Megan Henry

Ohio Republican candidate for governor Vivek Ramaswamy has spent nearly 700,000 dollars leasing a private jet since the start of his campaign, according to campaign finance records. Ramaswamy has spent, at least, nearly $690,000 leasing aircrafts since the start of...

Ohio Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Carey’s constituents are speaking out against Congress’s cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Medicaid, and education. More than a dozen people recently protested outside Carey’s Columbus office as part of the Center for Popular...

About 9% of Ohio’s state lawmakers are moms of children under 18, according to a new report, giving them insight into issues impacting families with minor children, several said in interviews. The third Politics of Parenthood: Representation in State Legislatures...

Ohio state Rep. Justin Pizzulli recently shared a story about a man struggling with an opioid addiction who received a court order to go to recovery housing in Portsmouth in Scioto County. “He was supposed to be coming to my...

Haitians living in Springfield, Ohio are being required to wear ankle monitors and turn their passports over to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Haitians in Springfield are getting letters telling them to report to the ICE office in either...

Two years after Ohio recreational marijuana sales began, Ohio’s adult-use marijuana continues to be significantly more expensive than Michigan, according to pricing data. Meanwhile, Ohio Republican lawmakers have outlawed buying from other states. The cheapest ounce of marijuana in Ohio...

Ohio’s two candidates for governor have conflicting ideas of what they would like to see happen to future data centers, which have become a political lightning rod in this year’s November election. Ohio’s next governor will appoint the five members...

The race for Ohio’s 9th U.S. Congressional district is one of the state’s most closely contested, and the candidates have contrasting records and positions when it comes to data center development. Derek Merrin, the Republican nominee and former state representative...

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression gave 14 Ohio universities a “yellow light” rating for free speech policies in a new report, meaning that they operate under policies that could be too easily applied to suppress protected speech. The...

An ongoing children endangerment case in Vinton County where 16 children where found in “ terrible” conditions has sparked more interest in an Ohio bill that would ban child marriage. Law enforcement authorities allegedly found 16 children in a Hamden...

Ohio cities with big Haitian populations are preparing for a possible uptick of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement after temporary protected status for Haitians ended this week. Carl Ruby, pastor of Springfield’s Central Christian Church, said he recently heard...

Nearly 3,000 acres of land in Ohio’s only national forest will be auctioned for fracking in September. The Bureau of Land Management announced 41 parcels totaling 2,840 acres in Wayne National Forest will go up for a bid on Sept...