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What’s Causing the Rise of Homelessness in Central Ohio?

Columbus is booming. The unemployment rate is low, the economy is up. Central Ohio continues to attract new business and our designation as a Smart City means new innovations will be flowing in.


And yet, despite our growth, the number of…

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Freep Heroes - Bill Lyons

Bill Lyons was involved in the passage of the Lake Erie Bill of Rights and the Rights of Nature in Ohio, that passed with 61 percent of the vote this past spring – a first for this type of law protecting an ecosystem in the United States. The…

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Columbus Teachers Endorse Liliana Rivera Baiman for City Council

City Council Candidate Liliana Rivera Baiman announced today that her campaign has received the endorsement of the Columbus Education Association (CEA), the union representing more than 4,000 teachers, librarians, nurses, counselors,…

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Climate Strike Activists

Thank you, young people of the world, for helping energize the rest of us to address the urgency of climate change! Among the state’s organizers of the local Climate Strike on September 20 are the…

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