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Mary Jane’s Guide: The State of Cannabanking 2021 - Q & A on CTRs, SARs and Secrecy

There’s a lot of money to be made in cannabis these days. The global legal marijuana market – said to be growing exponentially – is forecast to exceed $50 billion by 2025, with projected sales U.S. rising to $43 billion. Almost $650 million…

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ColumbusMediaInsider: In The Buckeye Land Of Make-Believe ...

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Jed, my third cousin twice removed, has a small rural home 60 miles north of Columbus. He is a typical news consumer in that he does not read a reputable daily newspaper or daily news website but consumes fragments of…

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Harvey Graff

Busting Myths Intel and the Ohio Way - Secrecy, deals, public neglect, myth making, and re-election campaigning

Am I the only Ohioan who has mixed reactions to the blasting news of the highly secretive and delayed announcement of Intel’s aspirational plans to build the “world’s largest” computer chip manufacturing “fab” in New Albany/Licking County? Am I…

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Joe Motil

Why are City & County Officials Sitting on our American Rescue Plan Dollars? Where are the Solutions to our Affordable Housing Crisis?

Joe Motil, former Columbus City Council candidate and longtime voice of everyday people states, “Our affordable housing crisis is worsening by the day. So why is the city and county still sitting on millions of taxpayer dollars of our American…

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