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Ohio Republican lawmakers have introduced several bills to regulate abortion and reproductive health care despite the constitutional amendment approved by 57% of Ohio voters in 2023 ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/08/o...
Ohio Republican lawmakers look to regulate abortion, push against constitutional amendment • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio Republican lawmakers have introduced several bills to regulate abortion and reproductive health care despite the constitutional amendment approved by 57% of Ohio voters in 2023.
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 1h
People reported reduced satisfaction with Ohio’s medical marijuana program since recreational marijuana sales started, a new Ohio State survey shows. Much lower prices in Michigan are also a source of frustration for Ohioans, a researcher says ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/08/o...
Ohio's medical marijuana program saw a 43% decline in active patients from May 2024 to July 2025 • Ohio Capital Journal
People reported reduced satisfaction with Ohio’s medical marijuana program since recreational marijuana sales started, according to a new Ohio State University Drug Enforcement and Policy Center…
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 1h
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 2h
Ohio educators will keep their voices on the STRS board for now due to an appellate court upholding a temporary block on a new state law. After this court loss, the GOP House speaker wants to remove some judicial power ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/08/o...
Ohio educators to remain on STRS as court upholds temporary block on board changes • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio educators will keep their voices on the STRS board for now due to an appellate court upholding a temporary block on a new state law. After this court loss, the GOP House speaker wants to remove…
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 3h
The Trump administration tried to cancel Jimmy Kimmel, with two Ohio ABC affiliates temporarily refusing to run his show. Free speech advocates said it was authoritarian. A prominent antitrust activist says corporate consolidation is partly to blame ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/jimmy...
Jimmy Kimmel was squelched in Ohio, elsewhere. Is that because broadcasters are too big? • Ohio Capital Journal
The Trump administration tried to cancel Jimmy Kimmel, with two Ohio ABC affiliates temporarily refusing to run his show. Free speech advocates said it was authoritarian. A prominent antitrust…
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 4h
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in a case that could reverse or solidify state laws across the country that ban a controversial counseling practice for LGBTQ+ youth ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/08/r...
Conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ minors goes before the Supreme Court • Ohio Capital Journal
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in a case that could reverse or solidify state laws across the country that ban a controversial counseling practice for LGBTQ+ youth.
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 5h
The city of Portland, state leaders and hundreds of Oregon and California National Guard troops are in legal limbo as federal courts determine the legality of President Trump’s unprecedented efforts to federalize and deploy Guard troops to U.S. cities ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/orego...
Oregon, Portland, troops in ‘wait mode’ for federal challenge to temporary order • Ohio Capital Journal
The city of Portland, state leaders and hundreds of Oregon and California National Guard troops are in legal limbo as federal courts determine the legality of President Trump’s unprecedented efforts…
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 6h
President Trump sent mixed messages Monday about whether he would negotiate with Democrats to extend the enhanced tax credits for people who get their health insurance from the Affordable Care Act Marketplace, the main issues in the government shutdown ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/07/r...
Government shutdown sees talks over health care at an impasse • Ohio Capital Journal
President Donald Trump sent mixed messages Monday about whether he would negotiate a deal with Democrats to extend the enhanced tax credits for people who get their health insurance from the…
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 6h
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi aimed heated rhetoric at Democratic senators Tuesday as she faced questions over the administration’s surge of federal agents to blue cities, as well as a litany of controversial issues surrounding the Department of Justice. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/08/r...
A combative AG Pam Bondi confronts US Senate Judiciary over Trump crackdown • Ohio Capital Journal
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi aimed heated rhetoric at Democratic senators on Capitol Hill Tuesday as she faced questions over the administration’s surge of federal agents to blue cities, as well…
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 7h
The White House slammed a Trump-appointed federal judge Monday for blocking the deployment of National Guard troops to Oregon, as hostilities escalate between Trump and Democratic states where he has begun sending in troops over governors’ objections ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/07/r...
Trump troop deployment to Oregon, Illinois intensifies confrontation with Democratic-led states • Ohio Capital Journal
The White House slammed a Trump-appointed federal judge Monday for blocking the deployment of National Guard troops to Oregon, as hostilities escalate between Trump and Democratic states where he has…
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 7h
A federal judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to produce evidence within 48 hours on its efforts to again deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia, this time to the southern African country of Eswatini ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/07/r...
Trump administration wants to remove wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Eswatini • Ohio Capital Journal
A federal judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to produce evidence within 48 hours on its efforts to again deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia, this time to the southern African country of…
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 8h
The Trump administration may try to interpret a law enacted during his first term in office differently than it did following the last government shutdown, potentially denying back pay to hundreds of thousands of furloughed federal workers ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/07/r...
Trump floats plan to deny back pay to furloughed federal workers after shutdown • Ohio Capital Journal
The Trump administration may try to interpret a law enacted during his first term in office differently than it did following the last government shutdown, potentially denying back pay to hundreds of…
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 8h
Judges on a federal appeals court panel seemed skeptical that the Trump administration's expanded use of a fast-track deportation procedure didn’t violate the due-process rights of immigrants during oral arguments Monday ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/07/r...
Trump administration defends nationwide rapid deportations at appeals hearing • Ohio Capital Journal
Judges on a federal appeals court panel seemed skeptical that the Trump administration's expanded use of a fast-track deportation procedure didn’t violate the due-process rights of immigrants during…
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 9h
A federal judge will hear arguments Thursday in Illinois over Chicago’s lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to the state before deciding whether to block the move, the judge wrote in an order ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/07/r...
Trump deployment of troops to Democratic states targets Illinois • Ohio Capital Journal
A federal judge will hear arguments Thursday in Illinois over Chicago’s lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to the state before deciding whether to block…
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 9h
Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty to two felony charges Wednesday in federal court in Virginia, in response to an indictment that followed an extraordinary pressure campaign from President Donald Trump. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/08/r...
Former FBI Director Comey pleads not guilty to criminal charges demanded by Trump • Ohio Capital Journal
Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty to two felony charges Wednesday in federal court in Virginia, in response to an indictment that followed an extraordinary pressure campaign from…
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 10h
The city of Portland, state leaders and hundreds of Oregon and California National Guard troops are in legal limbo as federal courts determine the legality of President Trump’s unprecedented efforts to federalize and deploy Guard troops to U.S. cities. ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/orego...
Oregon, Portland, troops in ‘wait mode’ for federal challenge to temporary order • Ohio Capital Journal
The city of Portland, state leaders and hundreds of Oregon and California National Guard troops are in legal limbo as federal courts determine the legality of President Trump’s unprecedented efforts…
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 10h
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in a case that could reverse or solidify state laws across the country that ban a controversial counseling practice for LGBTQ+ youth. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/08/r...
Conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ minors goes before the Supreme Court • Ohio Capital Journal
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in a case that could reverse or solidify state laws across the country that ban a controversial counseling practice for LGBTQ+ youth.
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 11h
The Trump administration tried to cancel Jimmy Kimmel, with two Ohio ABC affiliates temporarily refusing to run his show. Free speech advocates said it was authoritarian. A prominent antitrust activist says corporate consolidation is partly to blame. ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/jimmy...
Jimmy Kimmel was squelched in Ohio, elsewhere. Is that because broadcasters are too big? • Ohio Capital Journal
The Trump administration tried to cancel Jimmy Kimmel, with two Ohio ABC affiliates temporarily refusing to run his show. Free speech advocates said it was authoritarian. A prominent antitrust…
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 11h
Ohio educators will keep their voices on the STRS board for now due to an appellate court upholding a temporary block on a new state law. After this court loss, the GOP House speaker wants to remove some judicial power. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/08/o...
Ohio educators to remain on STRS as court upholds temporary block on board changes • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio educators will keep their voices on the STRS board for now due to an appellate court upholding a temporary block on a new state law. After this court loss, the GOP House speaker wants to remove…
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 12h
People reported reduced satisfaction with Ohio’s medical marijuana program since recreational marijuana sales started, a new Ohio State survey shows. Much lower prices in Michigan are also a source of frustration for Ohioans, a researcher says. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/08/o...
Ohio's medical marijuana program saw a 43% decline in active patients from May 2024 to July 2025 • Ohio Capital Journal
People reported reduced satisfaction with Ohio’s medical marijuana program since recreational marijuana sales started, according to a new Ohio State University Drug Enforcement and Policy Center…
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 12h
Ohio Republican lawmakers have introduced several bills to regulate abortion and reproductive health care despite the constitutional amendment approved by 57% of Ohio voters in 2023. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/08/o...
Ohio Republican lawmakers look to regulate abortion, push against constitutional amendment • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio Republican lawmakers have introduced several bills to regulate abortion and reproductive health care despite the constitutional amendment approved by 57% of Ohio voters in 2023.
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A new analysis of Federal Reserve data shows that young adults across the country are carrying dangerous levels of credit card debt, with higher-than-average levels in Ohio ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/07/o...
Ohio's young people struggle with credit card debt, new Fed analysis shows • Ohio Capital Journal
Severe credit card delinquencies are spiking among young people across the country. In Ohio, the problem is worse than in most other states.
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A federal judge will hear arguments Thursday in Illinois over Chicago’s lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to the state before deciding whether to block the move, the judge wrote in an order. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/07/r...
Trump deployment of troops to Democratic states targets Illinois • Ohio Capital Journal
A federal judge will hear arguments Thursday in Illinois over Chicago’s lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to the state before deciding whether to block…
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 1d
Two Ohio lawmakers are looking to the state’s name, image, and likeness law to address the spread of deepfakes. But the Motion Picture Association worries the changes will stifle free expression and harm protected free speech such as satire and parody ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/07/o...
Ohio deepfake bill built on name image and likeness law raises First Amendment concerns • Ohio Capital Journal
Two Ohio state lawmakers are looking to the state’s name, image and likeness laws to address the spread of deepfakes. They contend the provisions allowing a college football player to make money…
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