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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 03/10/2026

Currently Democrat Dr. Amy Acton leads Vivek Ramaswamy 48% to 45%, which places this race clearly within the margin of error. Because the range of the candidates’ support overlaps, the race is said to be a statistical tie. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/02/s...

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Commentary: 'Still anyone's ball game' Bowling Green poll finds statistical tie in Ohio's race for governor • Ohio Capital Journal

Currently Democrat Dr. Amy Acton leads Vivek Ramaswamy 48% to 45%, which places this race clearly within the margin of error.

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 03/10/2026

Women — especially women of color — lag average Americans in measures of wealth and wellness. But when it comes to tracking how Ohio women are doing after last year's deep cuts to the social safety net, researchers say they're flying blind. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/02/h...

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How is Ohio doing amid safety-net cuts? Trump hasn't released the data • Ohio Capital Journal

After making historic cuts to the social safety net, the Trump administration is blocking data showing their effects

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 03/10/2026

Five Haitians from Springfield, Ohio have been deported back to Haiti after President Donald Trump revoked their legal status, said Theresa Hice-Fromille, a board member of the Haitian Community Help and Support Center ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/02/f...

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Five Haitians from Springfield, Ohio have been deported after Trump ended protected status • Ohio Capital Journal

Five Haitians from Springfield, Ohio have been deported back to Haiti after President Donald Trump revoked their legal status.

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 03/10/2026

Congress wants to see projects like high voltage transmission lines get up and running quickly, but a transmission project in Western Ohio has drawn sharp local pushback. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/02/c...

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Congressional Republicans want permitting reform. An Ohio project shows how tricky that could be. • Ohio Capital Journal

Congress wants permitting reform to get big energy projects up and running quickly, but they've got a difficult needle to thread. In Western Ohio, state and local officials agree energy investment is…

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 02/10/2026

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill and the attorneys general in Arkansas and Alabama filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Supreme Court, suing several states over “shield laws” allowing providers to send abortion medication to people in states with abortion bans. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/02/r...

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Republican AGs sue abortion ‘shield law’ states in US Supreme Court • Ohio Capital Journal

BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill and the attorneys general in Arkansas and Alabama filed a lawsuit Tuesday in the U.S. Supreme Court, suing California, Massachusetts and New…

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 02/10/2026

County and local district attorneys oversaw higher state prison admissions during election years than in other years during the height of the nation’s “tough on crime” era, according to a new study from Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/02/r...

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District attorney elections linked to more prison admissions during ‘tough on crime’ era • Ohio Capital Journal

District attorneys sent more people to state prison during election years than in other years during the height of the nation’s “tough on crime” era, according to a new study from Northwestern…

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 02/10/2026

Voters in four states will decide housing-related ballot measures in November, providing testing grounds for different strategies to boost affordable homes. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/02/r...

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Voters to weigh different approaches to housing affordability in November • Ohio Capital Journal

Voters in four states will decide housing-related ballot measures in November, providing testing grounds for different strategies to boost affordable homes. The six measures across California,…

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 02/10/2026

The U.S. Department of the Treasury released new guidance Thursday for participating states, scholarship-granting organizations and taxpayers as the federal scholarship tax credit program prepares to take effect in January. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/02/r...

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Feds provide guidance on new federal K-12 scholarship tax credit program • Ohio Capital Journal

Created through President Donald Trump’s massive tax and spending law in 2025, the Education Freedom Tax Credit program allows individuals to claim a dollar-for-dollar federal tax credit of up to…

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 02/10/2026

Dozens of President Donald Trump’s nominees remain held up amid Sen. Kevin Cramer’s outrage over a Biden-era rule dealing with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wetland easements that Cramer says harm his state’s property owners. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/01/r...

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Outraged over 'illegal' wetlands rule, a GOP senator blocks dozens of Trump nominees • Ohio Capital Journal

Dozens of President Donald Trump's nominees remain held up amid Sen. Kevin Cramer’s outrage over a Biden-era rule dealing with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wetland easements that Cramer says harm…

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 02/10/2026

A D.C. Superior Court judge ruled Thursday that prosecutors cannot, for a second time, charge former Olympic canoeist David Hearn with damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/01/r...

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Judge blocks federal prosecutors from refiling charges in Reflecting Pool case • Ohio Capital Journal

A D.C. Superior Court judge ruled Thursday that prosecutors cannot, for a second time, charge former Olympic canoeist David Hearn with damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 02/10/2026

U.S. Senate Republicans did not gain any support Wednesday from Democrats as they attempted to advance a bill that mashed together two hot-button midterm issues: requiring voter ID in federal elections and limiting stock trading for members of Congress. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/01/r...

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US Senate Dems block bill curbing congressional stock trading, calling it too weak • Ohio Capital Journal

U.S. Senate Republicans did not gain any support Wednesday from Democrats as they attempted to advance a bill that mashed together two hot-button midterm issues: requiring voter ID in federal…

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 02/10/2026

U.S. Senators won’t return to Capitol Hill until Nov. 9 for the five-week lame-duck session, when party leaders will have to decide which bills they want to negotiate during what could be the final days of unified Republican control. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/01/r...

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US Senate leaves nation’s capital in advance of midterms with much still undone • Ohio Capital Journal

The U.S. Senate adjourned Wednesday night and won’t return until Nov. 9 for the five-week lame-duck session, when party leaders will have to decide which bills they want to negotiate during what…

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 02/10/2026

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a case challenging a Trump administration policy that threatens millions of immigrants with mandatory and indefinite detention while fighting their court cases. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/02/r...

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Supreme Court will consider Trump’s mandatory immigrant detention policy • Ohio Capital Journal

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a case challenging a Trump administration policy that threatens millions of immigrants with mandatory and indefinite detention while fighting their…

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 02/10/2026

President Donald Trump is scheduled to kick off a month-long blitz of campaign stops with a Thursday rally in deep-red Oklahoma before heading to other states with strong Republican leanings. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/01/r...

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Trump launches campaign tour in GOP-friendly states ahead of midterms • Ohio Capital Journal

President Donald Trump is scheduled to kick off a month-long blitz of campaign stops in advance of the midterm elections with a Thursday rally in deep-red Oklahoma before heading to other states with…

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 02/10/2026

Women of color continue to lag average Americans in measures of wealth and wellness. But when it comes to tracking how Ohio women are doing in the aftermath of last year's deep cuts to the social safety net, people who study the issue say they're flying blind. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/02/h...

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How is Ohio doing amid safety-net cuts? Trump hasn't released the data • Ohio Capital Journal

After making historic cuts to the social safety net, the Trump administration is blocking data showing their effects

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 02/10/2026

Even though Ohio is starting a gas tax holiday, drivers won't see prices fall immediately. Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill temporarily reducing the state's gas tax into law Thursday morning, but the holiday won't fully start until 12:01 a.m. this Sunday. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/02/w...

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When will I see gas prices lower in Ohio? • Ohio Capital Journal

Even though Ohio is starting a gas tax holiday, drivers won't see prices fall immediately.Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill temporarily reducing the state's gas tax into law Thursday morning. While the…

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 02/10/2026

Five Haitians from Springfield, Ohio have been deported back to Haiti after President Donald Trump revoked their legal status, said Theresa Hice-Fromille, a board member of the Haitian Community Help and Support Center. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/02/f...

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Five Haitians from Springfield, Ohio have been deported after Trump ended protected status • Ohio Capital Journal

Five Haitians from Springfield, Ohio have been deported back to Haiti after President Donald Trump revoked their legal status.

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 02/10/2026

Congress wants to see projects like high voltage transmission lines get up and running quickly, but a transmission project in Western Ohio has drawn local pushback. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/02/c...

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Congressional Republicans want permitting reform, an Ohio project shows how tricky that could be • Ohio Capital Journal

Congress wants permitting reform to get big energy projects up and running quickly, but they've got a difficult needle to thread. In Western Ohio, state and local officials agree energy investment is…

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 02/10/2026

Currently Democrat Dr. Amy Acton leads Vivek Ramaswamy 48% to 45%, which places this race clearly within the margin of error. Because the range of the candidates’ support overlaps, the race is said to be a statistical tie. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/02/s...

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Commentary: 'Still anyone's ball game' Bowling Green poll finds statistical tie in Ohio's race for governor • Ohio Capital Journal

Currently Democrat Dr. Amy Acton leads Vivek Ramaswamy 48% to 45%, which places this race clearly within the margin of error.

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 02/10/2026

Commentary: Starting in January, Americans can “donate” $1,700 to a "scholarship granting organization" and get every penny back on their federal taxes. The program, part of last year’s reconciliation bill, was sold as a way to subsidize private school tuition ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/01/t...

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Commentary: The federal tax credit as a boon for public schools? • Ohio Capital Journal

Starting in January, Americans can “donate” $1,700 to a “scholarship granting organization” (or SGO) and get every penny back on their federal taxes. The program, created in last year’s…

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 02/10/2026

Ohio officials are tackling the math struggles of students with an effort resembling its science of reading push, but have yet to deal with perhaps the most fundamental issue — how instruction should change ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/01/o...

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Ohio’s next education fight could be over how kids learn math • Ohio Capital Journal

Ohio officials are tackling the math struggles of students with an effort resembling its science of reading push, but have yet to deal with perhaps the most fundamental issue — how instruction should…

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 02/10/2026

Ohio’s public school teachers make less than the national average and Ohio’s candidates for governor say they want to pay teachers more ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/01/o...

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Ohio's average public school teacher salary ranks 23rd in the nation, according to report • Ohio Capital Journal

The average public school teacher salary in Ohio is $70,586 — ranking 23rd in the nation, according to the National Education Association.

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 02/10/2026

Ohio state lawmakers have approved a 90-day gas tax holiday Wednesday at the urging of Republican candidate for governor Vivek Ramaswamy. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/09/30/o...

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Ohio lawmakers approve 90-day gas tax holiday just weeks ahead of election • Ohio Capital Journal

Ohio state lawmakers have approved a 90-day gas tax holiday at the urging of Republican candidate for governor Vivek Ramaswamy.

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 01/10/2026

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer indicated if Democrats regain control of the chamber following the elections, they plan to block judicial nominees sent up by President Donald Trump, including for any possible vacancies on the Supreme Court. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/09/30/r...

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Schumer: Democratic US Senate may block Trump nominees for Supreme Court, lower courts • Ohio Capital Journal

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer indicated Wednesday that should Democrats regain control of the chamber following the elections, they plan to block judicial nominees sent up by President…

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 01/10/2026

A federal grand jury indicted 10 noncitizens for unlawfully voting in Minnesota, highlighting the administration’s effort to keep election security a top issue, in line with President Donald Trump’s longstanding unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/09/30/r...

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Justice Department indicts 10 noncitizens in quest to prove Trump claims of election fraud • Ohio Capital Journal

A federal grand jury indicted 10 noncitizens for unlawfully voting in Minnesota, U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said Wednesday, highlighting President Donald Trump's effort to keep election…

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 01/10/2026

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill and her counterparts in Arkansas and Alabama announced they are suing three Democratic-led states over laws granting immunity to doctors who prescribe abortion-inducing medication to people in states where it is illegal. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/01/r...

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AG Liz Murrill sues states with shield laws protecting abortion-pill providers • Ohio Capital Journal

AG Liz Murrill is suing three Democratic-led states over laws that grant immunity to doctors who prescribe abortion-inducing medication

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 01/10/2026

Over the past year and a half, a dozen states have embraced a new vision for solar power: small, cheap panels that can be hung from a balcony or porch, be plugged into a standard wall outlet and take a dent out of residents’ utility bills. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/01/r...

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States OK solar panels for balconies. Safety guidelines haven't caught up. • Ohio Capital Journal

Over the past year and a half, a dozen states have embraced a new vision for solar power: small, cheap panels that can be hung from a balcony or porch, be plugged into a standard wall outlet and take…

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 01/10/2026

Commentary: Starting in January, Americans can “donate” $1,700 to a "scholarship granting organization" and get every penny back on their federal taxes. The program was sold as a way to subsidize private school tuition. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/01/t...

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Commentary: The federal tax credit as a boon for public schools? • Ohio Capital Journal

Starting in January, Americans can “donate” $1,700 to a “scholarship granting organization” (or SGO) and get every penny back on their federal taxes. The program, created in last year’s…

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 01/10/2026

Ohio officials are tackling the math struggles of students with an effort resembling its science of reading push, but have yet to deal with perhaps the most fundamental issue — how instruction should change. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/01/o...

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Ohio’s next education fight could be over how kids learn math • Ohio Capital Journal

Ohio officials are tackling the math struggles of students with an effort resembling its science of reading push, but have yet to deal with perhaps the most fundamental issue — how instruction should…

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 01/10/2026

Ohio’s public school teachers make less than the national average and Ohio’s candidates for governor say they want to pay teachers more. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/01/o...

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Ohio's average public school teacher salary ranks 23rd in the nation, according to report • Ohio Capital Journal

The average public school teacher salary in Ohio is $70,586 — ranking 23rd in the nation, according to the National Education Association.

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 01/10/2026

Ohio state lawmakers have approved a 90-day gas tax holiday at the urging of Republican candidate for governor Vivek Ramaswamy. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/09/30/o...

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Ohio lawmakers approve 90-day gas tax holiday just weeks ahead of election • Ohio Capital Journal

Ohio state lawmakers have approved a 90-day gas tax holiday at the urging of Republican candidate for governor Vivek Ramaswamy.

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 01/10/2026

Unemployment rates in Ohio remained low in August but Ohio's job growth has also slowed, a recent analysis by Policy Matters Ohio said ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/09/30/o...

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Ohio job growth is slowing, analysis says • Ohio Capital Journal

In August, Ohio's job growth fell along with the unemployment rate. That's because the workforce shrank by 10,000, partly from deportations.

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 01/10/2026

Commentary- The Ohio gas tax holiday is a last-ditch effort by Republicans to get Ohioans to forget why they face an affordability crisis, why gas prices are so high and who got us here by showering the rich with money and bringing pain to working families ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/09/30/w...

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Commentary: Will gas tax gimmick make Ohioans forget why we are in this mess and who got us here? • Ohio Capital Journal

The Ohio gas tax holiday is a last-ditch effort by Ohio Republicans to get Ohioans to forget why they face an affordability crisis, why gas prices are so high, and who got us here with policies that…

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 01/10/2026

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is promising to hold prediction market platform Kalshi accountable for skirting state gambling regulations for years. A federal court ruled that Ohio can require the company to follow sports betting laws ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/09/30/a...

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After court ruling, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine to hold Kalshi accountable for operating illegally • Ohio Capital Journal

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is promising to hold prediction market platform Kalshi accountable for skirting state gambling regulations for years. A federal court ruled that Ohio can require the company to…

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 30/09/2026

The challenges and dire threats surrounding the unchecked growth of artificial intelligence appear unlikely to move Congress or President Donald Trump to act as the U.S. Senate enters its last week before the midterms ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/09/29/r...

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‘Dumbfounds us all.’ Congress struggles with policies rippling from AI development. • Ohio Capital Journal

The challenges and dire threats surrounding the unchecked growth of artificial intelligence appear unlikely to move Congress or President Donald Trump to act as the U.S. Senate enters its last week…

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 30/09/2026

Small businesses will once again challenge President Donald Trump’s tariffs in federal court this week as they continue to feel the squeeze of the administration’s roller coaster policy on import taxes ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/09/29/r...

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Trump used impossible foreign labor standards as tariff workaround, small businesses say • Ohio Capital Journal

Small businesses will once again challenge President Donald Trump’s tariffs in federal court this week as they continue to feel the squeeze of the administration’s roller coaster policy on import…

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 30/09/2026

Ohio state lawmakers have approved a 90-day gas tax holiday at the urging of Republican candidate for governor Vivek Ramaswamy. The House and Senate also cobbled together the two-thirds supermajority necessary for an emergency clause which ensure the measure takes effect immediately.

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Ohio lawmakers approve 90-day gas tax holiday just weeks ahead of election • Ohio Capital Journal

Ohio state lawmakers have approved a 90-day gas tax holiday at the urging of Republican candidate for governor Vivek Ramaswamy.

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 30/09/2026

Five weeks before Election Day, President Donald Trump’s sprawling effort to identify and remove noncitizen voters hasn’t produced the kind of large purges that could meaningfully affect the midterm elections ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/09/29/r...

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Trump thwarted in hunt for rare noncitizen voters as midterms near • Ohio Capital Journal

Five weeks before Election Day, President Donald Trump’s sprawling effort to identify and remove noncitizen voters hasn’t produced the kind of large purges that could meaningfully affect the midterm…

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 30/09/2026

A bipartisan measure to overhaul the college sports landscape got a step closer to becoming law Monday after passing the U.S. Senate ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/09/29/r...

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Major bill to set standards for college athletes’ pay passes US Senate • Ohio Capital Journal

A bipartisan measure to overhaul the college sports landscape got a step closer to becoming law Monday after passing the U.S. Senate.

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 30/09/2026

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday granted, for now, the Trump administration’s request to continue rapid third-country deportation of immigrants to countries not their own ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/09/29/r...

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US Supreme Court allows Trump to resume deportations outside immigrants’ home countries • Ohio Capital Journal

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday granted, for now, the Trump administration’s request to continue rapid third-country deportation of immigrants to countries not their own.

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 30/09/2026

President Donald Trump is tapping $20 million in Homeland Security funding to pay for TV ads that heavily feature him ahead of the midterm elections, Democrats said Tuesday as the promos critics call propaganda come under bipartisan attack ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/09/29/r...

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Trump TV ads paid for with $20M in Homeland Security funds, Dems find • Ohio Capital Journal

President Donald Trump is tapping $20 million in Homeland Security funding to pay for TV ads that heavily feature him ahead of the midterm elections, Democrats said Tuesday as the promos critics call…

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 30/09/2026

Across Michigan, school districts, food pantries, legal aid groups and nonprofits are preparing for another change in the distribution of SNAP benefits. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/09/30/r...

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Michigan school districts, food pantries feel SNAP cut ripple effect ahead of cost shift to states • Ohio Capital Journal

Across Michigan, school districts, food pantries, legal aid groups and nonprofits are preparing for another change in the distribution of SNAP benefits.

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 30/09/2026

In the early months of 2022, Democrats in Congress came close to passing an appropriations bill that did not include a provision barring federal funding for abortions — maybe the closest it had ever come in more than 40 years. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/09/30/r...

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Anti-abortion groups worry Hyde Amendment’s 50-year run could end with new congressional majority • Ohio Capital Journal

As more polls and strategists indicate Democrats could take over congressional majorities in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate in January, some anti-abortion advocates fear a…

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 30/09/2026

Democratic and Republican governors say they will more aggressively push back on federal overreach regardless of which party controls Washington. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/09/30/r...

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Governors pledge to oppose federal overreach — even when their party runs Washington • Ohio Capital Journal

Democratic and Republican governors say they will more aggressively push back on federal overreach regardless of which party controls Washington. Earlier this month, the bipartisan National Governors…

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 30/09/2026

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is promising to hold prediction market platform Kalshi accountable for skirting state gambling regulations for years. A federal court ruled that Ohio can require the company to follow sports betting laws. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/09/30/a...

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After court ruling, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine to hold Kalshi accountable for operating illegally • Ohio Capital Journal

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is promising to hold prediction market platform Kalshi accountable for skirting state gambling regulations for years. A federal court ruled that Ohio can require the company to…

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 30/09/2026

Commentary: The Ohio gas tax holiday is a last-ditch effort by Republicans to get Ohioans to forget why they face an affordability crisis, why gas prices are so high and who got us here by showering the rich with money and bringing pain to working families ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/09/30/w...

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Commentary: Will gas tax gimmick make Ohioans forget why we are in this mess and who got us here? • Ohio Capital Journal

The Ohio gas tax holiday is a last-ditch effort by Ohio Republicans to get Ohioans to forget why they face an affordability crisis, why gas prices are so high, and who got us here with policies that…

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 30/09/2026

Unemployment rates in Ohio remained low in August but Ohio's job growth has also slowed, a recent analysis by Policy Matters Ohio said. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/09/30/o...

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Ohio job growth is slowing, analysis says • Ohio Capital Journal

In August, Ohio's job growth fell along with the unemployment rate. That's because the workforce shrank by 10,000, partly from deportations.

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 30/09/2026

Ohio senators on Tuesday discussed a proposed gas tax holiday that Republican leaders announced last week. They’re aiming to pass it with an emergency clause so the measure can take effect immediately. They’ll need Democratic votes in the House to do so. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/09/29/g...

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Gas tax holiday proposal gets first hearing in Ohio Senate • Ohio Capital Journal

Ohio senators got their first chance Tuesday to discuss a gas tax holiday Republican leaders announced last week.

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 30/09/2026

President Donald Trump is tapping $20 million in Homeland Security funding to pay for TV ads that heavily feature him ahead of the midterm elections, Democrats said Tuesday as the promos critics call propaganda come under bipartisan attack. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/09/29/r...

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Trump TV ads paid for with $20M in Homeland Security funds, Dems find • Ohio Capital Journal

President Donald Trump is tapping $20 million in Homeland Security funding to pay for TV ads that heavily feature him ahead of the midterm elections, Democrats said Tuesday as the promos critics call…

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 30/09/2026

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday granted, for now, the Trump administration’s request to continue rapid third-country deportation of immigrants to countries not their own. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/09/29/r...

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US Supreme Court allows Trump to resume deportations outside immigrants’ home countries • Ohio Capital Journal

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday granted, for now, the Trump administration’s request to continue rapid third-country deportation of immigrants to countries not their own.