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Mandating Peace Officers to Report Child Abuse and Neglect Just a Pen Stroke from Becoming State Law
State Representative Bernadine Kennedy Kent’s House Bill 137 that passed through the House unanimously and the amended version passed through the Senate 78 to two, now heads to the desk of Governor John Kasich for his signature. Ohio’s…
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ICE Report on FY18 Deportation “Statistics”: We Are Deeply Disgusted and Utterly Ashamed
On Friday, December 14, 2018, the federal government released a report on deportation statistics for Fiscal Year 2018. Lynn Tramonte, Director of the Ohio Immigrant Alliance, had this reaction:
The Federal government just put out…
The Federal government just put out…
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Voters Silenced, Democracy Suspended Yet Again at the Board of Elections
Toledo, OH: At a meeting held on Monday, December 10, to certify the Lake Erie Bill of Rights (LEBOR) to the special election ballot in February, the Lucas County Board of Elections instead received a written protest which will be the…
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The Top Ten Most Censored News Stories of 2018
What did you miss this year that was really important? We depend on Project Censored to fill us in. The Free Press would like to cover everything – but just can’t do it in our monthly paper or even on our two websites: columbusfreepress.com and…
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