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Public Education Dollars Continue to Be Gutted
Mayor Ginther's and Columbus City Council's decades long continuation of granting tax abatements to wealthy developers and corporations have robbed hundreds of millions of dollars from our Columbus Public School coffers, let alone contributing to…
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Bus Style Activities - Blueprint -1988
I don’t know where Blueprint’s 2005 record, 1988 stands in the history of Columbus records. I know it’s one of the best albums our city has ever released. I just haven’t made a ranking.
In the least, I won’t rank every Columbus record I…
// Opinion
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Thousands gather at Ohio Statehouse as part of ‘Hands Off’ protests against Trump and Musk
Watch protest video here
A huge crowd braved the rain Saturday to go to the Ohio Statehouse and protest President Donald Trump and his administration. It was one of more than 50 such events scheduled for Ohio on Saturday and…
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Tariffs can be useful — but not how Trump is using them
President Donald Trump has said “tariff” is “the most beautiful word in the dictionary.” He claims tariffs will restore American trade supremacy, bring lost jobs back to the United States, and most bizarrely, replace…
// Opinion