Skip to main content

Columbus Freepress Local News & Events

Image
Houseless person's stuff

Whatever happened to Rent Control for Columbus? Squashed by the Ohio GOP

Ohio House Bill 430, pushed by the entrenched Ohio Republicans and passed in September, had a simple enough title: “Regards property development.” It made a slew of changes to the Ohio Revised Code, such as revising laws for orphaned oil wells…

// Opinion
Image
Book cover

Book Review - Justice Rising: Robert Kennedy’s America in Black and White by Patricia Sullivan

This past June 5 marked fifty-four years since the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. He was forty-two years old when he was struck down by an assassin’s bullet after claiming victory in the California presidential primary. (Sirhan…

// Opinion
Image
Brutus Buckeye

University bragging rights: OSU whimpers but doesn’t bite or swallow

In a continuing series of explorations, I probe US universities and especially the example of The Ohio State University’s sloganeering, marketing, and self-promotion, most recently in “The OSU Way: Slogans Over Truth and Honesty in Graduation…

// Opinion
Image
Logo

Now is the time to write opposition to Ohio’s nuclear subsidy bill

Ohio House Bill 434 has passed the House. Proponent testimony will be heard in the Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee on Nov. 29, 2022.  It is likely that opposition testimony will be held the following Tuesday, Dec. 6, with a vote…

// News
Sign up for the Columbus Free Press email updates

Subscribe

Support The Columbus Free Press and help to sustain local independent journalism

Support OUR WORK

This Weeks Events