the Death Data Tell Us? Kathryn Huwig update on Ohio Supreme Court lawsuit vs Ohio Department of Health – Tom Woods Show

Attorney General Dave Yost Files Emergency Motion with Ohio Supreme Court after Judge Blocks Law Protecting Girls Sports from Taking Effect – Kaitlin Housler, The Ohio Star

PODCAST: Marcell Strbich on Ohio’s Election Integrity Bill HB472 – The Windsor Report

VIDEO: Biggest Scandal in Ohio History HB6 The plot thickens! – Joe Miller, Ohio Political News

VIDEO: Talking HB73 The Medical Freedom Bill – Joe Miller, Ohio Political News

Ohio BLM Activist Convicted for Stealing Donated Money to Facebook Page – Kaitlin Housler, The Ohio Star

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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