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An Ohio judge has temporarily blocked the state from handing over $600 million to the Cleveland Browns for their new stadium ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/24/o...
Ohio judge temporarily blocks state from giving unclaimed funds to Browns • Ohio Capital Journal
An Ohio judge has temporarily blocked the state from handing over $600 million to the Cleveland Browns for their new stadium.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
December 25, 2025 at 2:30 AM
An Ohio judge has temporarily blocked the state from handing over $600 million to the Cleveland Browns for their new stadium ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/24/o...
As more cities impose bans, fines or jail time for adults living on the streets, young people who have been homeless say they face unique problems that could have been addressed earlier ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/23/r...
Homeless youth say they need more from schools, social services • Ohio Capital Journal
As more cities impose bans, fines or jail time for adults living on the streets, young people who have been homeless say they face unique problems that could have been addressed earlier.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
December 25, 2025 at 2:00 AM
As more cities impose bans, fines or jail time for adults living on the streets, young people who have been homeless say they face unique problems that could have been addressed earlier ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/23/r...
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed several bills meant to provide property tax relief into law, but anti-property tax advocates aren't impressed, and they are moving forward with their efforts to abolish them altogether ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/24/d...
DeWine signed bills aimed at property tax relief. Not good enough, say anti-property tax advocates. • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed several bills meant to provide property tax relief into law, but anti-property tax advocates aren't impressed, and they are moving forward with their efforts to abolish…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
December 25, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed several bills meant to provide property tax relief into law, but anti-property tax advocates aren't impressed, and they are moving forward with their efforts to abolish them altogether ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/24/d...
While there will be far fewer ballot initiatives affecting abortion access in the 2026 midterm elections than there were in the previous national election, two in Republican-led states could be consequential ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/23/r...
Ballot questions on abortion in Missouri, Idaho likely to spur more legal fights • Ohio Capital Journal
While there will be far fewer ballot initiatives affecting abortion access in the 2026 midterm elections than there were in the previous national election, two in Republican-led states could be…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
December 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
While there will be far fewer ballot initiatives affecting abortion access in the 2026 midterm elections than there were in the previous national election, two in Republican-led states could be consequential ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/23/r...
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December 25, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Help us grow! The Capital Journal is committed to Reporting for the People: Holding those in power accountable and lifting up the voices of everyday Ohioans. Make a donation to support our work. ohiocapitaljournal.com/donate/
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis will retain an order keeping the wrongly deported El Salvador national Kilmar Abrego Garcia out of federal custody for the rest of the year, the judge said at a Monday hearing ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/23/r...
Kilmar Abrego Garcia to remain free from immigration custody for now • Ohio Capital Journal
GREENBELT, Md. — U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis will retain an order keeping the wrongly deported El Salvador national Kilmar Abrego Garcia out of federal custody for the rest of the year, the judge…
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December 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis will retain an order keeping the wrongly deported El Salvador national Kilmar Abrego Garcia out of federal custody for the rest of the year, the judge said at a Monday hearing ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/23/r...
President Donald Trump’s administration said Monday it’s halting leases for five large-scale offshore wind projects under construction along the East Coast due to what the administration claims are national security risks ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/23/r...
Trump administration pauses major East Coast offshore wind projects • Ohio Capital Journal
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration said Monday it’s halting leases for five large-scale offshore wind projects under construction along the East Coast due to national security…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
President Donald Trump’s administration said Monday it’s halting leases for five large-scale offshore wind projects under construction along the East Coast due to what the administration claims are national security risks ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/23/r...
Since Inauguration Day, more than 1.5 million immigrants have either lost or will lose their temporary legal status, including their work authorizations and deportation protections, due to President Trump’s aggressive revocation of legal immigration ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/23/r...
Trump canceled temporary legal status for more than 1.5 million immigrants in 2025 • Ohio Capital Journal
WASHINGTON — Since Inauguration Day, more than 1.5 million immigrants have either lost or will lose their temporary legal status, including their work authorizations and deportation protections, due…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Since Inauguration Day, more than 1.5 million immigrants have either lost or will lose their temporary legal status, including their work authorizations and deportation protections, due to President Trump’s aggressive revocation of legal immigration ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/23/r...
The U.S. Department of Justice early Tuesday released thousands more files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, with several referencing President Donald Trump. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/24/r...
Trump appears in several files of latest Epstein release • Ohio Capital Journal
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Justice early Tuesday released thousands more files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, with several referencing President Donald Trump. The latest…
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December 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The U.S. Department of Justice early Tuesday released thousands more files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, with several referencing President Donald Trump. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/24/r...
President Donald Trump’s administration will start garnishing the wages of student loan borrowers in default beginning early next year, the U.S. Education Department said Tuesday. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/24/r...
Trump administration to garnish wages for defaulted student loans • Ohio Capital Journal
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration will start garnishing the wages of student loan borrowers in default beginning early next year, the U.S. Education Department said Tuesday. In an…
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December 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
President Donald Trump’s administration will start garnishing the wages of student loan borrowers in default beginning early next year, the U.S. Education Department said Tuesday. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/24/r...
GOP reversals in this year’s elections, especially in some urban and immigrant communities, are setting off alarm bells for Republicans using redistricting to try to keep control of Congress in next year’s midterms. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/24/r...
GOP redistricting could backfire as urban, immigrant areas turn back to Democrats • Ohio Capital Journal
GOP reversals in this year’s elections, especially in some urban and immigrant communities, are setting off alarm bells for Republicans using redistricting to try to keep control of Congress in next…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
GOP reversals in this year’s elections, especially in some urban and immigrant communities, are setting off alarm bells for Republicans using redistricting to try to keep control of Congress in next year’s midterms. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/24/r...
President Donald Trump for now has not met the requirements to send National Guard troops to Chicago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday afternoon in a major setback for the president. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/24/r...
US Supreme Court in defeat for Trump blocks deployment of National Guard in Chicago • Ohio Capital Journal
President Donald Trump for now has not met the requirements to send National Guard troops to Chicago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday afternoon in a major setback for the president. The court’s…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
President Donald Trump for now has not met the requirements to send National Guard troops to Chicago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday afternoon in a major setback for the president. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/24/r...
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed several bills meant to provide property tax relief into law, but anti-property tax advocates aren't impressed, and they are moving forward with their efforts to abolish them altogether. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/24/d...
DeWine signed bills aimed at property tax relief. Not good enough, say anti-property tax advocates. • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed several bills meant to provide property tax relief into law, but anti-property tax advocates aren't impressed, and they are moving forward with their efforts to abolish…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed several bills meant to provide property tax relief into law, but anti-property tax advocates aren't impressed, and they are moving forward with their efforts to abolish them altogether. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/24/d...
An Ohio judge has temporarily blocked the state from handing over $600 million to the Cleveland Browns for their new stadium. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/24/o...
Ohio judge temporarily blocks state from giving unclaimed funds to Browns • Ohio Capital Journal
An Ohio judge has temporarily blocked the state from handing over $600 million to the Cleveland Browns for their new stadium.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
An Ohio judge has temporarily blocked the state from handing over $600 million to the Cleveland Browns for their new stadium. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/24/o...
It now seems nearly inevitable that health insurance costs will spike for nearly 600,000 Ohioans and 23 million Americans. An Ohio family doctor and colleagues in other states are blasting Republicans in Congress for not doing more to stop it ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/23/o...
Ohio doc, colleagues bash GOP senators for failing to stop insurance hikes • Ohio Capital Journal
It now seems nearly inevitable that health insurance costs will spike at the end of the month for nearly 600,000 Ohioans and 23 million Americans. An Ohio family doctor and colleagues in other states…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:30 AM
It now seems nearly inevitable that health insurance costs will spike for nearly 600,000 Ohioans and 23 million Americans. An Ohio family doctor and colleagues in other states are blasting Republicans in Congress for not doing more to stop it ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/23/o...
Cleveland Immigration Court Judge Richard Drucker declined to consider arguments Dec. 18 that he should grant bond to two brothers who are asylum-seekers from Venezuela who were transferred from Athens County custody to ICE earlier this year ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/23/b...
Brothers arrested locally remain in ICE custody despite dismissals • Ohio Capital Journal
Cleveland Immigration Court Judge Richard Drucker declined to consider arguments Dec. 18 that he should grant bond to two brothers who are asylum-seekers from Venezuela who were transferred from…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Cleveland Immigration Court Judge Richard Drucker declined to consider arguments Dec. 18 that he should grant bond to two brothers who are asylum-seekers from Venezuela who were transferred from Athens County custody to ICE earlier this year ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/23/b...
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Commentary: What a cop out. What a weak, disingenuous governor pretending to be helpless. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said he didn’t want to sign another voter suppression bill into law before he signed a sweeping anti-voting measure into law last Friday ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/23/w...
Weak Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine pretends to be helpless, and participates in another attack on voters • Ohio Capital Journal
What a cop out. What a weak, disingenuous governor pretending to be helpless. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said he didn’t want to sign another voter suppression bill into law before he signed a sweeping…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Commentary: What a cop out. What a weak, disingenuous governor pretending to be helpless. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said he didn’t want to sign another voter suppression bill into law before he signed a sweeping anti-voting measure into law last Friday ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/23/w...
Since Inauguration Day, more than 1.5 million immigrants have either lost or will lose their temporary legal status, including their work authorizations and deportation protections, due to President Trump’s aggressive revocation of legal immigration. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/23/r...
Trump canceled temporary legal status for more than 1.5 million immigrants in 2025 • Ohio Capital Journal
WASHINGTON — Since Inauguration Day, more than 1.5 million immigrants have either lost or will lose their temporary legal status, including their work authorizations and deportation protections, due…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Since Inauguration Day, more than 1.5 million immigrants have either lost or will lose their temporary legal status, including their work authorizations and deportation protections, due to President Trump’s aggressive revocation of legal immigration. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/23/r...
President Trump pushed Republican state lawmakers to gerrymander their states’ congressional maps ahead of the 2026 election, prompting Democratic state lawmakers to respond in kind. Now state courts are deciding on the legality of the gerrymandering ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/23/r...
As Supreme Court pulls back on gerrymandering, state courts may decide fate of maps • Ohio Capital Journal
As some states engage in an extraordinary redraw of congressional districts ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, state courts may decide the fate of the new maps.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:30 PM
President Trump pushed Republican state lawmakers to gerrymander their states’ congressional maps ahead of the 2026 election, prompting Democratic state lawmakers to respond in kind. Now state courts are deciding on the legality of the gerrymandering ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/23/r...
President Donald Trump’s administration said Monday it’s halting leases for five large-scale offshore wind projects under construction along the East Coast due to what the administration claims are national security risks. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/23/r...
Trump administration pauses major East Coast offshore wind projects • Ohio Capital Journal
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration said Monday it’s halting leases for five large-scale offshore wind projects under construction along the East Coast due to national security…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
President Donald Trump’s administration said Monday it’s halting leases for five large-scale offshore wind projects under construction along the East Coast due to what the administration claims are national security risks. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/23/r...
Lawmakers and family of a woman with cancer being held at an ICE detention center in Eloy, Arizona are demanding she receive medical attention, claiming she’s lost 70 pounds and has been mistreated ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/23/r...
Lawmakers, family call for release of woman who they say has cancer and lost 70 lbs in ICE custody • Ohio Capital Journal
Lawmakers and family of a woman being held at an ICE detention center in Eloy are demanding she receive medical attention.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Lawmakers and family of a woman with cancer being held at an ICE detention center in Eloy, Arizona are demanding she receive medical attention, claiming she’s lost 70 pounds and has been mistreated ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/23/r...
Going into the fourth year without federal abortion rights protections, groups that helped overturn Roe v. Wade are focused on cutting off access to abortion pills ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/23/r...
EPA, state lawmakers could consider regulating abortion pills as pollutants in 2026 • Ohio Capital Journal
Going into the fourth year without federal abortion rights protections, groups that helped overturn Roe v. Wade are focused on cutting off access to abortion pills.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Going into the fourth year without federal abortion rights protections, groups that helped overturn Roe v. Wade are focused on cutting off access to abortion pills ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/23/r...
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis will retain an order keeping the wrongly deported El Salvador national Kilmar Abrego Garcia out of federal custody for the rest of the year, the judge said at a Monday hearing. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/23/r...
Kilmar Abrego Garcia to remain free from immigration custody for now • Ohio Capital Journal
GREENBELT, Md. — U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis will retain an order keeping the wrongly deported El Salvador national Kilmar Abrego Garcia out of federal custody for the rest of the year, the judge…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:01 PM
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis will retain an order keeping the wrongly deported El Salvador national Kilmar Abrego Garcia out of federal custody for the rest of the year, the judge said at a Monday hearing. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/23/r...
Going into the fourth year without federal abortion rights protections, groups that helped overturn Roe v. Wade are focused on cutting off access to abortion pills. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/23/r...
EPA, state lawmakers could consider regulating abortion pills as pollutants in 2026 • Ohio Capital Journal
Going into the fourth year without federal abortion rights protections, groups that helped overturn Roe v. Wade are focused on cutting off access to abortion pills.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Going into the fourth year without federal abortion rights protections, groups that helped overturn Roe v. Wade are focused on cutting off access to abortion pills. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/23/r...