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We asked Ohio’s death row what they think of governor’s death penalty reversal
Sixteen condemned Ohio prisoners told The Marshall Project the death penalty never deterred them, while questioning why DeWine has commuted only one sentence.
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Grace abandoned: Ohio’s journey to politicians stealing power from voters in elections
Ohio scrapped its 10-day mail ballot grace period despite 74-0 opposition testimony, a move that could have voided over 20,000 votes in past elections.
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Climate change could double household water costs in some cities, study finds
Stanford researchers project Santa Cruz's poorest households could see water bills jump from $60 to $111 monthly by midcentury without state or federal help.
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Ohio voters buried SB 5. The anti-union operatives who fought to save it now run Ramaswamy’s campaign
Seneca County rejected SB 5 by 25 points in 2011, and the unions it targeted have mostly endorsed Ramaswamy's Democratic opponent, Amy Acton, this year.
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Jon Husted campaign chair quits after guilty plea in case involving 15-year-old
Havas served 90 days in jail after his 2009 case was reduced from sexual misconduct with a minor to misdemeanor assault, records show.
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Ramaswamy called American culture 'mediocre.' Then he skipped America's 250th for Paris.
As Ohioans in all 88 counties marked the nation's 250th, the Republican governor nominee spent it on a private jet to Paris. The contrast is the point.
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Moreno moves to restrict birthright citizenship — the same right that made Ramaswamy a citizen
The bill's own wording would exempt Ramaswamy, whose campaign says his parents held green cards, while narrowing citizenship for others he's echoed.
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Trump administration targeting states’ DHS grants to force voting changes, House Dems say
A federal judge already barred the SAVE system use DHS demands, and Democrats say the mismatch threatens $200 million in grants before midterms.
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Smithsonian rejects Trump ‘anti-American’ charge, noting nonpartisan history
Sen. Jim Banks backs the report while historians call it propaganda, part of Trump's broader push to reshape the Kennedy Center and universities too.
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What’s a professional graduate degree? Loan confusion reigns amid legal battle.
A lawyer warns students mid-program could face cut loan limits if the department wins its court fight over which degrees count as professional.
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US Olympian canoeist pleads not guilty to charges of damaging Reflecting Pool
Democracy Defenders Fund's Norm Eisen calls the prosecution political scapegoating, as protesters rallied outside court and prosecutors cite significant evidence ahead of an August 5 hearing.
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Feds, Ohio Republicans focus on individual cases of Medicaid fraud, but what about corporations?
Ohio already collected $88 million from Centene and $100 million from drug middlemen, but those cases went unmentioned at the June fraud press conference.
