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Ohio Attorney General Yost defends lawsuit amid teachers’ pension fund scandal
With billions of educators’ retirement dollars on the line, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is defending and explaining his lawsuit against individuals accused of attempting to usurp the teachers’ pension fund. Last week, Yost filed a slew of subpoenas against individuals he has accused of bribery as a major scandal brews inside the retired teachers’ […]
Citizens Not Politicians: Ohio Supreme Court should tell ballot board to ‘start over’
Advocates pushing an anti-gerrymandering amendment in Ohio to remove politicians from mapmaking in favor of a citizen commission said the state’s ballot board should be forced to start over on summary language for the November proposal. Attorneys said the proposed amendment would ban partisan gerrymandering “by setting forth robust redistricting criteria to ensure fair maps, […]
Dem members of Ohio Ballot Board criticize AG for representing them without notice in lawsuit
The two Democrats on the Ohio Ballot Board called out the state attorney general for speaking on their behalf in a lawsuit about ballot language for the proposed redistricting amendment, and wrote their own court document agreeing that the language violates the constitution. The Ohio Ballot Board decides what language voters will see on their […]
Ohio Republicans introduce a bill to update the state’s college athlete NIL law
College football season kicks off this weekend in Ohio and a pair of Republican lawmakers are trying to get rid of gray areas in the state’s name, image and likeness (NIL) law. State Reps. Adam Mathews, R-Lebanon, and Jay Edwards, R-Nelsonville, announced Wednesday they will introduce a bill that would update Ohio’s NIL law. “This […]
Americans’ perception of AI is generally negative, though they see ‘beneficial applications’
A vast majority of Americans feel negatively about artificial intelligence and how it will impact their futures, though they also report they don’t fully understand how and why the technology is currently being used. The sentiments came from a survey conducted this summer by think tank Heartland Forward, which used Aaru, an AI-powered polling group that […]
Biden’s newest student loan repayment plan temporarily blocked by Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday slashed the Biden administration’s latest efforts to provide student debt relief to millions of borrowers to go forward while the appeals process unfolds. The Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan provided lower monthly loan payments for borrowers and lessened the time it takes to pay off […]
How Project 2025’s education policies mirror Ohio bills and universal private school vouchers
From universal private school vouchers to stripping away diversity and inclusion requirements, censoring classrooms, and targeting LGBTQ students — some of Ohio’s education laws and bills mirror the goals outlined for a second Trump administration in Project 2025. Project 2025 is a Presidential Transition Project written by the Heritage Foundation that spells out the first […]
Pay gap narrows, but CEOs still get way more than regular workers, new report says
The pay gap between corporate leaders and workers at low-wage companies narrowed a little between 2022 and 2023, but it’s still huge, according to a report that was released Thursday. In addition, those leaders invested far more heavily in a strategy that boosts their already-lavish pay than they did in employee retirement benefits. Nearly half […]
Prison populations impact rural, urban power in Ohio’s census and redistricting
Anti-gerrymandering groups in Ohio and nationally are looking to correct what they say is a representational flaw in redistricting regarding prison populations. As it stands now, those incarcerated in the country’s state and federal prisons are counted in the U.S. Census every 10 years as residents of the county in which their facility sits. Groups […]
Special Counsel Smith files new indictment in Trump’s Jan. 6 case
WASHINGTON — Adjusting for the U.S. Supreme Court’s sweeping presidential immunity decision last month, U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday filed a fresh federal indictment alleging former President Donald Trump attempted to overturn the 2020 election in his favor. In a superseding indictment filed in the late afternoon, Smith emphasized the private nature of Trump and […]
U.S. Education Department outlines testing period for phased rollout of new FAFSA form
WASHINGTON — With the U.S. Department of Education using a staggered approach in opening up the 2025-26 application period for federal financial student aid, the agency said Tuesday it will partner with a small number of community-based organizations to participate in the first testing period beginning Oct. 1. Earlier in August, the department said it would use […]
No waiting period: Ohio abortion clinics doing same-day services after court win
Abortion clinics around Ohio are now providing same-day services after a judge blocked the state’s law requiring a 24-hour waiting period to access the care. This marks the first ruling on reproductive rights since voters legalized and protected abortion access in 2023. Thanks to a Columbus court, Ohio now has fewer barriers to getting an […]