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Uncle Sam

BAD BILLS at the Ohio Statehouse

This article first appeared here.

Ohio friends….I have good news and bad news.
Bad News: Ohio’s Republican Statehouse supermajority is trying to rush dozens of dangerous, unpopular bills through the legislative…

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Bill Pulte

Pulte is a Mortgage Mess and Has to Go

Bill Pulte is the administrator of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the huge mortgage guarantors that are critical to the housing market and the ability of Americans to own and remain in their homes.…

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Courthouse

Ohio highway patrol has contract with firm that tracked abortion patient

Flock Group, Inc. has had some explaining to do this year. Billed as an intelligent platform that "unites communities, businesses, schools and law enforcement, combining their power to solve and deter crime together," the vendor of automated…

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Woman standing next to St. Mary's sign

Yes, I lost my election last week, but here’s where I – and LGBTQ+ Ohio – really won

This article first appeared on the Buckeye Flame.

In January, I became the first out transgender person to serve on a city council in Ohio when I was appointed to fill an open seat. I ran to keep that seat in November and lost, but I wasn’t…

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