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High Density High End Housing - Instead of Family-Friendly Affordable Housing - At Any Cost
When and where is non-conforming high density new development appropriate? For several years now, residents from across Columbus, especially in urban neighborhoods (but not limited to) have been at odds with developers and city officials on this…
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Lone Black juror in Henry Green civil rights trial felt “pressured,” Judge declares mistrial
Retired Army and Air Force Reserve Sergeant Adrienne Hood waited five years and five months to prove to a jury that Columbus Division of Police officers Zachary Rosen and Jason Bare used excessive force causing the death of her son, Henry Green V…
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National Defense and Dead Children
A new defense budget looms. Maybe we’re running out of wars to fight, but no matter. The proposed figure before Congress is bigger than ever: $778 billion.
How fascinating — and how irrelevant — that the vote is scheduled just a…
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Left-leaning activists tried but Ohio GOP keeps state in gerrymandered MAGA stranglehold
The grassroots Ohio Citizens Redistricting Commission (OCRC) slammed Ohio Republicans on Tuesday following the release of their updated congressional map proposal which would make 13 of the Ohio’s 15 congressional districts favor the GOP in a…
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