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Ohio’s candidates for governor have differing ideas when it comes to the future of education — from funding public schools to school vouchers and teacher pay.
Vivek Ramaswamy and Dr. Amy Acton. (Photo by WEWS)
By Megan Henry
Ohio Democratic candidate Amy Acton, Ohio Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, and Ohio Libertarian candidate Don Kissick are running for governor in the November election.
By Susan Tebben
Ohio officials and candidates alike have reacted to the death of a 20-year-old Haitian immigrant who died by apparent suicide after being bullied because of his immigration status and the ankle monitor he was required to have.
By Morgan Trau, WEWS
Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine is assuring public universities that a proposal to shut down "subpar" institutions, as suggested by candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, will not happen.
COMMENTARY
(Photo by Pat Sutphin/Idaho Capital Sun)
By Marilou Johanek
Ohio Issue 3 is a proposed constitutional amendment touted to give Ohio voters extra insurance for election security—on top of the extensive, systemic security coverage that has kept Ohio elections safe, secure, and highly accurate for decades without incident.
STATELINE
The big challenges and policy issues that cross state lines.
By Amanda Watford
Twenty-five years after 9/11, the surveillance infrastructure built and expanded in its aftermath has become part of a far larger digital ecosystem — producing tools that can collect and analyze information on a scale unimaginable in 2001.
By Robbie Sequeira
A multi-billion-dollar federal program that helps schools and libraries afford broadband internet is under review by the Trump administration, leaving education officials and advocates worried about potentially significant cuts.
By Alex Brown
THE RUNDOWN
News from other states
By Liam Niemeyer
Woodford County has approved an ordinance this week to permanently ban data center construction, the first Kentucky county to do so and among a handful of local governments across the country to take such a strict stance against the power-intensive operations.
NATIONAL NEWS
By Ashley Murray
President Donald Trump headlined the first night of the first Republican midterm convention Wednesday, seeking to rally his base ahead of the November elections and dangling a “Trump dividend” to voters if his party retains control of both congressional chambers.
By Ashley Murray
A proposal by President Donald Trump to give $5,000 to each American adult if Republicans retain control of the U.S. House and Senate in November would “explode” the national deficit and worsen inflation, according to an analysis issued Thursday by the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.
By Ariana Figueroa
Latino advocacy groups and voting rights organizations Thursday filed a suit in federal court challenging the Trump administration’s policy of allowing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to enter polling locations in certain circumstances to conduct immigration enforcement during the 2026 midterm elections.
By Shauneen Miranda
Democratic U.S. Sen. John Fetterman made a surprise video appearance Wednesday at the GOP convention in Dallas, praising Republican Sen. Dave McCormick while vowing the pair of Pennsylvanians would continue working with President Donald Trump to “defend the steel way of life right here in the Steel Valley.”
SCIENCE FRIDAY
Normally, it would sound like an insult to compare the human brain to a fly’s, but researchers seem to have found out the science to it. Read more from the BBC
CATCHING OUR EYE
9/11. WOSU Public Media’s Debbie Holmes is reporting, “Ohio Task Force 1 member recalls team's response to Sept. 11 attack 25 years later.”
Memories linger for millions 25 years after two commercial passenger airplanes were hijacked and crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City.Members of Ohio Task Force 1 in Dayton were called to help in finding survivors and clearing tons of debris.
Rescue team manager Mike Muhl was one of those members who responded.
Immigration. The Statehouse News Bureau’s Sarah Donaldson is reporting, “Ohio US senators target other states licensing some immigrant drivers.”
Ohio’s two U.S. senators, Bernie Moreno and Jon Husted, want federal government intervention to block other states from issuing driver’s licenses to immigrants living in the U.S. without legal authorization.Their effort stems from a crash that killed a 29-year-old and injured two others in Fulton County two weeks ago. 34-year-old Washington Naula Ochoa was arrested and charged with vehicular homicide after the crash, according to Ohio State Highway Patrol.
Since then, Husted and Moreno have said Ochoa was licensed to drive in Connecticut, which is among 19 states that offer drive-only driver’s licenses for some immigrants, regardless of their legal status, according National Conference of State Legislatures analysis. Most states have enacted these laws in the last 15 years, though some date further back.
Browns maintenance. Cleveland.com’s Rich Exner is reporting, “An unusual tax deal could take care of long-term maintenance at new Browns stadium.”
Brook Park City Council discussions this week shed light on a potential tax incentive deal that could generate money for Browns stadium maintenance well beyond the end of what is expected to be an initial 30-year lease.
The arrangement would redirect property tax growth that would otherwise support county services, parks and libraries toward the stadium and surrounding mixed-use development, including stadium maintenance.
Details were outlined to council Tuesday night by Matt Mullins of the law firm Bricker Graydon Wyatt, which has been working for the city on issues involving the stadium and mixed-use development.
THE POD
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