Weekly News Roundup

Weekly News Roundup

Headlines hand-picked by TOR staff for week of 7/16/2025

1. Group backing Vivek Ramaswamy urges New Yorkers to flee to Ohio - Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati Enquirer

2. Meta to invest over $60B in AI data centers, starting with 'Prometheus' in Ohio - Skye Jacobs, Techspot.com

3. Ohio House has veto override session next week, but no date set yet for the Senate to return - Karen Kasler, The Statehouse News Bureau

4. Jeff Bezos’ Amazon is purging workers who had status revoked under Trump: including in Ohio - Gustaf Kilander, The Independent

5. New Ohio law to require adult websites to verify users’ ages - Ava Boldizar, NBC4 Columbus

6. Clermont County alternative sentencing program tackles substance abuse - Marlena Lang, WCPO Cincinnati

7. Big income tax collections push Ohio’s end of fiscal year balance to $1b over estimates - Karen Kasler, The Statehouse News Bureau

8. Ohio governor forms new property tax reform group after vetoing legislative fixes - Jay Shakur, WCPO Cincinnati

9. Ohio religious leaders react to IRS relaxing its stance on churches endorsing political candidates - Jo Ingles, The Statehouse News Bureau

10. Ohio private schools don't have to follow the new student cellphone ban. Some are anyway - Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati Enquirer

11. Medicaid work requirements, rural hospitals: What 'big beautiful bill' means for Ohio - Haley BeMiller and Elizabeth B. Kim, Cincinnati Enquirer

12. Ohio lawmakers put fate of state’s E-check program in Trump administration’s hands - Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland.com

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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