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(The Center Square) – Three percent of Ohioans on Medicaid were not eligible because they have more resources than allowed, including several millionaires, according to Ohio Auditor Keith Faber.
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(The Center Square) – U.S. Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio, is facing Democrat Brian Poindexter on November’s midterm ballot in a race neither party expected to be competitive.
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(The Center Square) – More voters in Ohio will not have in the future at data centers in their communities.
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(The Center Square) – Sixty percent of Ohio voters disapprove of the job President Donald Trump is doing as the midterm elections approach, according to a new poll from Bowling Green State University.
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(The Center Square) – As high as gasoline and diesel prices are across the nation, they are even higher in Ohio, according to the American Automobile Association.
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(The Center Square) – Most voters in five battleground Senate states want lawmakers to fix Social Security before its retirement trust fund is depleted in 2032, but that support softens once specific tax increases or benefit cuts are named.
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(The Center Square) – Ohio should not pull the plug on data centers just yet, a non-profit policy group argues in a new policy paper.
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(The Center Square) – Thirteen Ohio colleges and universities are in the 2027 College Free Speech Rankings, but Ohio’s average grade for free speech is D-, no better or worse than the national average, according to the non-profit organization that compiles the list, Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.
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(The Center Square) – A Cleveland man and former U.S. Department of Agriculture program director were sentenced to six months in federal prison for conspiring to bill the federal government about $400,000 for work never performed.
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(The Center Square) - In a redrawn Ohio congressional district, the two opposing candidates have different views on tariffs, taxes and manufacturing.
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(The Center Square) – The fight for control of Congress, focused on mid-decade redistricting, is in Ohio ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
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(The Center Square) – The state of Ohio is expanding its investigation of what’s being called anomalies in spring 2026 state education testing results.
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(The Center Square) – The man charged with attempting to attack Ohio Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dr. Amy Acton over the weekend pleaded not guilty late Tuesday afternoon in his first court appearance.
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