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Tell the Commission: Fracking hands off Jockey Hollow Wildlife Area

An unnamed oil and gas company has submitted a “nomination” to the Oil and Gas Land Management Commission to frack 1,460 acres of Jockey Hollow Wildlife Area in Harrison County.

If approved, it would be the third-largest tract of Ohio…

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Tiara Ross and Jesse Vogel

Letter to the Editor: Expecting Different? Part Two-Vogel vs. Ross

For the first time in recent history, a seat on the Columbus City Council has become an actual competition. Normally the hand-picked Democratic candidate WINS regardless of whether he or she is intelligent or has empathy.  Who does the hand-…

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No Thrones, No Crowns, no Kings

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Stop Death Penalty

Architects of Ohio’s Death Penalty Call For Repeal

On the 44th anniversary of Ohio’s death penalty law taking effect, twenty-seven members of the 114th General Assembly have now joined the chorus of leaders calling for abolition.

On Friday, the former lawmakers sent a letter to current…

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