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Global Pandemic Trumps Climate Change

Are you reading the Free Press online while "sheltering in place?" It's astonishing how fast life changed. Governor DeWine listened to the science of epidemiology and to Ohio Public Health director, Amy Acton, now a local shero for her…

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Ohio Grocery Store Union to DeWine

UFCW Local 1059, the union representing 18,000 grocery and food distribution workers throughout Ohio, is asking Governor Mike DeWine to designate their members as First Responders during the pandemic.


“We have sent a letter to Governor…

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Schwarzenegger, Kasich, and Kerry Team Up To Combat Climate Change

Climate change is real, and it has had devastating effects. Antarctica reached record high temperatures in the 60s earlier in 2020. Pakistan reached a record high temperature of 125 degrees in 2019. These are some of the devastating effects in…

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Organizer: Since When Does Governor DeWine Care About Constitutional Rights and Public Safety?

Dear Governor DeWine and Ohio government officials,


COVID-19 has catapulted us into a crisis. You, rightly, have expressed concern about protecting the peoples’ health, safety and rights. In cancelling the Ohio primary…

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