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Fewer Invasive Species Reach the Great Lakes, but Those Here Continue to Spread
Scientists, Regulators and Industry Representatives Debate if Ballast Water Treatment is an Option By Jim Malewitz, Sarah Whites-Koditschek More than $375 billion in cargo — iron ore, coal, cement, stone, grain and more — has flowed between Great Lakes ports and foreign nations since 1959. That’s when Queen Elizabeth and U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower…
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How Much are you Overpaying in Property Tax?
Commercial Property Sales Loophole Costs Small Business Owners Thousands This investigation made possible via a grant from the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting. By Lucia Walinchus, Lukas Udstuen, Samantha Raudins, Ashton Nichols, and Chen Chang When Palmer Square, LLC recently wanted to sell their apartment building at 4121 Palmer Park Circle East in Columbus, they…
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Eye On the Elderly: Ohio Increasingly Relies on Volunteers to Handle Aging Adult Affairs
By Katie Ellington Malcolm Tanksley visited Ruby at the nursing home nearly every weekend. The pair didn’t meet until Ruby was in her seventies, but for the last decade of her life, he was the only family she had. “After thirteen years as her guardian, she thought I was really family,” Tanksley said. “She had…
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How has Ohio Stepped Up Measures to Combat Sexual Violence?
By Christopher Johnston For one Ohio trafficking victim, the opening of the accredited rape crisis center at the YWCA Dayton last year proved crucial to quelling her inner demons, which lingered long after the physical pain subsided. For years, her abuser raped and beat her daily. She must never tell anyone, he threatened, because it…
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Ohio’s Guardianship Laws Leave Seniors Vulnerable to Abuse
By Katie Ellington Ohio has struggled to care for vulnerable seniors, and it’s getting worse. The state’s probate courts are responsible for creating and monitoring guardianships of the frail elderly, balancing freedom and protection. They are already strained. And yet, between 2010 and 2030, the number of Ohioans over 65 is projected to rise by…
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Q&A: Experts Discuss How to Find Undisclosed Campaign Donors
On Tuesday, a panel of top researchers, policy experts, and legal minds discussed lessons learned from the 2018 election and how groups- both liberal and conservative- have gotten better at hiding the source of campaign messages. (See video below.) PANEL 1: Following dark money trail through 2020 Michael Beckel, Issue One, Manager of Research, Investigations…
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How do the issues affect Ohio voter choices?
Ahead of the election this week, Eye on Ohio took a quick look at how major issues could sway voters still on the fence. “Even though the election is Tuesday, there are still a lot of undecided voters. We are fairly certain that Democrat Sherrod Brown will win the U.S. Senate race in Ohio, but…
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The ~$4,500 student fee flying under the radar this election
The largest and growing college fee remains an issue for students, but not on the campaign trail. By Karl Idsvoog
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Several Cities Expand Subsidized Preschool But Fees Remain Out of Reach for Most Middle Class Ohioans
By Lauren Fisher and Lillian Mongeau After her son couldn’t qualify for a local Head Start program because of the family’s annual income, Lynsi McKinney needed new options. McKinney, a stay-at-home mom in Southeast Ohio, eventually connected with a private, Christian school for 4 and 5-year-olds. But the family felt squeezed by the hefty price…
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Surprise Supreme Court Reaction to Ohio Controversy Prompts More Campaign Disclosures Nationally Right Before the Election
A look at the 12 groups who haven’t disclosed their donors in state elections; The 501(c)(4) with no trace By Lucia Walinchus The identities of many political donors can no longer be hidden behind a nonprofit shield, a D.C. Circuit judge recently ruled, in a case that started in Ohio. The Supreme Court’s decision not…