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Ohio’s Senate Finance room is already filling up ahead of the 11 a.m. meeting of the Joint Committee on Congressional Redistricting. The hearing will include testimony on the Democrats’ proposed map “as well as any other testimony offered concerning a proposed congressional redistricting plan.”

Commentary: Energy demand is soaring as data centers work to support the wide and growing use of artificial intelligence. Often, a single data center will use amounts comparable to the power needs of a small town.

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An Ohio Supreme Court case has created a new avenue of appeal for a man convicted on child abuse charges, after the man brought new scientific studies to the court on infant bone health.

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Housing advocates are optimistic Ohio lawmakers will put forth legislation to increase the supply of affordable housing during the next General Assembly. Ohio landlords filed nearly 108,000 eviction cases last year — the most since 2015.

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Ohio lawmakers unanimously passed legislation to make Airtag stalking a crime, with the family of a domestic violence victim cheering them on.

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Duke Energy is among the companies enjoying massive subsidies from Ohio House Bill 6. While ratepayers are propping up two aging coal plants, a new report says Duke and its predecessors have known for 40 years that burning coal causes climate change.

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While some abortion access advocates viewed the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling last week in a case over so-called “abortion trafficking” as another dismal development, those representing the plaintiffs say it’s a clear win in the ongoing case.

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Commentary: Donald Trump and various Republican leaders including VP-elect JD Vance have claimed they will possess the power to overturn more than a century of constitutional law and deny birthright citizenship enshrined in the Fourteenth Amendment.
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President-elect Trump won on Nov. 5 after a campaign that demonized immigrants and promised mass deportations, and that has stoked fears among many in the immigrant community. If you want to help them, there’s quite a bit you can do, advocates said.

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The Ohio House Civil Justice Committee unanimously passed a bill last week that would strengthen the state’s name, image and likeness law, permitting colleges and universities to directly compensate student athletes, instead of involving third parties.
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An Oklahoma-based company has been chosen as the “highest and best" bidder to lease land at Egypt Valley Wildlife Area and land in Monroe County for fracking at Monday’s Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management meeting.

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Opponents of the death penalty are once again urging the Ohio legislature to eliminate it. With Republicans controlling supermajorities in both chambers of the Statehouse, the effort faces an uphill battle even with some bipartisan support. 

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