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Can you believe it, 10 years! As we approach June 6th, it will be 10 years since my son's life was senselessly stolen. I find solace and strength in celebrating his memory, not just within my family, but with our entire community.
B-Eazy Day is a heartfelt celebration of life, a day where we come together as a community to honor Henry Green V and the countless others whose lives have been unjustly taken from us. A day that is a reminder of how Bub brought people together! A day filled with joy, unity, and the spirit of resilience.
Partnering again with Remember Us Urban Legends to make this day even more special. We envision B-Eazy Day as a beacon of hope, offering essential community resources, opportunities for legal empowerment, exciting sports events, a vibrant marketplace, and fun activities for our youth.
What to Expect:
Community Resources Tables: Explore a variety of community resources available to support individuals and families in need.
Touring artist The Pinkerton Raid on July 4th will be at The Rumba Cafe for Resistance Songs for Independence Day at 6:30pm. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door.
There will be voter registration at the event.
The #fourthofjulyweekend doesn’t hit the same when they’re gerrymandering away the Black vote, kidnapping our immigrant neighbors, destroying civilizations, messing with women’s suffrage and healthcare, denying trans people passports, desecrating the White House and national landmarks, disrespecting our public servants and the great treasure of our national parks. The list goes on.
The Democrats are going to take back Congress in November, with truly progressive candidates for the Senate and House where the people want them and they can get elected. We can’t take it for granted. We have to stay focused and fight for it.
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Pride has always been political.
Not because LGBTQ+ Ohioans asked for our lives to become political talking points — but because every generation before us understood that equality is never simply given. It is fought for. Protected. Organized for. Voted for.
Two former FirstEnergy executives were reindicted Tuesday on public corruption charges stemming from the House Bill 6 scandal — Ohio’s largest-ever bribery scheme — after a two-month trial ended in a mistrial in March when jurors could not reach a verdict.
A Summit County grand jury charged Charles “Chuck” Jones, the former CEO of the Akron-based electric utility, and Michael Dowling, the company’s former senior vice president of external affairs, with a combined 22 felony counts. Prosecutors allege that between 2010 and 2021 the two men operated as part of a criminal enterprise that bribed state officials, concealed their activities through false ethics disclosures and bent the power of Ohio government to serve FirstEnergy’s financial interests and their own.
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and Summit County Prosecutor Elliot Kolkovich announced the reindictment jointly.
As we look toward the future of our state and the values that should guide our representatives, we must hold every political figure to the highest standard of decency and respect. Recently, comments made by Ohio Republican Vivek Ramaswamy have surfaced, drawing widespread condemnation for their blatantly racist undertones.
In a statement captured on video and circulated on social media, Mr. Ramaswamy claimed that “a Black baby is probably safer in the inner streets of Chicago than in the womb of his own Black mother.” For anyone concerned with the moral compass of our leadership, this is not just an "outrageous" comment; it is a direct assault on the dignity of Black women and families. By suggesting that Black mothers are inherently a threat to their own children, Mr. Ramaswamy is leaning into dangerous, historical tropes that have long been used to dehumanize our community and justify systemic injustice.
On Wednesday, June 3, 2026, for another time, Pataskala area residents showed up to object to a data center.
The proposed data permit is sought by the Aligned company utilizing Bloom Energy gas conversion fuel cells, importing 15 thousand decatherms of natural gas to the site on 80+ acres.
According to Forbes and CNBC Aligned Data was purchased by a consortium with UAE, Nvidia, Microsoft, BlackRock
and Elon Musk’s xAI.
Neighbors near and far participated in online comments and in-person comments.
Drilling down into Pataskala's Zoning documents can be challenging but it can be done.
On May 28, Freepoint Eco-Systems notified the Ohio EPA and Freepoint employees that it would be shutting down its Central Ohio plastic incineration facility, located outside of Hebron in Licking County. According to Oil and Gas Watch’s database, Freepoint Eco-Systems was one of only seven operating plastic pyrolysis facilities in the entire United States.
The Hebron facility’s troubled record dates back to the fall of 2024, shortly after the facility first began processing plastic. Since then, employee complaints of exposure to fine plastic dust and community concerns about constant black plumes of smoke prompted multiple Ohio EPA and OSHA investigations into the pyrolysis facility.
We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: The current process for citizen-led ballot initiatives in Ohio is broken. It creates a "gatekeeper" system that allows the state to silence voices before they are ever heard.
Recently, we’ve seen yet another example of the Attorney General’s office using its power to block a proposed constitutional amendment by claiming the summary wasn't "fair and truthful."
Why does this matter to us? Because our committee, Protecting Ohioans’ Constitutional Rights, is currently fighting this exact issue in federal court. We believe the "fair and truthful" requirement is an unconstitutional barrier that violates the First Amendment. It doesn't matter what the political topic of a petition is—when the state is given the power to decide which ideas are "fair" enough to reach the voters, democracy suffers.
This article first appeared here
Ohio legislators want to make Governor Mike DeWine’s pause on new data center tax exemptions permanent.
House Bill 957, introduced May 27 by Rep. Tristan Rader, D-Lakewood, would amend state law to prohibit the Ohio Tax Credit Authority from entering into any new data center tax exemption agreements after October 1, 2026. DeWine ordered the pause just days earlier, directing the Tax Credit Authority to stop accepting new exemption requests while a legislative committee studies the growth of data centers in Ohio. The bill would take that administrative pause and write it into law.
We have officially moved into our new home, and now we need help bringing the space to life.
After an incredible first round of volunteer support, we’re inviting our community back to help us unpack, organize, and decorate before reopening for LGBTQ+ youth.
June 2, 3:00PM–6:00PM
Every poster hung, every supply unpacked, and every room organized helps create a space where queer youth can feel welcomed, affirmed, and connected
Sign up
Questions? Email info@kycohio.org